Pooja Shivshankar

The Pneumococcal Serine-Rich Repeat Protein Is an Intra-Species Bacterial Adhesin That Promotes Bacterial Aggregation In Vivo and in Biofilms

Carlos J. Sánchez, Pooja Shivshankar, Kim Stol et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2010 · 181 citations · Full text

The <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> adhesin PsrP binds to Keratin 10 on lung cells

Pooja Shivshankar, Carlos J. Sánchez, Lloyd F. Rose et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2009 · 143 citations · Full text

Caspase-1 Contributes to<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>-Induced Upper Urogenital Tract Inflammatory Pathologies without Affecting the Course of Infection

Wen‐Fang Cheng, Pooja Shivshankar, Zhongyu Li et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2007 · 131 citations · Full text

Cellular senescence increases expression of bacterial ligands in the lungs and is positively correlated with increased susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia

Pooja Shivshankar, Angela R. Boyd, Claude Jourdan Le Saux et al. · Aging Cell · 2011 · 118 citations · Full text

Inflammatory Lung Disease, Aging, Lung Inflammation +19

Age-related defects in TLR2 signaling diminish the cytokine response by alveolar macrophages during murine pneumococcal pneumonia

Angela R. Boyd, Pooja Shivshankar, Shoulei Jiang et al. · Experimental Gerontology · 2012 · 116 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Cytokine, Inflammatory Lung Disease +11