Girish Kirimanjeswara

Role of antibodies in immunity to Bordetella infections.

Antibody-mediated bacterial clearance from the lower respiratory tract of mice requires complement component C3.

Clearance of Bordetella parapertussis from the lower respiratory tract requires humoral and cellular immunity.

Pertussis toxin inhibits neutrophil recruitment to delay antibody-mediated clearance of Bordetella pertussis.

The complex mechanism of antibody-mediated clearance of Bordetella from the lungs requires TLR4.

Different mechanisms of vaccine-induced and infection-induced immunity to Bordetella bronchiseptica.

Mucosal immunopathogenesis of Francisella tularensis.

Modeling systems-level regulation of host immune responses.

Prophylactic and therapeutic use of antibodies for protection against respiratory infection with Francisella tularensis.

Comparative role of immunoglobulin A in protective immunity against the Bordetellae.

Adaptation of Francisella tularensis to the mammalian environment is governed by cues which can be mimicked in vitro.

An improved vaccine for prevention of respiratory tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis SchuS4 strain.

Humoral and cell-mediated immunity to the intracellular pathogen Francisella tularensis.

Contribution of citrulline ureidase to Francisella tularensis strain Schu S4 pathogenesis.

Type I IFN signaling constrains IL-17A/F secretion by gammadelta T cells during bacterial infections.

Identification of Francisella tularensis outer membrane protein A (FopA) as a protective antigen for tularemia.

Intranasal administration of an inactivated Yersinia pestis vaccine with interleukin-12 generates protective immunity against pneumonic plague.

Differing effects of interleukin-10 on cutaneous and pulmonary Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain infection.

Increased susceptibility of IgA-deficient mice to pulmonary Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain infection.

Peri-procedural povidone-iodine rectal preparation reduces microorganism counts and infectious complications following ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate.

Caspase-1-independent interleukin-1β is required for clearance of Bordetella pertussis infections and whole-cell vaccine-mediated immunity.