Publications

Clostridioides difficile LuxS mediates inter-bacterial interactions within biofilms. Slater RT, Frost LR, Jossi SE, Millard AD, Unnikrishnan M. Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 9;9(1):9903. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46143-6.

Probing Clostridium difficile Infection in Complex Human Gut Cellular Models. Anonye BO, Hassall J, Patient J, Detamornrat U, Aladdad AM, Schüller S, Rose FRAJ, Unnikrishnan M. Front Microbiol. 2019 Apr 30;10:879. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00879. eCollection 2019.

Targeting intracellular, multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus with guanidinium polymers by elucidating the structure-activity relationship. Kuroki A, Kengmo Tchoupa A, Hartlieb M, Peltier R, Locock KES, Unnikrishnan M, Perrier S. Biomaterials. 2019 Oct;217:119249. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119249. Epub 2019 Jun 18.

The Enigmatic Esx Proteins: Looking Beyond Mycobacteria. Unnikrishnan M, Constantinidou C, Palmer T, Pallen MJ. Trends Microbiol. 2017 Mar;25(3):192-204. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.004. Epub 2016 Nov 25.

Staphylococcal Esx proteins modulate apoptosis and release of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus during infection in epithelial cells. Korea CG, Balsamo G, Pezzicoli A, Merakou C, Tavarini S, Bagnoli F, Serruto D, Unnikrishnan M. Infect Immun. 2014 Jul;82(10):4144-53. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01576-14. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

Identification of a novel zinc metalloprotease through a global analysis of Clostridium difficile extracellular proteins. Cafardi V, Biagini M., Martinelli M, Leuzzi R, Rubino JT, Cantini F, Norais N, Scarselli M, Serruto D, Unnikrishnan M. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 26;8(11):e81306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081306. eCollection 2013.

Multiple factors modulate biofilm formation by the anaerobic pathogen Clostridium difficile. Ðapa T, Leuzzi R, Ng YK, Baban ST, Adamo R, Kuehne SA, Scarselli M, Minton NP, Serruto D, Unnikrishnan M. J. Bacteriol. 2013 Feb;195(3):545-55. doi: 10.1128/JB.01980-12. Epub 2012 Nov 21.

Mycobacterial Esx-3 is required for mycobactin-mediated iron acquisition. Siegrist MS, Unnikrishnan M, McConnell MJ, Borowsky M, Cheng T-Y, Siddiqi N, Fortune SM, Moody DB, Rubin EJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 3;106(44):18792-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0900589106.Epub 2009 Oct 21.

• Regulatory Role of Anti-Sigma Factor RsbW in Clostridioides difficile Stress Response, Persistence, and Infection
  26 Apr 2023 by Jeffrey K J Cheng
• <em>Clostridioides difficile</em> infection: traversing host-pathogen interactions in the gut
  27 Feb 2023 by Jeffrey K J Cheng
• Dual pH-Responsive Macrophage-Targeted Isoniazid Glycoparticles for Intracellular Tuberculosis Therapy
  2 Aug 2021 by Andrew M Lunn
• Dissecting Individual Interactions between Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria within a Multispecies Gut Microbial Community
  25 Mar 2021 by Jack Hassall
• Clostridioides difficile biofilms: A mechanism of persistence in the gut?
  11 Mar 2021 by Lucy R Frost
• The safety profile of Bald's eyesalve for the treatment of bacterial infections
  16 Oct 2020 by Blessing O Anonye
• The type VII secretion system protects Staphylococcus aureus against antimicrobial host fatty acids
  10 Sep 2020 by Arnaud Kengmo Tchoupa
• Evasion of host defenses by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus
  9 Aug 2020 by Kate E Watkins
• The great host-pathogen war: U.K. Cellular microbiology meeting 2020
  5 Aug 2020 by Jason S King

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