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15365
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3234
National Ranking
1279

Overview

Daniel E. Sturdevant is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine with a concentration on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • High-Fat High-Sugar Diet-Induced Changes in the Lipid Metabolism Are Associated with Mildly Increased COVID-19 Severity and Delayed Recovery in the Syrian Hamster, 2021, Viruses
  • Virus infection of the CNS disrupts the immune-neural-synaptic axis via induction of pleiotropic gene regulation of host responses, 2021, eLife
  • Genetically diverse mouse models of SARS-CoV-2 infection reproduce clinical variation in type I interferon and cytokine responses in COVID-19, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Western diet increases COVID-19 disease severity in the Syrian hamster, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The research topics covered span several critical areas including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Malaria Research and Control

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Craig Martens
  • Carl Shaia
  • Sarah L. Anzick
  • Julia R. Port
  • Benjamin Schwarz

Among the publication venues where their work appears most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • mBio
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Insights into Mechanisms Used by Staphylococcus aureus to Avoid Destruction by Human Neutrophils

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Kevin R. Braughton;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Adeline R. Whitney

  • Genomic transcriptional profiling of the developmental cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis.

    Robert J. Belland;Guangming Zhong;Deborah D. Crane;Daniel Hogan

  • RNAIII-independent target gene control by the agr quorum-sensing system: insight into the evolution of virulence regulation in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Shu Y. Queck;Max Jameson-Lee;Amer E. Villaruz;Thanh Huy L Bach

  • Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus Aureus: Insights Into the Origin of Methicillin-Resistant Strains and the Toxic Shock Syndrome Epidemic

    J. Ross Fitzgerald;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Stacy M. Mackie;Steven R. Gill

  • Host cell-free growth of the Q fever bacterium Coxiella burnetii.

    Anders Omsland;Diane C. Cockrell;Dale Howe;Elizabeth R. Fischer

  • Silver Coordination Polymers for Prevention of Implant Infection: Thiol Interaction, Impact on Respiratory Chain Enzymes, and Hydroxyl Radical Induction

    Oliver Gordon;Tiinde Vig Slenters;Priscilla S. Brunetto;Amer E. Villaruz

  • Virulence control in group A Streptococcus by a two-component gene regulatory system: Global expression profiling and in vivo infection modeling

    Morag R. Graham;Laura M. Smoot;Cristi A. Lux Migliaccio;Kimmo Virtaneva

  • Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks

    James C. Smoot;Kent D. Barbian;Jamie J. Van Gompel;Laura M. Smoot

  • Evolutionary Origin and Emergence of a Highly Successful Clone of Serotype M1 Group A Streptococcus Involved Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfer Events

    Paul Sumby;Paul Sumby;Steve F. Porcella;Andres G. Madrigal;Kent D. Barbian

  • The antimicrobial peptide‐sensing system aps of Staphylococcus aureus

    Min Li;David J. Cha;Yuping Lai;Amer E. Villaruz

  • Gram-positive three-component antimicrobial peptide-sensing system

    Min Li;Yuping Lai;Amer E. Villaruz;David J. Cha

  • Role of the Accessory Gene Regulator agr in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

    Gordon Y. C. Cheung;Rong Wang;Burhan A. Khan;Daniel E. Sturdevant

  • Genomewide analysis of gene expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms: insights into the pathophysiology of S. epidermidis biofilms and the role of phenol-soluble modulins in formation of biofilms.

    Yufeng Yao;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Michael Otto

  • Malaria-associated atypical memory B cells exhibit markedly reduced B cell receptor signaling and effector function

    Silvia Portugal;Christopher M. Tipton;Haewon Sohn;Younoussou Kone

  • Transcriptome analysis of chlamydial growth during IFN-γ-mediated persistence and reactivation

    Robert J. Belland;David E. Nelson;Dezso Virok;Deborah D. Crane

  • Global differential gene expression in response to growth temperature alteration in group A Streptococcus

    Laura M. Smoot;James C. Smoot;Morag R. Graham;Greg A. Somerville

  • Global Changes in Staphylococcus aureus Gene Expression in Human Blood

    Natalia Malachowa;Adeline R. Whitney;Scott D. Kobayashi;Daniel E. Sturdevant

  • Adaptive response of Yersinia pestis to extracellular effectors of innate immunity during bubonic plague

    Florent Sebbane;Nadine Lemaître;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Roberto Rebeil

  • The SaeR/S Gene Regulatory System Is Essential for Innate Immune Evasion by Staphylococcus aureus

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Cuong Vuong;Mark DeWald;Tyler K. Nygaard

  • Plasmodium falciparum genome-wide scans for positive selection, recombination hot spots and resistance to antimalarial drugs

    Jianbing Mu;Rachel A. Myers;Rachel A. Myers;Hongying Jiang;Shengfa Liu;Shengfa Liu

  • Global differential gene expression in response to growth temperature alteration in group A

    Streptococcus M. Smoot;James C. Smoot;Morag R. Graham;Greg A. Somerville

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Otto
Michael Otto National Institutes of Health
Stephen F. Porcella
Stephen F. Porcella National Institutes of Health
Frank R. DeLeo
Frank R. DeLeo National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Scott D. Kobayashi
Scott D. Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Robert A. Heinzen
Robert A. Heinzen National Institutes of Health
B. Joseph Hinnebusch
B. Joseph Hinnebusch National Institutes of Health
Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
David W. Dorward
David W. Dorward National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth P. Sampaio
Elizabeth P. Sampaio National Institutes of Health

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