Genome and Phylogenetic Analyses of Trypanosoma evansi Reveal Extensive Similarity to T. brucei and Multiple Independent Origins for Dyskinetoplasty

Jason Carnes, Atashi Anupama, Oliver Balmer, +24

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Multiple Independent OriginsComparative GenomicsGeneticsT. BruceiMolecular Genetics +21

Group B <i>Streptococcus</i> circumvents neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps during amniotic cavity invasion and preterm labor

Erica Boldenow, Claire Gendrin, Lisa Ngo, +17

Science Immunology

A streptococcal lipid toxin induces membrane permeabilization and pyroptosis leading to fetal injury

Christopher Whidbey, Jay Vornhagen, Claire Gendrin, +11

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Structural Basis of Cytotoxicity Mediated by the Type III Secretion Toxin ExoU from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Claire Gendrin, Carlos Contreras‐Martel, Stéphanie Bouillot, +6

PLoS Pathogens

Group B streptococcus exploits vaginal epithelial exfoliation for ascending infection

Jay Vornhagen, Blair Armistead, Verónica Santana-Ufret, +14

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Microbial PathogensGynecologyBacterial PathogensMedical MicrobiologyVaginitis +15

Mast cell degranulation by a hemolytic lipid toxin decreases GBS colonization and infection

Claire Gendrin, Jay Vornhagen, Lisa Ngo, +9

Science Advances

Hyaluronidase Impairs Neutrophil Function and Promotes Group B<i>Streptococcus</i>Invasion and Preterm Labor in Nonhuman Primates

Michelle M. Coleman, Blair Armistead, Austyn Orvis, +15

mBio

<i>Toxoplasma gondii </i>Uses Unusual Sorting Mechanisms to Deliver Transmembrane Proteins into the Host‐Cell Vacuole

Claire Gendrin, Corinne Mercier, Laurence Braun, +3

Traffic

Host‐cell VacuoleImmunologyCellular PhysiologyHost CellMolecular Sorting +20

Mast cell chymase decreases the severity of group B Streptococcus infections

Claire Gendrin, Nicholas J. Shubin, Erica Boldenow, +8

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

A Nonhemolytic Group B Streptococcus Strain Exhibits Hypervirulence

Claire Gendrin, Jay Vornhagen, Blair Armistead, +12

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Medical MicrobiologyPathogenic MicrobiologyGbs HyaluronidaseMicrobial PathogensHealth Sciences +13