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St. Geme Laboratory Publications
Below is a list of selected publications from the St. Geme Lab:
Sacharok AL, Porsch EA, Yount TA, Keenan O, St Geme JW 3rd. Kingella kingae PilC1 and PilC2 are adhesive multifunctional proteins that promote bacterial adherence, twitching motility, DNA transformation, and pilus biogenesis. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Mar; 18(3):e1010440. PMID: 35353876
Kadry NA, Porsch EA, Shen H, St Geme JW 3rd. Immunization with HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins protects against colonization by heterologous strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.. 2021 Aug; 118(32):e2019923118. PMID: 34344825
Porsch EA, Yagupsky P, St Geme JW 3rd. Kingella negevensis shares multiple putative virulence factors with Kingella kingae. PLoS One. 2020 Oct; 15(10):e0241511. PMID: 33125432
Muñoz VL, Porsch EA, St Geme JW 3rd. Kingella kingae Surface Polysaccharides Promote Resistance to Neutrophil Phagocytosis and Killing. mBio. 2019 Jun; 10(3):e00631-19. PMID: 31239373
Muñoz VL, Porsch EA, St Geme JW 3rd. Kingella kingae Surface Polysaccharides Promote Resistance to Human Serum and Virulence in a Juvenile Rat Model. Infect Immun. 2018 May; 86(6):e00100-18. PMID: 29581191
Kern BK, Porsch EA, St Geme JW 3rd. Defining the Mechanical Determinants of Kingella kingae Adherence to Host Cells. J Bacteriol. 2017 Oct; 199(23):e00314-17. PMID: 28874408
Porsch EA, Starr KF, Yagupsky P, St Geme JW 3rd. The Type a and Type b Polysaccharide Capsules Predominate in an International Collection of Invasive Kingella kingae Isolates. mSphere. 2017 Mar; 2(2):e00060-17. PMID: 28317027
Starr KF, Porsch EA, Seed PC, Heiss C, Naran R, Forsberg LS, Amit U, Yagupsky P, Azadi P, St Geme JW 3rd. Kingella kingae Expresses Four Structurally Distinct Polysaccharide Capsules That Differ in Their Correlation with Invasive Disease. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Oct; 12(10):e1005944. PMID: 27760194
Rempe KA, Porsch EA, Wilson JM, St Geme JW 3rd. The HMW1 and HMW2 Adhesins Enhance the Ability of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae To Colonize the Upper Respiratory Tract of Rhesus Macaques. Infect Immun. 2016 Sep; 84(10):2771-8. PMID: 27430270
McCann JR, Mason SN, Auten RL, St Geme JW 3rd, Seed PC. Early-Life Intranasal Colonization with Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Exacerbates Juvenile Airway Disease in Mice. Infect Immun. 2016 Jun; 84(7):2022-2030. PMID: 27113355
Starr KF, Porsch EA, Seed PC, St Geme JW 3rd. Genetic and Molecular Basis of Kingella kingae Encapsulation. Infect Immun. 2016 May; 84(6):1775-1784. PMID: 27045037