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 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +15

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 · 706 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

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 · 505 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

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 · 492 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Blocking Neuronal Signaling to Immune Cells Treats Streptococcal Invasive Infection

Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, Buket Baddal, Rianne Haarsma et al. · Cell · 2018 · 428 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +10