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Alexander Horswill to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Alexander Horswill has written about Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

 
Connection Strength
  
 
 
11.670
  
  1. Costa FG, Horswill AR. Urease promotes pH homeostasis and growth of Staphylococcus aureus in skin-like conditions. J Bacteriol. 2025 10 23; 207(10):e0020825.
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    Score: 0.730
  2. Enroth TJ, Severn MM, Costa FG, Bovee AR, Wilkening RV, Nguyen DT, Langouët-Astrié C, Horswill AR. Global changes in Staphylococcus aureus virulence and metabolism during colonization of healthy skin. Infect Immun. 2025 04 08; 93(4):e0002825.
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    Score: 0.707
  3. Lyon LM, Marroquin SM, Thorstenson JC, Joyce LR, Fuentes EJ, Doran KS, Horswill AR. Genome-wide mutagenesis identifies factors involved in MRSA vaginal colonization. Cell Rep. 2025 Mar 25; 44(3):115421.
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    Score: 0.706
  4. Kaplan JB, Horswill AR. Micrococcal nuclease regulates biofilm formation and dispersal in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300. mSphere. 2024 05 29; 9(5):e0012624.
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    Score: 0.665
  5. Costa FG, Mills KB, Crosby HA, Horswill AR. The Staphylococcus aureus regulatory program in a human skin-like environment. mBio. 2024 05 08; 15(5):e0045324.
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    Score: 0.660
  6. Bhattacharya M, Horswill AR. The role of human extracellular matrix proteins in defining Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infections. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2024 01 12; 48(1).
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    Score: 0.651
  7. Lyon LM, Doran KS, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Proteins Contribute to Colonization of the Female Reproductive Tract. Infect Immun. 2023 01 24; 91(1):e0046022.
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    Score: 0.604
  8. Mills KB, Roy P, Kwiecinski JM, Fey PD, Horswill AR. Staphylococcal Corneocyte Adhesion: Assay Optimization and Roles of Aap and SasG Adhesins in the Establishment of Healthy Skin Colonization. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 12 21; 10(6):e0246922.
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    Score: 0.597
  9. Severn MM, Cho YK, Manzer HS, Bunch ZL, Shahbandi A, Todd DA, Cech NB, Horswill AR. The Commensal Staphylococcus warneri Makes Peptide Inhibitors of MRSA Quorum Sensing that Protect Skin from Atopic or Necrotic Damage. J Invest Dermatol. 2022 12; 142(12):3349-3352.e5.
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    Score: 0.586
  10. Kwiecinski JM, Jelani DA, Fuentes EJ, Horswill AR. Therapeutic Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus ArlRS Two-Component Regulatory System Blocks Virulence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 07 19; 66(7):e0018722.
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    Score: 0.584
  11. 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).
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    Score: 0.506
  12. 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).
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    Score: 0.479
  13. 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.
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    Score: 0.467
  14. Cech NB, Junio HA, Ackermann LW, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR. Quorum quenching and antimicrobial activity of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Planta Med. 2012 Sep; 78(14):1556-61.
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    Score: 0.294
  15. Kiedrowski MR, Kavanaugh JS, Malone CL, Mootz JM, Voyich JM, Smeltzer MS, Bayles KW, Horswill AR. Nuclease modulates biofilm formation in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e26714.
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    Score: 0.280
  16. Lauderdale KJ, Malone CL, Boles BR, Morcuende J, Horswill AR. Biofilm dispersal of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on orthopedic implant material. J Orthop Res. 2010 Jan; 28(1):55-61.
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    Score: 0.246
  17. Lauderdale KJ, Boles BR, Cheung AL, Horswill AR. Interconnections between Sigma B, agr, and proteolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm maturation. Infect Immun. 2009 Apr; 77(4):1623-35.
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    Score: 0.231
  18. Lee E, Redzic JS, Sarkar S, Rivkin D, Gordon B, Saviola AJ, Maroney SP, Thorstenson JC, Hansen KC, Horswill A, Hamelberg D, Eisenmesser E. N-terminal processing unlocks global dynamics for substrate engagement in Spl proteases. Sci Adv. 2026 Jul 24; 12(30):eaeh5197.
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    Score: 0.194
  19. John MS, Chinnappan M, Sturges CI, Artami M, Bhattacharya M, Keogh RA, Kavanaugh JS, Jain S, Gedamu H, Komarovsky J, Velasquez M, Sharma T, McDonald JG, Horswill AR, Harris-Tryon TA. Skin androgens regulate Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity via quorum sensing. Nat Microbiol. 2026 Mar; 11(3):704-717.
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    Score: 0.189
  20. Teghanemt A, Schilcher K, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Nauseef WM. Mutation in Staphylococcus aureus that supports gain of function in susceptibility both to hypochlorous acid and to human neutrophils. J Leukoc Biol. 2025 Jul 09; 117(7).
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    Score: 0.180
  21. Hook JS, Matheis AD, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Moreland JG. Role for IRAK-4 and p38 in Neutrophil Signaling in Response to Bacterial Lipoproteins from Staphylococcus aureus. Inflammation. 2025 Aug; 48(4):1704-1715.
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    Score: 0.171
  22. Zehr EP, Erzen CL, Oshima K, Langouet-Astrie CJ, LaRiviere WB, Shi D, Zhang F, McCollister BD, Windham SL, Rizzo AN, Bastarache JA, Horswill AR, Schmidt EP, Kwiecinski JM, Colbert JF. Bacterial pneumonia-induced shedding of epithelial heparan sulfate inhibits the bactericidal activity of cathelicidin in a murine model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2024 02 01; 326(2):L206-L212.
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    Score: 0.162
  23. Weig AW, O'Conner PM, Kwiecinski JM, Marciano OM, Nunag A, Gutierrez AT, Melander RJ, Horswill AR, Melander C. A structure activity relationship study of 3,4'-dimethoxyflavone for ArlRS inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus. Org Biomol Chem. 2023 04 26; 21(16):3373-3380.
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    Score: 0.155
  24. Langouët-Astrié C, Oshima K, McMurtry SA, Yang Y, Kwiecinski JM, LaRivière WB, Kavanaugh JS, Zakharevich I, Hansen KC, Shi D, Zhang F, Boguslawski KM, Perelman SS, Su G, Torres VJ, Liu J, Horswill AR, Schmidt EP. The influenza-injured lung microenvironment promotes MRSA virulence, contributing to severe secondary bacterial pneumonia. Cell Rep. 2022 11 29; 41(9):111721.
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    Score: 0.151
  25. 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.
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    Score: 0.137
  26. 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.
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    Score: 0.128
  27. 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).
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    Score: 0.123
  28. 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.
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    Score: 0.114
  29. 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.
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    Score: 0.096
  30. 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.
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    Score: 0.088
  31. Salgado-Pabón W, Breshears L, Spaulding AR, Merriman JA, Stach CS, Horswill AR, Peterson ML, Schlievert PM. Superantigens are critical for Staphylococcus aureus Infective endocarditis, sepsis, and acute kidney injury. mBio. 2013 Aug 20; 4(4).
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    Score: 0.079
  32. Abdelhady W, Bayer AS, Seidl K, Nast CC, Kiedrowski MR, Horswill AR, Yeaman MR, Xiong YQ. Reduced vancomycin susceptibility in an in vitro catheter-related biofilm model correlates with poor therapeutic outcomes in experimental endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar; 57(3):1447-54.
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    Score: 0.076
  33. Kolar SL, Ibarra JA, Rivera FE, Mootz JM, Davenport JE, Stevens SM, Horswill AR, Shaw LN. Extracellular proteases are key mediators of Staphylococcus aureus virulence via the global modulation of virulence-determinant stability. Microbiologyopen. 2013 Feb; 2(1):18-34.
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    Score: 0.075
  34. Kaplan JB, Izano EA, Gopal P, Karwacki MT, Kim S, Bose JL, Bayles KW, Horswill AR. Low levels of ß-lactam antibiotics induce extracellular DNA release and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus. mBio. 2012; 3(4):e00198-12.
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    Score: 0.074
  35. Nygaard TK, Pallister KB, DuMont AL, DeWald M, Watkins RL, Pallister EQ, Malone C, Griffith S, Horswill AR, Torres VJ, Voyich JM. Alpha-toxin induces programmed cell death of human T cells, B cells, and monocytes during USA300 infection. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e36532.
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    Score: 0.072
  36. Gonzalez DJ, Okumura CY, Hollands A, Kersten R, Akong-Moore K, Pence MA, Malone CL, Derieux J, Moore BS, Horswill AR, Dixon JE, Dorrestein PC, Nizet V. Novel phenol-soluble modulin derivatives in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus identified through imaging mass spectrometry. J Biol Chem. 2012 Apr 20; 287(17):13889-98.
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    Score: 0.071
  37. Kiedrowski MR, Horswill AR. New approaches for treating staphylococcal biofilm infections. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Dec; 1241:104-21.
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    Score: 0.070
  38. Pang YY, Schwartz J, Thoendel M, Ackermann LW, Horswill AR, Nauseef WM. agr-Dependent interactions of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 with human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. J Innate Immun. 2010; 2(6):546-59.
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    Score: 0.065
  39. Berends ET, Horswill AR, Haste NM, Monestier M, Nizet V, von Köckritz-Blickwede M. Nuclease expression by Staphylococcus aureus facilitates escape from neutrophil extracellular traps. J Innate Immun. 2010; 2(6):576-86.
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    Score: 0.065
  40. 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.
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    Score: 0.029
  41. 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).
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    Score: 0.026
  42. 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.
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    Score: 0.025
  43. 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.
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    Score: 0.024
  44. Figueroa M, Jarmusch AK, Raja HA, El-Elimat T, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Cooks RG, Cech NB, Oberlies NH. Polyhydroxyanthraquinones as quorum sensing inhibitors from the guttates of Penicillium restrictum and their analysis by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Nat Prod. 2014 Jun 27; 77(6):1351-8.
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    Score: 0.021
  45. White MJ, Boyd JM, Horswill AR, Nauseef WM. Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C contributes to survival of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in human blood and neutrophils. Infect Immun. 2014 Apr; 82(4):1559-71.
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    Score: 0.020
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