Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

C. A. M. Silva, Danelishvili, L., McNamara, M., Berredo-Pinho, M., Bildfell, R. J., Biet, F., Rodrigues, L. S., Oliveira, A. V., Bermudez, L. E., and Pessolani, M. C. V., “Interaction of Mycobacterium leprae with Human Airway Epithelial Cells: Adherence, Entry, Survival, and Identification of Potential Adhesins by Surface Proteome Analysis.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 81, no. 7, pp. 2645-59, 2013.

J. P. Bannantine and Bermudez, L. E., “No holes barred: invasion of the intestinal mucosa by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 81, no. 11, pp. 3960-5, 2013.

M. McNamara, Tzeng, S. - C., Maier, C., Wu, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “Surface-exposed proteins of pathogenic mycobacteria and the role of cu-zn superoxide dismutase in macrophages and neutrophil survival.”, Proteome science, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 45, 2013.

M. S. Wilberger, Anthony, K. E., Rose, S., McClain, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “Beta-lactam antibiotic resistance among Enterobacter spp isolated from Infections in Animals.”, Advances in Microbiology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 129-137, 2012.

L. E. Bermudez, Inderlied, C. B., Kolonoski, P., Chee, C. B., Aralar, P., Petrofsky, M., Parman, T., Green, C. E., Lewin, A. H., Ellis, W. Y., and Young, L. S., “Identification of (+)-Erythro-Mefloquine as an Active Enantiomer with Greater Efficacy than Mefloquine against Mycobacterium avium Infection in Mice.”, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 4202-6, 2012.

M. McNamara, Danelishvili, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “The Mycobacterium avium ESX-5 PPE protein, PPE25-MAV, interacts with an ESAT-6 family Protein, MAV_2921, and localizes to the bacterial surface.”, Microbial pathogenesis, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 227-38, 2012.

M. McNamara, Tzeng, S. - C., Maier, C., Zhang, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Surface proteome of "Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis" during the early stages of macrophage infection.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 1868-80, 2012.

L. Danelishvili, Everman, J. L., McNamara, M. J., and Bermudez, L. E., “Inhibition of the Plasma-Membrane-Associated Serine Protease Cathepsin G by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3364c Suppresses Caspase-1 and Pyroptosis in Macrophages.”, Frontiers in microbiology, vol. 2, p. 281, 2011.

J. Early and Bermudez, L. E., “Mimicry of the Pathogenic Mycobacterium Vacuole in vitro Elicits the Bacterial Intracellular Phenotype, Including Early-onset Macrophage Cell Death.”, Infection and immunity, 2011.

M. McNabe, Tennant, R., Danelishvili, L., Young, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium ssp. hominissuis biofilm is composed of distinct phenotypes and influenced by the presence of antimicrobials.”, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 697-703, 2011.

J. Early, Fischer, K. A., and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium uses apoptotic macrophages as tools for spreading.”, Microbial pathogenesis, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 132-9, 2011.

Y. -jun Li, Danelishvili, L., Wagner, D., Petrofsky, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of virulence determinants of Mycobacterium avium that impact on the ability to resist host killing mechanisms.”, Journal of medical microbiology, vol. 59, no. Pt 1, pp. 8-16, 2010.

C. M. Whipps, Boorom, K., Bermudez, L. E., and Kent, M. L., “Molecular characterization of Blastocystis species in Oregon identifies multiple subtypes.”, Parasitology research, vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 827-32, 2010.

M. Alonso-Hearn, Eckstein, T. M., Sommer, S., and Bermudez, L. E., “A Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis LuxR regulates cell envelope and virulence.”, Innate immunity, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 235-47, 2010.

L. E. Bermudez, Petrofsky, M., Sommer, S., and Barletta, R. G., “Peyer's patch-deficient mice demonstrate that Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis translocates across the mucosal barrier via both M cells and enterocytes but has inefficient dissemination.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 78, no. 8, pp. 3570-7, 2010.

L. Danelishvili, Yamazaki, Y., Selker, J., and Bermudez, L. E., “Secreted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3654c and Rv3655c proteins participate in the suppression of macrophage apoptosis.”, PloS one, vol. 5, no. 5, p. e10474, 2010.

S. S. Jha, Danelishvili, L., Wagner, D., Maser, J., Li, Y. -jun, Moric, I., Vogt, S., Yamazaki, Y., Lai, B., and Bermudez, L. E., “Virulence-related Mycobacterium avium subsp hominissuis MAV_2928 gene is associated with vacuole remodeling in macrophages.”, BMC microbiology, vol. 10, p. 100, 2010.

M. Harriff and Bermudez, L. E., “Environmental amoebae and mycobacterial pathogenesis.”, Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), vol. 465, pp. 433-42, 2009.

O. Chacon, Bermudez, L. E., Zinniel, D. K., Chahal, H. K., Fenton, R. J., Feng, Z., Hanford, K., L Adams, G., and Barletta, R. G., “Impairment of D-alanine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis determines decreased intracellular survival in human macrophages.”, Microbiology (Reading, England), vol. 155, no. Pt 5, pp. 1440-50, 2009.

M. J. Harriff, Danelishvili, L., Wu, M., Wilder, C., McNamara, M., Kent, M. L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium genes MAV_5138 and MAV_3679 are transcriptional regulators that play a role in invasion of epithelial cells, in part by their regulation of CipA, a putative surface protein interacting with host cell signaling pathways.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 191, no. 4, pp. 1132-42, 2009.

L. E. Bermudez, Motamedi, N., Kolonoski, P., Chee, C., Baimukanova, G., Bildfell, R. J., Wang, G., Phan, L. Tam, and S Lowell, Y., “The efficacy of clarithromycin and the bicyclolide EDP-420 against Mycobacterium avium in a mouse model of pulmonary infection.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 197, no. 11, pp. 1506-10, 2008.

M. Alonso-Hearn, Patel, D., Danelishvili, L., Meunier-Goddik, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MAP3464 gene encodes an oxidoreductase involved in invasion of bovine epithelial cells through the activation of host cell Cdc42.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 170-8, 2008.

M. J. Harriff, Wu, M., Kent, M. L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Species of environmental mycobacteria differ in their abilities to grow in human, mouse, and carp macrophages and with regard to the presence of mycobacterial virulence genes, as observed by DNA microarray hybridization.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 275-85, 2008.

L. E. Bermudez, Motamedi, N., Chee, C., Baimukanova, G., Kolonoski, P., Inderlied, C., Aralar, P., Wang, G., Phan, L. Tam, and Young, L. S., “EDP-420, a bicyclolide (bridged bicyclic macrolide), is active against Mycobacterium avium.”, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1666-70, 2007.

M. J. Harriff, Bermudez, L. E., and Kent, M. L., “Experimental exposure of zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton), to Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium peregrinum reveals the gastrointestinal tract as the primary route of infection: a potential model for environmental mycobacterial infection.”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 587-600, 2007.