Jieh-Juen Yu

A parasitic phase-specific adhesin of Coccidioides immitis contributes to the virulence of this respiratory Fungal pathogen.

A recombinant beta-1,3-glucanosyltransferase homolog of Coccidioides posadasii protects mice against coccidioidomycosis.

Immune response of vaccinated and non-vaccinated mice to Coccidioides posadasii infection.

A metalloproteinase of Coccidioides posadasii contributes to evasion of host detection.

Improved protection of mice against lethal respiratory infection with Coccidioides posadasii using two recombinant antigens expressed as a single protein.

Coccidioides posadasii produces melanin in vitro and during infection.

Targeted inactivation of francisella tularensis genes by group II introns.

CD4+ T cells are required during priming but not the effector phase of antibody-mediated IFN-gamma-dependent protective immunity against pulmonary Francisella novicida infection.

Mast cells inhibit intramacrophage Francisella tularensis replication via contact and secreted products including IL-4.

A genetically engineered live attenuated vaccine of Coccidioides posadasii protects BALB/c mice against coccidioidomycosis.

Vaccination with a defined Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida pathogenicity island mutant (DeltaiglB) induces protective immunity against homotypic and heterotypic challenge.

Francisella tularensis T-cell antigen identification using humanized HLA-DR4 transgenic mice.

The Francisella tularensis pathogenicity island encodes a secretion system that is required for phagosome escape and virulence.

Mannose-containing oligosaccharides of non-specific human secretory immunoglobulin A mediate inhibition of Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation.

Evasion of IFN-γ signaling by Francisella novicida is dependent upon Francisella outer membrane protein C.

Non-FcεR bearing mast cells secrete sufficient interleukin-4 to control Francisella tularensis replication within macrophages.

Perforin- and granzyme-mediated cytotoxic effector functions are essential for protection against Francisella tularensis following vaccination by the defined F. tularensis subsp. novicida ΔfopC vaccine strain.

Mast cell TLR2 signaling is crucial for effective killing of Francisella tularensis.

Comparison of bone marrow-derived and mucosal mast cells in controlling intramacrophage Francisella tularensis replication.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin is markedly decreased following pulmonary F. tularensis challenge.

Francisella DnaK inhibits tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase.

Mucosal immunization with live attenuated Francisella novicida U112ΔiglB protects against pulmonary F. tularensis SCHU S4 in the Fischer 344 rat model.

Mast cells: multitalented facilitators of protection against bacterial pathogens.

A T cell epitope-based vaccine protects against chlamydial infection in HLA-DR4 transgenic mice.

Genome Sequences of Four Acinetobacter baumannii-A. calcoaceticus Complex Isolates from Combat-Related Infections Sustained in the Middle East.

In vivo whole animal body imaging reveals colonization of Chlamydia muridarum to the lower genital tract at early stages of infection.

Chlamydia muridarum infection associated host MicroRNAs in the murine genital tract and contribution to generation of host immune response.

Severe Acinetobacter baumannii sepsis is associated with elevation of pentraxin 3.

Enhancement of vaccine efficacy by expression of a TLR5 ligand in the defined live attenuated Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida strain U112ΔiglB::fljB.

Live attenuated Francisella novicida vaccine protects against Francisella tularensis pulmonary challenge in rats and non-human primates.

Use of a Guinea pig-specific transcriptome array for evaluation of protective immunity against genital chlamydial infection following intranasal vaccination in Guinea pigs.

Chlamydia pneumoniae promotes dysfunction of pancreatic beta cells.

Murine MicroRNA-214 regulates intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM1) gene expression in genital Chlamydia muridarum infection.

IgA modulates respiratory dysfunction as a sequela to pulmonary chlamydial infection as neonates.

Pentraxin 3: an immune modulator of infection and useful marker for disease severity assessment in sepsis.

M-Cells Contribute to the Entry of an Oral Vaccine but Are Not Essential for the Subsequent Induction of Protective Immunity against Francisella tularensis.

Contribution of FcɛRI-associated vesicles to mast cell-macrophage communication following Francisella tularensis infection.

Antigen specific immune response in Chlamydia muridarum genital infection is dependent on murine microRNAs-155 and -182.

Guinea pig genital tract lipidome reveals in vivo and in vitro regulation of phosphatidylcholine 16:0/18:1 and contribution to Chlamydia trachomatis serovar D infectivity.

Chlamydial protease-like activity factor mediated protection against C. trachomatis in guinea pigs.

Vaccination with a live attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii deficient in thioredoxin provides protection against systemic Acinetobacter infection.