Ruth C. Massey

Staphylococcus aureus host cell invasion and virulence in sepsis is facilitated by the multiple repeats within FnBPA.

How does Staphylococcus aureus escape the bloodstream?

Staphylococcus aureus keratinocyte invasion is dependent upon multiple high-affinity fibronectin-binding repeats within FnBPA.

Functional blocking of Staphylococcus aureus adhesins following growth in ex vivo media.

Antibiotic-resistant sub-populations of the pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus confer population-wide resistance.

Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B (ClfB) promotes adherence to human type I cytokeratin 10: implications for nasal colonization.

Environmental regulation of mutation rates at specific sites.

Genes encoding a cellulosic polymer contribute toward the ecological success of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 on plant surfaces.

Interference competition and parasite virulence.

Clonal distribution and phase-variable expression of a major histocompatibility complex analogue protein in Staphylococcus aureus.

Antagonistic coevolution with parasites increases the cost of host deleterious mutations.

Agr interference between clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains in an insect model of virulence.

The evolution and maintenance of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus: a role for host-to-host transmission?

Use of peptide-major histocompatibility complex tetramer technology to study interactions between Staphylococcus aureus proteins and human cells.

Interspecific competition and siderophore-mediated cooperation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The Staphyloccous aureus Eap protein activates expression of proinflammatory cytokines.

Identification of factors contributing to T-cell toxicity of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates.

Offsetting virulence and antibiotic resistance costs by MRSA.

Methicillin Resistance Reduces the Virulence of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Interfering With the agr Quorum Sensing System.