Michael R. Wessels

Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> : Implications for the microbial “pan-genome”

Hervé Tettelin, Vega Masignani, Michael J. Cieslewicz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Recognition of pneumolysin by Toll-like receptor 4 confers resistance to pneumococcal infection

Richard Malley, Philipp Henneke, Sarah C. Morse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 699 citations · Full text

Studies of group B streptococcal infection in mice deficient in complement component C3 or C4 demonstrate an essential role for complement in both innate and acquired immunity.

Michael R. Wessels, Peter Butko, Minghe Ma et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 499 citations · Full text

Host Response, Complement Component C3, Complement System +12

Complete genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis of an emerging human pathogen, serotype V<i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i>

Hervé Tettelin, Vega Masignani, Michael J. Cieslewicz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 488 citations · Full text

Blocking Neuronal Signaling to Immune Cells Treats Streptococcal Invasive Infection

Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, Buket Baddal, Rianne Haarsma et al. · Cell · 2018 · 409 citations · Full text

Medicine, Immunology, Brain-immune Interaction +7