Publications

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Featured Original Research

Uncovering Surface Penetration by Enterococci from Urinary Tract Infection Patients. 
Sansone S, Ramos Y, Segal S, Asfaw TS, Morales DK.
Urogynecology (Phila). 2024 Mar 1;30(3):320-329. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001476. PubMed PMID: 38484249.

Inflammatory ER stress responses dictate the immunopathogenic progression of systemic candidiasis. 
Awasthi D, Chopra S, Cho BA, Emmanuelli A, Sandoval TA, Hwang SM, Chae CS, Salvagno C, Tan C, Vasquez-Urbina L, Fernandez Rodriguez JJ, Santagostino SF, Iwawaki T, Romero-Sandoval EA, Crespo MS, Morales DK, Iliev ID, Hohl TM, Cubillos-Ruiz.
JRJ Clin Invest. 2023 Sep 1;133(17). doi: 10.1172/JCI167359. PubMed PMID: 37432737; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10471176.

Remodeling of the Enterococcal Cell Envelope during Surface Penetration Promotes Intrinsic Resistance to Stress. 
Ramos Y, Sansone S, Hwang SM, Sandoval TA, Zhu M, Zhang G, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Morales DK.
mBio. 2022 Dec 20;13(6):e0229422. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02294-22. Epub 2022 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 36354750; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9765498.

Sugarcoating it: Enterococcal polysaccharides as key modulators of host-pathogen interactions. 
Ramos Y, Sansone S, Morales DK.
PLoS Pathog. 2021 Sep;17(9):e1009822. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009822. eCollection 2021 Sep. Review. PubMed PMID: 34499702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8428557.

PolyGlcNAc-containing exopolymers enable surface penetration by non-motile Enterococcus faecalis Ramos Y, Rocha J, Hael AL, van Gestel J, Vlamakis H, Cywes-Bentley C, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Pier GB, Gilmore MS, Kolter R, Morales DK.
PLoS Pathog. 2019 Feb;15(2):e1007571. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007571. eCollection 2019 Feb. PubMed PMID: 30742693; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6386517.

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