Congratulations to members of the Department who have recently had their research findings published. Here’s our round-up of the latest publication successes.
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| Title | Canonical journal title | Publication type | Publication date | Authors OR Authors/Contributors |
| The Alpha variant was not associated with excess nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection in a multi-centre UK hospital study. | Journal of Infection | Journal Article | 27/10/2021 | Boshier FAT, Venturini C, Stirrup O, Guerra-Assunção JA, Alcolea-Medina A, Becket AH, Byott M, Charalampous T, Filipe ADS, Frampton D, Glaysher S, Khan T, Kulasegara-Shylini R, Kele B, Monahan IM, Mollett G, Parker M, Pelosi E, Randell P, Roy S, Taylor JF, Weller SJ, Wilson-Davies E, Wade P, Williams R, Copas AJ, Cutino-Moguel T, Freemantle N, Hayward AC, Holmes A, Hughes J, Mahungu TW, Nebbia G, Nastouli E, Partridge DG, Pope CF, Price JR, Robson SC, Saeed K, Shin GY, de Silva TI, Snell LB, Thomson EC, Witney AA, Breuer J, COG-UK HOCI Variant Substudy consortium*, The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium |
| Eosinophils are part of the granulocyte response in tuberculosis and promote host resistance in mice | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Article, Journal | 04/10/2021 | Bohrer AC, Castro E, Hu Z, Queiroz ATL, Tocheny CE, Assmann M, Sakai S, Nelson C, Baker PJ, Ma H, Wang L, Zilu W, du Bruyn E, Riou C, Kauffman KD, Moore IN, Del Nonno F, Petrone L, Goletti D, Martineau AR, Lowe DM, Cronan MR, Wilkinson RJ, Barry CE, Via LE, Barber DL, Klion AD, Andrade BB, Song Y, Wong K-W, Mayer-Barber KD |
| Our evolving view of neutrophils in defining the pathology of chronic lung disease | Immunology | Review, Journal | 04/10/2021 | Mincham KT, Bruno N, Singanayagam A, Snelgrove RJ |
| Plasma Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-rich Protein 2 Concentrations in Children With Malaria Infections of Differing Severity in Kilifi, Kenya. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | 05/10/2021 | Uyoga S, Wanjiku P, Rop JC, Makale J, Macharia AW, Nyutu GM, Shebe M, Awuondo KA, Mturi N, Woodrow CJ, Dondorp AM, Maitland K, Williams TN |
| Staphylococcal phages and pathogenicity islands drive plasmid evolution | Nature Communications | Article, Journal | 06/10/2021 | Humphrey S, San Millan A, Toll-Riera M, Connolly J, Flor-Duro A, Chen J, Ubeda C, Craig MacLean R, Penades JR |
| Increased Frequency of Inter-Subtype HIV-1 Recombinants Identified by Near Full-Length Virus Sequencing in Rwandan Acute Transmission Cohorts | Frontiers in Microbiology | Article, Journal | 07/10/2021 | Umviligihozo G, Muok E, Gisa EN, Xu R, Dilernia D, Herard K, Song H, Qin Q, Bizimana J, Farmer P, Hare J, Gilmour J, Allen S, Karita E, Hunter E, Yue L |
| Antibiotic persistence and tolerance: not just one and the same. | Current Opinion in Microbiology | Journal Article, Review | 08/10/2021 | Ronneau S, Hill PW, Helaine S |
| Molecular Basis of Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions in Gram-Positive Phages. | Annual Review of Microbiology | Journal Article | 08/10/2021 | Brady A, Felipe-Ruiz A, Gallego Del Sol F, Marina A, Quiles-Puchalt N, Penadés JR |
| Polymeric and lipid nanoparticles for delivery of self-amplifying RNA vaccines | Journal of Controlled Release | Article, Journal | 10/10/2021 | Blakney AK, McKay PF, Hu K, Samnuan K, Jain N, Brown A, Thomas A, Rogers P, Polra K, Sallah H, Yeow J, Zhu Y, Stevens MM, Geall A, Shattock RJ |
| GenoChemetic Strategy for Derivatization of the Violacein Natural Product Scaffold. | ACS Chemical Biology | Journal Article | 14/10/2021 | Lai H-E, Obled AMC, Chee SM, Morgan RM, Lynch R, Sharma SV, Moore SJ, Polizzi KM, Goss RJM, Freemont PS |
| Prevalence of infection by human T Cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-1/2) in adult population in Vitória-ES. | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases | Journal Article | 14/10/2021 | Orletti MPS, Assone T, Sarnaglia GD, Martins ML, Rosadas C, Casseb J, Taylor G, Ferreira-Filho JB, Pereira FEL, Miranda AE |
| The Role of Streptococcal Cell-Envelope Proteases in Bacterial Evasion of the Innate Immune System | Journal of Innate Immunity | Review, Early Access, Journal | 14/10/2021 | McKenna S, Huse KK, Giblin S, Pearson M, Majid Al Shibar MS, Sriskandan S, Matthews S, Pease JE |
| How I wrote a pop-science book. | Nature | Journal article | 15/10/2021 | Tregoning J |
| Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in chlorinated swimming pool water | Water Research | Article, Journal | 15/10/2021 | Brown JC, Moshe M, Blackwell A, Barclay WS |
| Structural basis for the inhibition of the Bacillus subtilis c-di-AMP cyclase CdaA by the phosphoglucomutase GlmM. | Journal of Biological Chemistry | Journal Article | 19/10/2021 | Pathania M, Tosi T, Millership C, Hoshiga F, Morgan RML, Freemont PS, Gründling A |
| The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions? | Nature Reviews Immunology | Article, Early Access, Journal | 19/10/2021 | Boyton RJ, Altmann DM |
| Utility and applicability of rapid diagnostic testing in antimicrobial stewardship in Asia Pacific: A Delphi consensus. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Journal Article | 19/10/2021 | Apisarnthanarak A, Kim HB, Moore LSP, Xiao Y, Singh S, Doi Y, Kwa AL-H, Ponnampalavanar SSLS, Cao Q, Kim S-W, Lee H, Santanirand P |
| Incidental findings in UK healthy volunteers screened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial | Clinical and Translational Science | Article, Early Access, Journal | 20/10/2021 | Hodgson SH, Iveson P, Larwood J, Roche S, Morrison H, Cosgrove C, Galiza E, Ikram S, Lemm N-M, Mehdipour S, Owens D, Pacurar M, Schumacher M, Shaw RH, Faust SN, Heath PT, Pollard AJ, Emary KRW, Pollock KM, Lazarus R |
| Waning immunity to SARS-CoV-2: implications for vaccine booster strategies. | The Lancet Respiratory Medicine | Journal Article | 21/10/2021 | Altmann DM, Boyton RJ |
| Defining variant-resistant epitopes targeted by SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A global consortium study | Science | Article, Journal | 22/10/2021 | Hastie KM, Li H, Bedinger D, Schendel SL, Dennison SM, Li K, Rayaprolu V, Yu X, Mann C, Zandonatti M, Avalos RD, Zyla D, Buck T, Hui S, Shaffer K, Hariharan C, Yin J, Olmedillas E, Enriquez A, Parekh D, Abraha M, Feeney E, Horn GQ, Aldon Y, Ali H, Aracic S, Cobb RR, Federman RS, Fernandez JM, Glanville J, Green R, Grigoryan G, Hernandez AGL, Ho DD, Huang K-YA, Ingraham J, Jiang W, Kellam P, Kim C, Kim M, Kim HM, Kong C, Krebs SJ, Lan F, Lang G, Lee S, Leung CL, Liu J, Lu Y, MacCamy A, McGuire AT, Palser AL, Rabbitts TH, Tehrani ZR, Sajadi MM, Sanders RW, Sato AK, Schweizer L, Seo J, Shen B, Snitselaar JL, Stamatatos L, Tan Y, Tomic MT, van Gils MJ, Youssef S, Yu J, Yuan TZ, Zhang Q, Peters B, Tomaras GD, Germann T, Saphire EO |
| Heterologous humoral immunity to human and zoonotic coronaviruses: Aiming for the achilles heel. | Seminars in Immunology | Journal Article, Review | 25/10/2021 | Ng KW, Faulkner N, Wrobel AG, Gamblin SJ, Kassiotis G |
| Adaptive immunity and neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern following vaccination in patients with cancer: the CAPTURE study | Nature Cancer | Article, Early Access, Journal | 27/10/2021 | Fendler A, Shepherd STC, Au L, Wilkinson KA, Wu M, Byrne F, Cerrone M, Schmitt AM, Joharatnam-Hogan N, Shum B, Tippu Z, Rzeniewicz K, Boos LA, Harvey R, Carlyle E, Edmonds K, Del Rosario L, Sarker S, Lingard K, Mangwende M, Holt L, Ahmod H, Korteweg J, Foley T, Bazin J, Gordon W, Barber T, Emslie-Henry A, Xie W, Gerard CL, Deng D, Wall EC, Agua-Doce A, Namjou S, Caidan S, Gavrielides M, MacRae J, Kelly G, Peat K, Kelly D, Murra A, Kelly K, O’Flaherty M, Dowdie L, Ash N, Gronthoud F, Shea RL, Gardner G, Murray D, Kinnaird F, Cui W, Pascual J, Rodney S, Mencel J, Curtis O, Stephenson C, Robinson A, Oza B, Farag S, Leslie I, Rogiers A, Iyengar S, Ethell M, Messiou C, Cunningham D, Chau I, Starling N, Turner N, Welsh L, van As N, Jones RL, Droney J, Banerjee S, Tatham KC, O’Brien M, Harrington K, Bhide S, Okines A, Reid A, Young K, Furness AJS, Pickering L, Swanton C, Gandhi S, Gamblin S, Bauer DL, Kassiotis G, Kumar S, Yousaf N, Jhanji S, Nicholson E, Howell M, Walker S, Wilkinson RJ, Larkin J, Turajlic S |
| Functional antibody and T cell immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection, including by variants of concern, in patients with cancer: the CAPTURE study | Nature Cancer | Article, Early Access, Journal | 27/10/2021 | Fendler A, Au L, Shepherd STC, Byrne F, Cerrone M, Boos LA, Rzeniewicz K, Gordon W, Shum B, Gerard CL, Ward B, Xie W, Schmitt AM, Joharatnam-Hogan N, Cornish GH, Pule M, Mekkaoui L, Ng KW, Carlyle E, Edmonds K, Del Rosario L, Sarker S, Lingard K, Mangwende M, Holt L, Ahmod H, Stone R, Gomes C, Flynn HR, Agua-Doce A, Hobson P, Caidan S, Howell M, Wu M, Goldstone R, Crawford M, Cubitt L, Patel H, Gavrielides M, Nye E, Snijders AP, MacRae J, Nicod J, Gronthoud F, Shea RL, Messiou C, Cunningham D, Chau I, Starling N, Turner N, Welsh L, van As N, Jones RL, Droney J, Banerjee S, Tatham KC, Jhanji S, O’Brien M, Curtis O, Harrington K, Bhide S, Bazin J, Robinson A, Stephenson C, Slattery T, Khan Y, Tippu Z, Leslie I, Gennatas S, Okines A, Reid A, Young K, Furness AJS, Pickering L, Gandhi S, Gamblin S, Swanton C, Nicholson E, Kumar S, Yousaf N, Wilkinson KA, Swerdlow A, Harvey R, Kassiotis G, Larkin J, Wilkinson RJ, Turajlic S |
| The vulnerable versatility of Salmonella antibiotic persisters during infection. | Cell Host and Microbe | Journal Article | 27/10/2021 | Hill PWS, Moldoveanu AL, Sargen M, Ronneau S, Glegola-Madejska I, Beetham C, Fisher RA, Helaine S |
| Baseline IL-6 is a biomarker for unfavorable tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a multi-site discovery and validation study. | European Respiratory Journal | Journal Article | 28/10/2021 | Gupte AN, Kumar P, Araújo-Pereira M, Kulkarni V, Paradkar M, Pradhan N, Menon P, Chandrasekaran PD, Hanna L-E, Yogendra Shivakumar SVB, Rockwood N, Du Bruyn E, Karyakarte R, Gaikwad S, Bollinger R, Golub J, Gupte N, Viswanathan V, Wilkinson RJ, Mave V, Babu S, Kornfeld H, Andrade BB, Gupta A |
| Resilience of the respiratory microbiome in controlled adult RSV challenge study. | European Respiratory Journal | Letter | 28/10/2021 | Cuthbertson L, James P, Habibi MS, Thwaites RS, Paras A, Chiu C, Openshaw PJM, Cookson WOC, Moffatt MF |
| A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19. | Science | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | 29/10/2021 | Wickenhagen A, Sugrue E, Lytras S, Kuchi S, Noerenberg M, Turnbull ML, Loney C, Herder V, Allan J, Jarmson I, Cameron-Ruiz N, Varjak M, Pinto RM, Lee JY, Iselin L, Palmalux N, Stewart DG, Swingler S, Greenwood EJD, Crozier TWM, Gu Q, Davies EL, Clohisey S, Wang B, Trindade Maranhão Costa F, Freire Santana M, de Lima Ferreira LC, Murphy L, Fawkes A, Meynert A, Grimes G, ISARIC4C Investigators, Da Silva Filho JL, Marti M, Hughes J, Stanton RJ, Wang ECY, Ho A, Davis I, Jarrett RF, Castello A, Robertson DL, Semple MG, Openshaw PJM, Palmarini M, Lehner PJ, Baillie JK, Rihn SJ, Wilson SJ |
| A Research and Development (R&D) roadmap for influenza vaccines: Looking toward the future | Vaccine | Review, Journal | 29/10/2021 | Moore AK, Ostrowsky TJ, Kraigsley MA, Mehr AJ, Bresee JS, Friede MH, Gellin BG, Golding JP, Hart PJ, Moen A, Weller CL, Osterholm MT, Barclay W, Cavaleri M, Cohen C, Cowling B, Cox R, Gust I, Innis B, Kang G, Katz J, Krammer F, Pitisuttithum P, Posts D, Rudenko L, Siqueira M, Weir J |
| Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study. | Lancet Infectious Diseases | Journal Article | 29/10/2021 | Singanayagam A, Hakki S, Dunning J, Madon KJ, Crone MA, Koycheva A, Derqui-Fernandez N, Barnett JL, Whitfield MG, Varro R, Charlett A, Kundu R, Fenn J, Cutajar J, Quinn V, Conibear E, Barclay W, Freemont PS, Taylor GP, Ahmad S, Zambon M, Ferguson NM, Lalvani A, ATACCC Study Investigators |