Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

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, 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.

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.

C. A. M. Silva, Danelishvili, L., McNamara, M., Berredo-Pinho, M., Bildfell, R., 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.”, Infect Immun, vol. 81, no. 7, pp. 2645-59, 2013.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.”, Front Microbiol, vol. 2, p. 281, 2011.

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, “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, 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.

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, 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.

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.

S. Rose, Hill, R., Bermudez, L. E., and Miller-Morgan, T. J., “Imported ornamental fish are colonized with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 533-42, 2013.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”, J Med Microbiol, vol. 59, no. Pt 1, pp. 8-16, 2010.

J. J. Chinison, Danelishvili, L., Gupta, R., Rose, S. J., Babrak, L. M., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis secreted proteins using an in vitro system mimicking the phagosomal environment.”, BMC Microbiol, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 270, 2016.

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.