Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

L. E. Bermudez, Wu, M., and Young, L. S., “Intracellular killing of Mycobacterium avium complex by rifapentine and liposome-encapsulated amikacin.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 156, no. 3, pp. 510-3, 1987.

L. E. Bermudez, “Infection of "nonprofessional phagocytes" with Mycobacterium avium complex.”, Clinical immunology and immunopathology, vol. 61, no. 2 Pt 1, pp. 225-35, 1991.

L. E. Bermudez, Young, L. S., and Enkel, H., “Interaction of Mycobacterium avium complex with human macrophages: roles of membrane receptors and serum proteins.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1697-702, 1991.

L. E. Bermudez, Wu, M., Petrofsky, M., and Young, L. S., “Interleukin-6 antagonizes tumor necrosis factor-mediated mycobacteriostatic and mycobactericidal activities in macrophages.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 4245-52, 1992.

L. E. Bermudez, Covaro, G., and Remington, J., “Infection of murine macrophages with Toxoplasma gondii is associated with release of transforming growth factor beta and downregulation of expression of tumor necrosis factor receptors.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 4126-30, 1993.

L. E. Bermudez and Champsi, J., “Infection with Mycobacterium avium induces production of interleukin-10 (IL-10), and administration of anti-IL-10 antibody is associated with enhanced resistance to infection in mice.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 3093-7, 1993.

L. E. Bermudez, “Immunobiology of Mycobacterium avium infection.”, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1000-6, 1994.

L. E. Bermudez, Wu, M., and Young, L. S., “Interleukin-12-stimulated natural killer cells can activate human macrophages to inhibit growth of Mycobacterium avium.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 4099-104, 1995.

T. Tantawichien, Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “Interleukin-7 induces anti-Mycobacterium avium activity in human monocyte-derived macrophages.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 174, no. 3, pp. 574-82, 1996.

J. D. Cirillo, Falkow, S., Tompkins, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “Interaction of Mycobacterium avium with environmental amoebae enhances virulence.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3759-67, 1997.

C. A. Kemper, Bermudez, L. E., and Deresinski, S. C., “Immunomodulatory treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex bacteremia in patients with AIDS by use of recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 177, no. 4, pp. 914-20, 1998.

J. D. Cirillo, Cirillo, S. L., Yan, L., Bermudez, L. E., Falkow, S., and Tompkins, L. S., “Intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii affects monocyte entry mechanisms and enhances virulence of Legionella pneumophila.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 4427-34, 1999.

L. E. Bermudez, Wu, M., Miltner, E., and Inderlied, C. B., “Isolation of two subpopulations of Mycobacterium avium within human macrophages.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 178, no. 1, pp. 19-26, 1999.

N. Mohagheghpour, van Vollenhoven, A., Goodman, J., and Bermudez, L. E., “Interaction of Mycobacterium avium with human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 5824-9, 2000.

H. S. Wu, Kolonoski, P., Chang, Y. Y., and Bermudez, L. E., “Invasion of the brain and chronic central nervous system infection after systemic Mycobacterium avium complex infection in mice.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 2979-84, 2000.

P. M. Roger and Bermudez, L. E., “Infection of mice with Mycobacterium avium primes CD8+ lymphocytes for apoptosis upon exposure to macrophages.”, Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.), vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 378-86, 2001.

L. Danelishvili, Poort, M. J., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes up-regulated in cultured macrophages and in mice.”, FEMS Microbiol Lett, vol. 239, no. 1, pp. 41-9, 2004.

L. Danelishvili, Poort, M. J., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes up-regulated in cultured macrophages and in mice.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 239, no. 1, pp. 41-9, 2004.

L. E. Bermudez, Petrofsky, M., and Sangari, F., “Intracellular phenotype of Mycobacterium avium enters macrophages primarily by a macropinocytosis-like mechanism and survives in a compartment that differs from that with extracellular phenotype.”, Cell biology international, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 411-9, 2004.

E. Miltner, Daroogheh, K., Mehta, P. K., Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, J. D., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes that affect invasion of the intestinal epithelium.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 4214-21, 2005.

M. L. Kent, Watral, V., Wu, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “In vivo and in vitro growth of Mycobacterium marinum at homoeothermic temperatures.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 257, no. 1, pp. 69-75, 2006.

L. Danelishvili, Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “In vivo efficacy of phage therapy for Mycobacterium avium infection as delivered by a nonvirulent mycobacterium.”, Microb Drug Resist, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-6, 2006.

L. Danelishvili, Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “In vivo efficacy of phage therapy for Mycobacterium avium infection as delivered by a nonvirulent mycobacterium.”, Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-6, 2006.

L. Danelishvili, Wu, M., Stang, B., Harriff, M., Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, S., Cirillo, J. D., Cirillo, J., Bildfell, R., Arbogast, B., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection.”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 104, no. 26, pp. 11038-43, 2007.

L. Danelishvili, Wu, M., Stang, B. V., Harriff, M., Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, S., Cirillo, J. D., Cirillo, J., Bildfell, R. J., Arbogast, B., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 104, no. 26, pp. 11038-43, 2007.