George Y. Liu

Group B streptococcal beta-hemolysin/cytolysin activates neutrophil signaling pathways in brain endothelium and contributes to development of meningitis.

Sword and shield: linked group B streptococcal beta-hemolysin/cytolysin and carotenoid pigment function to subvert host phagocyte defense.

Virulence role of group B Streptococcus beta-hemolysin/cytolysin in a neonatal rabbit model of early-onset pulmonary infection.

IKKalpha limits macrophage NF-kappaB activation and contributes to the resolution of inflammation.

Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity.

DNase expression allows the pathogen group A Streptococcus to escape killing in neutrophil extracellular traps.

Impairment of innate immune killing mechanisms by bacteriostatic antibiotics.

A group B streptococcal pilus protein promotes phagocyte resistance and systemic virulence.

Role of Staphylococcus aureus catalase in niche competition against Streptococcus pneumoniae.

A cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor blocks Staphylococcus aureus virulence.

Electrostatic forward-viewing scanning probe for Doppler optical coherence tomography using a dissipative polymer catheter.

Group B streptococcus induces trophoblast death.

High power wavelength linearly swept mode locked fiber laser for OCT imaging.

Molecular pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Inhibition of staphyloxanthin virulence factor biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus: in vitro, in vivo, and crystallographic results.

Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin contributes to inflammation and muscle tissue injury.

Color me bad: microbial pigments as virulence factors.

Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin targets muscle tissues in a child with myositis and necrotizing fasciitis.

Staphylococcus aureus evades lysozyme-based peptidoglycan digestion that links phagocytosis, inflammasome activation, and IL-1beta secretion.

Polymorphonuclear leukocytes mediate Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin-induced lung inflammation and injury.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme overexpression in mouse myelomonocytic cells augments resistance to Listeria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Carotenoid-related alteration of cell membrane fluidity impacts Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to host defense peptides.

Survival and transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from fomites.

Intranasal application of S. epidermidis prevents colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in mice.

Targeting the host-pathogen interface for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection.