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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

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Center for Airborne Pathogen Research and Tuberculosis Imaging

# overview
Our laboratory is interested in the pathogenesis of bacterial lung infections particularly tuberculosis and Legionnaires' disease. We are examining the virulence mechanisms of bacteria using cellular, molecular and genetic techniques. Our primary research goal is to obtain a better understanding of the roles of the pathogen and host in disease. These studies should contribute to our understanding of host-pathogen interactions at the molecular and cellular level that can be used for prevention, treatment and diagnosis. We hope that through a better understanding of the mechanisms by which these organisms cause disease we can prevent some, if not all, of these infections in the future.

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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4.1 Discovery And Preclinical Testing Of Markers And Technologies

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4.2 Evaluation Of Markers And Technologies

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4009 Electronics, Sensors And Digital Hardware

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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4.1 Discovery And Preclinical Testing Of Markers And Technologies

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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Yeshiva University - (New York, New York, United States)

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Yeshiva University - (New York, New York, United States)

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Stanford Medicine - (Stanford, California, United States)

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Pitzer College - (Claremont, California, United States)

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Outstanding Service Online Mentor in the ASM Minority Program

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Dinsdale Family Faculty Award for Excellence in Research

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Junior Faculty Recognition for Excellence in Research

# publications[].label
Identification of a gene that affects the efficiency of host cell infection by Legionella pneumophila in a temperature-dependent fashion.

# publications[].label
2,7-disubstituted cephalosporin derivatives as -lactamase substrates and methods for their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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BCG-Induced DNA Methylation Changes Improve Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Immunity Without Decreasing the Risk for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection.

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Phage-encoded cationic antimicrobial peptide required for lysis.

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Reporter enzyme fluorescence (REF) imaging and quantification of tuberculosis in live animals

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Fish monocytes as a model for mycobacterial host-pathogen interactions.

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Molecular properties and antibacterial activity of the methyl and ethyl ester derivatives of ampicillin.

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Fluorescence Imaging of Mycobacterial Infection in Live Mice Using Fluorescent Protein-Expressing Strains.

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DNA hypermethylation during tuberculosis dampens host immune responsiveness.

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American Society for Clinical Investigation

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dissemination Plays a Critical Role in Pathogenesis

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Imaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice with Reporter Enzyme Fluorescence.

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AUTOPHAGY ENHANCES THE EFFICACY OF BCG VACCINE

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Small molecule hydrazide agents to inhibit growth and proliferation of mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Use of bacterial beta-lactamase for in vitro diagnostics and in vivo imaging, diagnostics and therapeutics

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Beta lactamase as biomarker for the specific detection of tuberculosis-complex bacteria

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Optical model of the murine lung to optimize pulmonary illumination.

# publications[].publisher
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Isolation and characterization of the aspartokinase and aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase operon from mycobacteria.

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Cell sorting of formalin-treated pathogenic Mycobacterium paratuberculosis expressing GFP.

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Pro-inflammatory response and defective bactericidal activity by Mycobacterium tuberculosis /HIV-1 co-infected human macrophages (INC7P.421)

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Recent Developments in Drug Delivery for Treatment of Tuberculosis by Targeting Macrophages (Adv. Therap. 6/2022)

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Use of bacterial beta-lactamase for in vitro diagnostics and in vivo imaging, diagnostics and therapeutics

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Intravital Fluorescence Excitation in Whole-Animal Optical Imaging.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 virulence factors and poplar tree response in the rhizosphere.

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Fluid-shear method to evaluate bacterial adhesion to glass surfaces

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Evidence that hsp90 is involved in the altered interactions of Acanthamoeba castellanii variants with bacteria

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Correction for Danelishvili et al., Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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In vitro model of mycobacteria and HIV-1 co-infection for drug discovery.

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Identification of two Mycobacterium marinum loci that affect interactions with macrophages.

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Indole and 7-hydroxyindole diminish Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence.

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Beta lactamase as biomarker for the specific detection of tuberculosis-complex bacteria

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Identification of novel loci involved in entry by Legionella pneumophila.

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Legionnaires' Disease Mortality in Guinea Pigs Involves the p45 Mobile Genomic Element.

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Molecular Nanomachines Can Destroy Tissue or Kill Multicellular Eukaryotes.

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The EAL domain containing protein STM2215 (rtn) is needed during Salmonella infection and has cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterase activity.

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The Caenorhabditis elegans p38 MAPK Gene plays a key role in protection from mycobacteria.

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Isolation and characterization of novel phage (Podoviridae ParuNE1) and its efficacy against multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa planktonic cells and biofilm

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Bacterial vaccine vectors and bacillus Calmette-Gurin.

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Whole-animal imaging of bacterial infection using endoscopic excitation of -lactamase (BlaC)-specific fluorogenic probe

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Molecular analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis lux-like mel2 operon.

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Virulent mycobacteria and the many aspects of macrophage uptake.

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A new way to target bacteria: Hetero-multivalent binding of glycolipids to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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HIV-1 promotes neutrophil infiltration and lung damage in humanized mice co-infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (HUM1P.266)

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Relative Mutant N501Y SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein RBD Inhibition of Anti-Spike Protein IgG and ACE-2 Binding to Spike Protein Species

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Hydrazide drugs that inhibit growth and proliferation of tuberculosis bacteria.

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Peptide-mimetic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model of respiratory infection.

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Role of the Legionella pneumophila rtxA gene in amoebae.

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100 years of Bacillus Calmette-Gurin immunotherapy: from cattle to COVID-19.

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Recent Developments in Drug Delivery for Treatment of Tuberculosis by Targeting Macrophages.

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Thioaptamer targeted discoidal microparticles increase self immunity and reduce Mycobacterium tuberculosis burden in mice.

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Efficacy of using sutures treated with povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine for preventing growth of Staphylococcus and Escherichia coli.

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Guinea pig infection with the intracellular pathogen Rhodococcus equi.

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A Mycobacterium marinum TesA mutant defective for major cell wall-associated lipids is highly attenuated in Dictyostelium discoideum and zebrafish embryos.

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Mesenchymal stem cells internalize Mycobacterium tuberculosis through scavenger receptors and restrict bacterial growth through autophagy.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Optical Tissue Phantoms Containing Macrostructure.

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A small animal model of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome following antiretroviral therapy (CAM1P.159)

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A humanized mouse model of tuberculosis.

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Evaluation of in silico designed inhibitors targeting MelF (Rv1936) against Mycobacterium marinum within macrophages.

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WholeBody Imaging of Infection Using Bioluminescence

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Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent in severe COVID-19

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2,7-disubstituted cephalosporin derivatives as beta-lactamase substrates and methods for their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Nanocoating Dramatically Reduces Bacterial Adhesion to Polyester Fabric.

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Humanized Mice Infected with HIV-1.

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New directions using reporter enzyme fluorescence (REF) as a tuberculosis diagnostic platform.

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Derivatives of cephalothin that inhibit ampicillin resistant Escherichia coli.

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Genome diversity among regional populations of Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis and Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica isolated from the US.

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Application of optical imaging to study of extrapulmonary spread by tuberculosis.

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Fluorogenic probes with substitutions at the 2 and 7 positions of cephalosporin are highly BlaC-specific for rapid Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection.

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Use of gene dosage effects for a whole-genome screen to identify Mycobacterium marinum macrophage infection loci.

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Linearized Siderophore Products Secreted via MacAB Efflux Pump Protect Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium from Oxidative Stress.

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A novel transposon trap for mycobacteria: isolation and characterization of IS1096.

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Genetic determination of the meso-diaminopimelate biosynthetic pathway of mycobacteria.

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Exploring a novel perspective on pathogenic relationships.

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Absolute concentration estimation of COVID-19 convalescent and post-vaccination IgG antibodies.

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Bacillus Calmette-Gurin vaccination as defense against SARS-CoV-2 (BADAS): a randomized controlled trial to protect healthcare workers in the USA by enhanced trained immune responses.

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Bacillus Calmette-Gurin vaccine to reduce COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations in healthcare workers  a living systematic review and prospective ALL-IN meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials

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Gene expression signatures identify biologically and clinically distinct tuberculosis endotypes.

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Increased DNA methylation, cellular senescence and premature epigenetic aging in guinea pigs and humans with tuberculosis.

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Real-time bioluminescence imaging of mixed mycobacterial infections.

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Guinea pig infection with the intracellular pathogen Rhodococcus equi

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The American Association of Immunologists

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The Mycobacterium marinum mel2 locus displays similarity to bacterial bioluminescence systems and plays a role in defense against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

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Antiviral Effect of Antimicrobial Peptoids and a Murine Model of Respiratory Coronavirus Infection

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Stabilization of Tuberculosis Reporter Enzyme Fluorescence (REFtb) Diagnostic Reagents for Use at the Point of Care.

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Growth of Legionella pneumophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii enhances invasion.

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Light scattering by pulmonary alveoli and airway surface liquid using a concentric sphere model.

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Bioluminescent imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in vivo demonstrates that the fibronectin-binding protein BBK32 is required for optimal infectivity.

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Microbicidal Mechanisms for Light-Activated Molecular Nanomachines in Mycobacterium smegmatis: A Model for Pathogenic Bacteria

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Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Sulfonamide agents for treatment of Staphylococcus MRSA and MSSA infections of the central nervous system.

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Application of Fluorescent Protein Expressing Strains to Evaluation of Anti-Tuberculosis Therapeutic Efficacy In Vitro and In Vivo.

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A Mycobacterium marinum mel2 mutant is defective for growth in macrophages that produce reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species.

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Safety and delivery efficiency of a photodynamic treatment of the lungs using indocyanine green and extracorporeal near infrared illumination.

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Four hydrazide compounds that inhibit the growth of mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Evidence that hsp90 is involved in the altered interactions of Acanthamoeba castellanii variants with bacteria.

# publications[].label
Using luciferase to image bacterial infections in mice.

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Zinc limitation triggers anticipatory adaptations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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2,7-disubstituted cephalosporin derivatives as -lactamase substrates and methods for their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Antibacterial activities of gold and silver nanoparticles against Escherichia coli and bacillus Calmette-Gurin.

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Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to Meropenem.

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Schistosome Soluble Egg Antigen Decreases Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific CD4+ T-Cell Effector Function With Concomitant Arrest of Macrophage Phago-Lysosome Maturation.

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Coiling phagocytosis is the predominant mechanism for uptake of the colonic spirochetosis bacterium Serpulina pilosicoli by human monocytes.

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Determination of molecular properties effectuating the growth inhibition of mycobacterium tuberculosis by various small molecule hydrazides

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In vivo growth characteristics of leucine and methionine auxotrophic mutants of Mycobacterium bovis BCG generated by transposon mutagenesis.

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Antiviral Effect of Antimicrobial Peptoid TM9 and Murine Model of Respiratory Coronavirus Infection.

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Recombinant BCG as a candidate oral vaccine vector.

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Mtb Bla-specific fluorescent probes for tuberculosis detection and imaging

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Real-time Imaging of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Using a Novel Near-Infrared Fluorescent Substrate.

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Data driven identification of divergent host immune subgroups in tuberculosis

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TCA metabolism regulates DNA hypermethylation in LPS and Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced immune tolerance.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Peptide-mimetic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model of respiratory infection.

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Gene Expression Signatures Identify Biologically and Clinically Distinct Tuberculosis Endotypes

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Entry mechanisms of Legionella pneumophila and their impact on subsequent intracellular trafficking and survival

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Interaction of Mycobacterium avium with environmental amoebae enhances virulence.

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Bifunctional constructs of aspirin and ibuprofen (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; NSAIDs) that express antibacterial and alkylation activities.

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Rapid point-of-care detection of the tuberculosis pathogen using a BlaC-specific fluorogenic probe.

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Random inducible controlled expression (RICE) for identification of mycobacterial virulence genes.

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Identification of a secreted superoxide dismutase in Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis.

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A Fluorescence Model of the Murine Lung for Optical Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

# publications[].publisher
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes that affect invasion of the intestinal epithelium.

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Antibacterial activity of dipeptide constructs of acetylsalicylic acid and nicotinic acid.

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Fluorogenic Probes with Substitutions at the 2 and 7 Positions of Cephalosporin are Highly BlaCSpecific for Rapid Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection

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The Silent Plague: Regulation of Latent Tuberculosis Infections

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Microbicidal Mechanisms for Light-Activated Molecular Nanomachines in Mycobacterium smegmatis: A Model for Pathogenic Bacteria

# publications[].label
Phage-encoded cationic antimicrobial peptide used for outer membrane disruption in lysis

# publications[].label
Fluorescence modeling of in vivo optical detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

# publications[].label
Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnosis Using Reporter Enzyme Fluorescence.

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Intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii affects monocyte entry mechanisms and enhances virulence of Legionella pneumophila.

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Fiber optic microendoscopy for preclinical study of bacterial infection dynamics.

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COVID-19 and Beyond: Exploring Public Health Benefits from Non-Specific Effects of BCG Vaccination.

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Efficacy of antimicrobial peptoids against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Identification of Mycobacterium marinum macrophage infection mutants.

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A fiber optic-nanophotonic approach to the detection of antibodies and viral particles of COVID-19

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Effects of an isogenic Zn-metalloprotease-deficient mutant of Legionella pneumophila in a guinea-pig pneumonia model.

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Four Compounds Suppressing Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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?-lactamase substrates and methods of their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

# publications[].label
Polyelectrolyte Complex that Minimizes Bacterial Adhesion to Polyester

# publications[].label
Mechanisms of Legionella pneumophila uptake by macrophages and their affects on intracellular survival

# publications[].label
The Caenorhabditis elegans p38 MAPK Gene plays a key role in protection from mycobacteria

# publications[].label
Reporter enzyme fluorescence (REF) imaging and quantification of tuberculosis in live animals.

# publications[].label
Mycobacterium tuberculosis interferes with the response to infection by inducing the host EphA2 receptor.

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Infection of murine macrophage cell lines by Legionella pneumophila.

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Intravital excitation increases detection sensitivity for pulmonary tuberculosis by whole-body imaging with -lactamase reporter enzyme fluorescence.

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Erratum: Genetic determination of the meso-diaminopimelate biosynthetic pathway of mycobacteria (Journal of Bacteriology 176:14 (4424-4429))

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-lactamase substrates and methods of their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Optical In Vivo Imaging in Tuberculosis Research

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Imaging tuberculosis with endogenous beta-lactamase reporter enzyme fluorescence in live mice.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Hetero-Multivalency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LecA Binding to Model Membranes.

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Development of a transposon mutagenesis system for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.

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Protective characteristics of COVID-19 convalescent and post-vaccination IgG antibodies

# publications[].label
Using Luciferase to Image Bacterial Infections in Mice

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Tuberculosis endotypes to guide stratified host-directed therapy.

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Protection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from reactive oxygen species conferred by the mel2 locus impacts persistence and dissemination.

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Whole-body imaging of infection using fluorescence.

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Non-opsonic phagocytosis of Legionella pneumophila by macrophages is mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

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Beta lactamase as biomarker for the specific detection of tuberculosis-complex bacteria

# publications[].label
Genetic determination of the meso-diaminopimelate biosynthetic pathway of mycobacteria.

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Novel Tuberculostatic Agents Suitable for Treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections of the Central Nervous System

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Dual activity of niclosamide to suppress replication of integrated HIV-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Beijing).

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Upregulating Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Expression May Prevent Severe COVID-19 Inflammatory Responses and Reduce Microthrombosis.

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Genetic and phenotypic differences between Legionella pneumophila strains.

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Rational design of drug-like compounds targeting Mycobacterium marinum MelF protein.

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Legionella pneumophila entry gene rtxA is involved in virulence.

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Design and in vitro evaluation of five inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Antibacterial Derivatives of Ciprofloxacin to Inhibit Growth of Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated Penicillin Resistant Escherichia coli.

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Design of ciprofloxacin derivatives that inhibit growth of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).

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Author Correction: Peptide-mimetic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model of respiratory infection.

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Using Luciferase to Image Bacterial Infections in Mice

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HIV-1 alters pathology and bacterial dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in co-infected humanized mice (MPF1P.765)

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Legionella pneumophila p45 element influences host cell entry and sensitivity to sodium.

# publications[].label
Whole-body imaging of infection using fluorescence

# publications[].label
Gene expression signatures identify biologically and clinically distinct tuberculosis endotypes

# publications[].label
In vitro results of flexible light-emitting antimicrobial bandage designed for prevention of surgical site infections

# publications[].publisher
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Combination Drug Testing for New TB Regimens

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Design of hetero-multivalent targeted liposome for combating intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Task A-08 entitled  "Base IDIQ Contract Kick-Off"

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Small Animal Model Vaccines and Pathogenesis - BA 23-1171

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Application of Imaging to Development of Tuberculosis Interventions

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

# streetAddress
Texas A&M Health Science Center; Microbial Pathogenesis And Immunology; 1359 TAMUS

# organizations[]
Center for Airborne Pathogen Research and Tuberculosis Imaging

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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

# inTheNews[].label
COVID-19 The Texas A&M System Responds - Episode 5

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Could 'Innate Immunology' Save Us From the Coronavirus

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Texas A&M researchers lead testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19

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Texas A&M Researchers Join Search for COVID-19 Vaccine

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A&M researchers hosting COVID-19 vaccine trial

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A biotech facility at Texas A&M is 'ready to save the world,' which is only partly hyperbole

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Texas A&M university starts human testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19

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BCS first responders invited to participate in Texas A&M COVID drug trial

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Texas A&M researchers to test tuberculosis vaccine in fight against coronavirus

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Wanted: 1,800 volunteers for A&M's nationwide test of drug to fight COVID-19

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Professor believes century-old tuberculosis vaccine could help treat COVID-19

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Texas A&M experts weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine developments

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Tuberculosis vaccine in late-stage trial as COVID-19 protection

# etdChairOf[].label
Shepherd, Tonya Fujina (2016-08). RV3295 (LuxR1) Is a Transcriptional Regulator Important for Virulence in the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Marinum In Vitro and In Vivo Models. Doctoral Dissertation.