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Alexander R. Horswill

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-IMM MICRO GENERAL OPER
Phone303/724-4224

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    R01AI078921     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jul 15, 2008 - Sep 30, 2013
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    Quorum sensing-dependent interactions with biofilms and innate immunity defenses
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21AI081970     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jun 1, 2009 - May 31, 2011
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    The Role of Sigma Factor B in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm development
    Role: Principal Investigator
    I01BX002711     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jul 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2023
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    Quorum Sensing Dependent Interactions with Biofilms and Innate Immunity Defenses
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21AI130857     (DORAN, KELLY S)Jun 15, 2018 - May 31, 2020
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    MRSA vaginal colonization and impact of polymicrobial interactions
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R21AI133089     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jun 15, 2018 - May 31, 2021
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    Impact of commensal cross-talk on MRSA colonization and infection
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R13AI147423     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jun 25, 2019 - Sep 30, 2019
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    2019 Staphylococcal Diseases GRC/GRS
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01AI141490     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2023
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    Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21AI146543     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Feb 24, 2020 - Jan 31, 2022
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    How Staphylococcus aureus resists killing by human neutrophlls
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01AI153185     (HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R)Jun 12, 2020 - May 31, 2025
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    Quorum sensing, diversity and skin inflammation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R56AI162964     (FEY, PAUL D)Sep 15, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
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    Mechanisms of staphylococcal skin colonization
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. de Vor L, van Dijk B, van Kessel K, Kavanaugh JS, de Haas C, Aerts PC, Viveen MC, Boel EC, Fluit AC, Kwiecinski JM, Krijger GC, Ramakers RM, Beekman FJ, Dadachova E, Lam MG, Vogely HC, van der Wal BC, van Strijp JA, Horswill AR, Weinans H, Rooijakkers SH. Human monoclonal antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus surface antigens recognize in vitro and in vivo biofilm. Elife. 2022 Jan 06; 11. PMID: 34989676.
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    2. Leyva-Castillo JM, Das M, Kane J, Strakosha M, Singh S, Wong DSH, Horswill AR, Karasuyama H, Brombacher F, Miller LS, Geha RS. Basophil-derived IL-4 promotes cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus infection. JCI Insight. 2021 Nov 08; 6(21). PMID: 34747366.
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    3. Kwiecinski JM, Kratofil RM, Parlet CP, Surewaard BGJ, Kubes P, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus uses the ArlRS and MgrA cascade to regulate immune evasion during skin infection. Cell Rep. 2021 Jul 27; 36(4):109462. PMID: 34320352.
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    4. Hook JS, Patel PA, O'Malley A, Xie L, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Moreland JG. Lipoproteins from Staphylococcus aureus Drive Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in a TLR2/1- and PAD-Dependent Manner. J Immunol. 2021 08 01; 207(3):966-973. PMID: 34290104.
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    5. Roy P, Horswill AR, Fey PD. Glycan-Dependent Corneocyte Adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis Mediated by the Lectin Subdomain of Aap. mBio. 2021 08 31; 12(4):e0290820. PMID: 34253065.
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    6. Salam AM, Porras G, Cho YK, Brown MM, Risener CJ, Marquez L, Lyles JT, Bacsa J, Horswill AR, Quave CL. Castaneroxy A From the Leaves of Castanea sativa Inhibits Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus. Front Pharmacol. 2021; 12:640179. PMID: 34262448.
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    7. Kavanaugh JS, Leidal KG, Nauseef WM, Horswill AR. Cathepsin G Degrades Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms. J Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 04; 223(11):1865-1869. PMID: 32995850.
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    8. West KHJ, Shen W, Eisenbraun EL, Yang T, Vasquez JK, Horswill AR, Blackwell HE. Non-Native Peptides Capable of Pan-Activating the agr Quorum Sensing System across Multiple Specificity Groups of Staphylococcus epidermidis. ACS Chem Biol. 2021 06 18; 16(6):1070-1078. PMID: 33988969.
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    9. Nakamura K, Williams MR, Kwiecinski JM, Horswill AR, Gallo RL. Staphylococcus aureus Enters Hair Follicles Using Triacylglycerol Lipases Preserved through the Genus Staphylococcus. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 08; 141(8):2094-2097. PMID: 33705795.
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    10. Amjadi MF, Avner BS, Greenlee-Wacker MC, Horswill AR, Nauseef WM. Neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles modulate the phenotype of naïve human neutrophils. J Leukoc Biol. 2021 11; 110(5):917-925. PMID: 33682200.
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    11. Crosby HA, Kwiecinski JM, Horswill AR. In Vitro Assay for Quantifying Clumping of Staphylococcus aureus. Methods Mol Biol. 2021; 2341:31-36. PMID: 34264458.
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    12. Nakamura K, O'Neill AM, Williams MR, Cau L, Nakatsuji T, Horswill AR, Gallo RL. Short chain fatty acids produced by Cutibacterium acnes inhibit biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis. Sci Rep. 2020 12 04; 10(1):21237. PMID: 33277548.
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    13. Bispo M, Anaya-Sanchez A, Suhani S, Raineri EJM, López-Álvarez M, Heuker M, Szymanski W, Romero Pastrana F, Buist G, Horswill AR, Francis KP, van Dam GM, van Oosten M, van Dijl JM. Fighting Staphylococcus aureus infections with light and photoimmunoconjugates. JCI Insight. 2020 11 19; 5(22). PMID: 33048846.
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    14. Brown MM, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus epidermidis-Skin friend or foe? PLoS Pathog. 2020 11; 16(11):e1009026. PMID: 33180890.
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    15. Gupta TT, Gupta NK, Pestrak MJ, Dusane DH, Harro JM, Horswill AR, Stoodley P. Staphylococcus aureus Aggregates on Orthopedic Materials under Varying Levels of Shear Stress. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2020 09 17; 86(19). PMID: 32709721.
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    16. Schilcher K, Horswill AR. Staphylococcal Biofilm Development: Structure, Regulation, and Treatment Strategies. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2020 08 19; 84(3). PMID: 32792334.
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    17. Jones DD, Caesar LK, Pelzer CV, Crandall WJ, Jenul C, Todd DA, Horswill AR, Cech NB. Targeted and untargeted analysis of secondary metabolites to monitor growth and quorum sensing inhibition for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). J Microbiol Methods. 2020 09; 176:106000. PMID: 32649968.
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    18. Cau L, Williams MR, Butcher AM, Nakatsuji T, Kavanaugh JS, Cheng JY, Shafiq F, Higbee K, Hata TR, Horswill AR, Gallo RL. Staphylococcus epidermidis protease EcpA can be a deleterious component of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 03; 147(3):955-966.e16. PMID: 32634452.
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    19. Häffner N, Bär J, Dengler Haunreiter V, Mairpady Shambat S, Seidl K, Crosby HA, Horswill AR, Zinkernagel AS. Intracellular Environment and agr System Affect Colony Size Heterogeneity of Staphylococcus aureus. Front Microbiol. 2020; 11:1415. PMID: 32695082.
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    20. Brown MM, Kwiecinski JM, Cruz LM, Shahbandi A, Todd DA, Cech NB, Horswill AR. Novel Peptide from Commensal Staphylococcus simulans Blocks Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Quorum Sensing and Protects Host Skin from Damage. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 05 21; 64(6). PMID: 32253213.
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    21. Tang H, Porras G, Brown MM, Chassagne F, Lyles JT, Bacsa J, Horswill AR, Quave CL. Triterpenoid acids isolated from Schinus terebinthifolia fruits reduce Staphylococcus aureus virulence and abate dermonecrosis. Sci Rep. 2020 05 15; 10(1):8046. PMID: 32415287.
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    22. Pestrak MJ, Gupta TT, Dusane DH, Guzior DV, Staats A, Harro J, Horswill AR, Stoodley P. Correction: Investigation of synovial fluid induced Staphylococcus aureus aggregate development and its impact on surface attachment and biofilm formation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0233534. PMID: 32407362.
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    23. Pestrak MJ, Gupta TT, Dusane DH, Guzior DV, Staats A, Harro J, Horswill AR, Stoodley P. Investigation of synovial fluid induced Staphylococcus aureus aggregate development and its impact on surface attachment and biofilm formation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0231791. PMID: 32302361.
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    24. Schilcher K, Caesar LK, Cech NB, Horswill AR. Processing, Export, and Identification of Novel Linear Peptides from Staphylococcus aureus. mBio. 2020 04 14; 11(2). PMID: 32291297.
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    25. Kwiecinski JM, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: pathogenesis and regulatory mechanisms. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2020 02; 53:51-60. PMID: 32172183.
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    26. Williams MR, Cau L, Wang Y, Kaul D, Sanford JA, Zaramela LS, Khalil S, Butcher AM, Zengler K, Horswill AR, Dupont CL, Hovnanian A, Gallo RL. Interplay of Staphylococcal and Host Proteases Promotes Skin Barrier Disruption in Netherton Syndrome. Cell Rep. 2020 03 03; 30(9):2923-2933.e7. PMID: 32130897.
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    27. DelMain EA, Moormeier DE, Endres JL, Hodges RE, Sadykov MR, Horswill AR, Bayles KW. Stochastic Expression of Sae-Dependent Virulence Genes during Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Development Is Dependent on SaeS. mBio. 2020 01 14; 11(1). PMID: 31937649.
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    28. Deng L, Schilcher K, Burcham LR, Kwiecinski JM, Johnson PM, Head SR, Heinrichs DE, Horswill AR, Doran KS. Identification of Key Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Vaginal Colonization. mBio. 2019 12 24; 10(6). PMID: 31874913.
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    29. Sirobhushanam S, Parsa N, Reed TJ, Berthier CC, Sarkar MK, Hile GA, Tsoi LC, Banfield J, Dobry C, Horswill AR, Gudjonsson JE, Kahlenberg JM. Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Is Increased on Lupus Skin Lesions and Is Promoted by IFN-Mediated Barrier Disruption. J Invest Dermatol. 2020 05; 140(5):1066-1074.e4. PMID: 31877319.
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    30. Horswill AR, Gordon CP. Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Small Molecule Modulators of the Staphylococcal Accessory Gene Regulator. J Med Chem. 2020 03 26; 63(6):2705-2730. PMID: 31658413.
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    31. Miller RJ, Crosby HA, Schilcher K, Wang Y, Ortines RV, Mazhar M, Dikeman DA, Pinsker BL, Brown ID, Joyce DP, Zhang J, Archer NK, Liu H, Alphonse MP, Czupryna J, Anderson WR, Bernthal NM, Fortuno-Miranda L, Bulte JWM, Francis KP, Horswill AR, Miller LS. Development of a Staphylococcus aureus reporter strain with click beetle red luciferase for enhanced in vivo imaging of experimental bacteremia and mixed infections. Sci Rep. 2019 11 13; 9(1):16663. PMID: 31723175.
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    32. Crosby HA, Tiwari N, Kwiecinski JM, Xu Z, Dykstra A, Jenul C, Fuentes EJ, Horswill AR. The Staphylococcus aureus ArlRS two-component system regulates virulence factor expression through MgrA. Mol Microbiol. 2020 01; 113(1):103-122. PMID: 31618469.
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    33. Grundstad ML, Parlet CP, Kwiecinski JM, Kavanaugh JS, Crosby HA, Cho YS, Heilmann K, Diekema DJ, Horswill AR. Quorum Sensing, Virulence, and Antibiotic Resistance of USA100 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. mSphere. 2019 08 14; 4(4). PMID: 31413175.
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    34. Kavanaugh JS, Flack CE, Lister J, Ricker EB, Ibberson CB, Jenul C, Moormeier DE, Delmain EA, Bayles KW, Horswill AR. Identification of Extracellular DNA-Binding Proteins in the Biofilm Matrix. mBio. 2019 06 25; 10(3). PMID: 31239382.
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    35. Kwiecinski JM, Crosby HA, Valotteau C, Hippensteel JA, Nayak MK, Chauhan AK, Schmidt EP, Dufrêne YF, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus adhesion in endovascular infections is controlled by the ArlRS-MgrA signaling cascade. PLoS Pathog. 2019 05; 15(5):e1007800. PMID: 31116795.
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    36. Borbón TY, Scorza BM, Clay GM, Lima Nobre de Queiroz F, Sariol AJ, Bowen JL, Chen Y, Zhanbolat B, Parlet CP, Valadares DG, Cassel SL, Nauseef WM, Horswill AR, Sutterwala FS, Wilson ME. Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 05; 13(5):e0007247. PMID: 31107882.
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    37. Williams MR, Costa SK, Zaramela LS, Khalil S, Todd DA, Winter HL, Sanford JA, O'Neill AM, Liggins MC, Nakatsuji T, Cech NB, Cheung AL, Zengler K, Horswill AR, Gallo RL. Quorum sensing between bacterial species on the skin protects against epidermal injury in atopic dermatitis. Sci Transl Med. 2019 05 01; 11(490). PMID: 31043573.
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    38. Kwiecinski JM, Jacobsson G, Horswill AR, Josefsson E, Jin T. Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates correlates with the infection type. Infect Dis (Lond). 2019 06; 51(6):446-451. PMID: 30985241.
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    39. Jenul C, Horswill AR. Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence. Microbiol Spectr. 2019 04 05; 7(2). PMID: 30953424.
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    40. Parlet CP, Kavanaugh JS, Crosby HA, Raja HA, El-Elimat T, Todd DA, Pearce CJ, Cech NB, Oberlies NH, Horswill AR. Apicidin Attenuates MRSA Virulence through Quorum-Sensing Inhibition and Enhanced Host Defense. Cell Rep. 2019 04 02; 27(1):187-198.e6. PMID: 30943400.
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    41. Tian X, Hellman J, Horswill AR, Crosby HA, Francis KP, Prakash A. Corrigendum: Elevated Gut Microbiome-Derived Propionate Levels Are Associated With Reduced Sterile Lung Inflammation and Bacterial Immunity in Mice. Front Microbiol. 2019; 10:518. PMID: 30972040.
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    42. Parlet CP, Brown MM, Horswill AR. Commensal Staphylococci Influence Staphylococcus aureus Skin Colonization and Disease. Trends Microbiol. 2019 06; 27(6):497-507. PMID: 30846311.
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    43. Tian X, Hellman J, Horswill AR, Crosby HA, Francis KP, Prakash A. Elevated Gut Microbiome-Derived Propionate Levels Are Associated With Reduced Sterile Lung Inflammation and Bacterial Immunity in Mice. Front Microbiol. 2019; 10:159. PMID: 30891007.
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    44. Trivedi U, Madsen JS, Everett J, Fell C, Russel J, Haaber J, Crosby HA, Horswill AR, Burmølle M, Rumbaugh KP, Sørensen SJ. Staphylococcus aureus coagulases are exploitable yet stable public goods in clinically relevant conditions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 12 11; 115(50):E11771-E11779. PMID: 30463950.
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    45. Loftus RW, Dexter F, Robinson ADM, Horswill AR. Desiccation tolerance is associated with Staphylococcus aureus hypertransmissibility, resistance and infection development in the operating room. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Nov; 100(3):299-308. PMID: 29966756.
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    46. Urbano R, Karlinsey JE, Libby SJ, Doulias PT, Ischiropoulos H, Warheit-Niemi HI, Liggitt DH, Horswill AR, Fang FC. Host Nitric Oxide Disrupts Microbial Cell-to-Cell Communication to Inhibit Staphylococcal Virulence. . 2018 05 09; 23(5):594-606.e7. PMID: 29706505.
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    47. Chen Y, Crosby HA, Oosthuysen WF, Diekema DJ, Kelley ST, Horswill AR. Draft Genome Sequence of USA100 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain 209. Genome Announc. 2018 Jan 04; 6(1). PMID: 29301880.
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    48. Quave CL, Horswill AR. Identification of Staphylococcal Quorum Sensing Inhibitors by Quantification of õ-Hemolysin with High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1673:363-370. PMID: 29130186.
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    49. Paharik AE, Parlet CP, Chung N, Todd DA, Rodriguez EI, Van Dyke MJ, Cech NB, Horswill AR. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Strain Prevents Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Skin Infection by Blocking Quorum Sensing. . 2017 Dec 13; 22(6):746-756.e5. PMID: 29199097.
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    50. Todd DA, Parlet CP, Crosby HA, Malone CL, Heilmann KP, Horswill AR, Cech NB. Signal Biosynthesis Inhibition with Ambuic Acid as a Strategy To Target Antibiotic-Resistant Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 08; 61(8). PMID: 28607020.
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    51. Nicholson TL, Brockmeier SL, Sukumar N, Paharik AE, Lister JL, Horswill AR, Kehrli ME, Loving CL, Shore SM, Deora R. The Bordetella Bps Polysaccharide Is Required for Biofilm Formation and Enhances Survival in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Swine. Infect Immun. 2017 08; 85(8). PMID: 28559403.
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    52. Mishra S, Horswill AR. Heparin Mimics Extracellular DNA in Binding to Cell Surface-Localized Proteins and Promoting Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation. mSphere. 2017 May-Jun; 2(3). PMID: 28656173.
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    53. Muhs A, Lyles JT, Parlet CP, Nelson K, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Quave CL. Virulence Inhibitors from Brazilian Peppertree Block Quorum Sensing and Abate Dermonecrosis in Skin Infection Models. Sci Rep. 2017 02 10; 7:42275. PMID: 28186134.
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    54. Paharik AE, Kotasinska M, Both A, Hoang TN, Büttner H, Roy P, Fey PD, Horswill AR, Rohde H. The metalloprotease SepA governs processing of accumulation-associated protein and shapes intercellular adhesive surface properties in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Mol Microbiol. 2017 03; 103(5):860-874. PMID: 27997732.
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    55. Paharik AE, Salgado-Pabon W, Meyerholz DK, White MJ, Schlievert PM, Horswill AR. The Spl Serine Proteases Modulate Staphylococcus aureus Protein Production and Virulence in a Rabbit Model of Pneumonia. mSphere. 2016 Sep-Oct; 1(5). PMID: 27747296.
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    56. Schaeffer CR, Hoang TN, Sudbeck CM, Alawi M, Tolo IE, Robinson DA, Horswill AR, Rohde H, Fey PD. Versatility of Biofilm Matrix Molecules in Staphylococcus epidermidis Clinical Isolates and Importance of Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression during High Shear Stress. mSphere. 2016 Sep-Oct; 1(5). PMID: 27747298.
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    57. Quave CL, Lyles JT, Kavanaugh JS, Nelson K, Parlet CP, Crosby HA, Heilmann KP, Horswill AR. Correction: Castanea sativa (European Chestnut) Leaf Extracts Rich in Ursene and Oleanene Derivatives Block Staphylococcus aureus Virulence and Pathogenesis without Detectable Resistance. PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0163655. PMID: 27657727.
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    58. Gordon CP, Olson SD, Lister JL, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR. Truncated Autoinducing Peptides as Antagonists of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Quorum Sensing. J Med Chem. 2016 10 13; 59(19):8879-8888. PMID: 27585401.
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    59. Crosby HA, Kwiecinski J, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus Aggregation and Coagulation Mechanisms, and Their Function in Host-Pathogen Interactions. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2016; 96:1-41. PMID: 27565579.
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    60. Todd DA, Zich DB, Ettefagh KA, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Cech NB. Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry for quantitative measurement of quorum sensing inhibition. J Microbiol Methods. 2016 08; 127:89-94. PMID: 27237773.
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    61. Ibberson CB, Parlet CP, Kwiecinski J, Crosby HA, Meyerholz DK, Horswill AR. Hyaluronan Modulation Impacts Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection. Infect Immun. 2016 06; 84(6):1917-1929. PMID: 27068096.
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    62. Yang T, Tal-Gan Y, Paharik AE, Horswill AR, Blackwell HE. Structure-Function Analyses of a Staphylococcus epidermidis Autoinducing Peptide Reveals Motifs Critical for AgrC-type Receptor Modulation. ACS Chem Biol. 2016 07 15; 11(7):1982-91. PMID: 27159024.
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    63. Crosby HA, Schlievert PM, Merriman JA, King JM, Salgado-Pabón W, Horswill AR. The Staphylococcus aureus Global Regulator MgrA Modulates Clumping and Virulence by Controlling Surface Protein Expression. PLoS Pathog. 2016 05; 12(5):e1005604. PMID: 27144398.
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    64. Mlynek KD, Callahan MT, Shimkevitch AV, Farmer JT, Endres JL, Marchand M, Bayles KW, Horswill AR, Kaplan JB. Effects of Low-Dose Amoxicillin on Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 05; 60(5):2639-51. PMID: 26856828.
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    65. Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR. Impact of Environmental Cues on Staphylococcal Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Development. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 10; 291(24):12556-12564. PMID: 27129223.
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    66. Herrera A, Vu BG, Stach CS, Merriman JA, Horswill AR, Salgado-Pabón W, Schlievert PM. Staphylococcus aureus ß-Toxin Mutants Are Defective in Biofilm Ligase and Sphingomyelinase Activity, and Causation of Infective Endocarditis and Sepsis. Biochemistry. 2016 05 03; 55(17):2510-7. PMID: 27015018.
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    67. Paharik AE, Horswill AR. The Staphylococcal Biofilm: Adhesins, Regulation, and Host Response. Microbiol Spectr. 2016 04; 4(2). PMID: 27227309.
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    68. Kiedrowski MR, Paharik AE, Ackermann LW, Shelton AU, Singh SB, Starner TD, Horswill AR. Development of an in vitro colonization model to investigate Staphylococcus aureus interactions with airway epithelia. Cell Microbiol. 2016 May; 18(5):720-32. PMID: 26566259.
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    69. Britton ER, Ibberson CB, Horswill AR, Cech NB. A new mass spectrometry based bioassay for the direct assessment of hyaluronidase activity and inhibition. J Microbiol Methods. 2015 Dec; 119:163-7. PMID: 26519769.
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    70. Scherr TD, Hanke ML, Huang O, James DB, Horswill AR, Bayles KW, Fey PD, Torres VJ, Kielian T. Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Induce Macrophage Dysfunction Through Leukocidin AB and Alpha-Toxin. mBio. 2015 Aug 25; 6(4). PMID: 26307164.
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    71. Quave CL, Lyles JT, Kavanaugh JS, Nelson K, Parlet CP, Crosby HA, Heilmann KP, Horswill AR. Castanea sativa (European Chestnut) Leaf Extracts Rich in Ursene and Oleanene Derivatives Block Staphylococcus aureus Virulence and Pathogenesis without Detectable Resistance. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0136486. PMID: 26295163.
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    72. Decker R, Burdelski C, Zobiak M, Büttner H, Franke G, Christner M, Saß K, Zobiak B, Henke HA, Horswill AR, Bischoff M, Bur S, Hartmann T, Schaeffer CR, Fey PD, Rohde H. An 18 kDa scaffold protein is critical for Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Mar; 11(3):e1004735. PMID: 25799153.
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    73. Mootz JM, Benson MA, Heim CE, Crosby HA, Kavanaugh JS, Dunman PM, Kielian T, Torres VJ, Horswill AR. Rot is a key regulator of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Mol Microbiol. 2015 Apr; 96(2):388-404. PMID: 25612137.
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    74. Daly SM, Elmore BO, Kavanaugh JS, Triplett KD, Figueroa M, Raja HA, El-Elimat T, Crosby HA, Femling JK, Cech NB, Horswill AR, Oberlies NH, Hall PR. ?-Hydroxyemodin limits staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing-mediated pathogenesis and inflammation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Apr; 59(4):2223-35. PMID: 25645827.
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    75. Parlet CP, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Schlueter AJ. Chronic ethanol feeding increases the severity of Staphylococcus aureus skin infections by altering local host defenses. J Leukoc Biol. 2015 Apr; 97(4):769-78. PMID: 25605871.
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    76. Lister JL, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: recent developments in biofilm dispersal. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2014; 4:178. PMID: 25566513.
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    77. Abou Alaiwa MH, Reznikov LR, Gansemer ND, Sheets KA, Horswill AR, Stoltz DA, Zabner J, Welsh MJ. pH modulates the activity and synergism of the airway surface liquid antimicrobials ß-defensin-3 and LL-37. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 30; 111(52):18703-8. PMID: 25512526.
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    78. Quave CL, Horswill AR. Flipping the switch: tools for detecting small molecule inhibitors of staphylococcal virulence. Front Microbiol. 2014; 5:706. PMID: 25566220.
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    79. Schaeffer CR, Woods KM, Longo GM, Kiedrowski MR, Paharik AE, Büttner H, Christner M, Boissy RJ, Horswill AR, Rohde H, Fey PD. Accumulation-associated protein enhances Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation under dynamic conditions and is required for infection in a rat catheter model. Infect Immun. 2015 Jan; 83(1):214-26. PMID: 25332125.
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    80. Moormeier DE, Bose JL, Horswill AR, Bayles KW. Temporal and stochastic control of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm development. mBio. 2014 Oct 14; 5(5):e01341-14. PMID: 25316695.
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    81. DeLeon S, Clinton A, Fowler H, Everett J, Horswill AR, Rumbaugh KP. Synergistic interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro wound model. Infect Immun. 2014 Nov; 82(11):4718-28. PMID: 25156721.
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    124. Kavanaugh JS, Gakhar L, Horswill AR. The structure of LsrB from Yersinia pestis complexed with autoinducer-2. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Dec 01; 67(Pt 12):1501-5. PMID: 22139152.
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    146. Horswill AR, Nauseef WM. Host interception of bacterial communication signals. Cell Host Microbe. 2008 Dec 11; 4(6):507-9. PMID: 19064249.
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    150. Cheng L, Naumann TA, Horswill AR, Hong SJ, Venters BJ, Tomsho JW, Benkovic SJ, Keiler KC. Discovery of antibacterial cyclic peptides that inhibit the ClpXP protease. Protein Sci. 2007 Aug; 16(8):1535-42. PMID: 17600141.
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    167. Tsang AW, Horswill AR, Escalante-Semerena JC. Studies of regulation of expression of the propionate (prpBCDE) operon provide insights into how Salmonella typhimurium LT2 integrates its 1,2-propanediol and propionate catabolic pathways. J Bacteriol. 1998 Dec; 180(24):6511-8. PMID: 9851993.
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    169. Rondon MR, Horswill AR, Escalante-Semerena JC. DNA polymerase I function is required for the utilization of ethanolamine, 1,2-propanediol, and propionate by Salmonella typhimurium LT2. J Bacteriol. 1995 Dec; 177(24):7119-24. PMID: 8522518.
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