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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David R. Sherman is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria. Other areas include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

Recent publications by David R. Sherman include:

  • Ultra-low Dose Aerosol Infection of Mice with Mycobacterium tuberculosis More Closely Models Human Tuberculosis, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Early alveolar macrophage response and IL-1R-dependent T cell priming determine transmissibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates and Resulting Outcomes of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease, 2020, Annual Review of Genetics
  • A Novel Tool to Identify Bactericidal Compounds against Vulnerable Targets in Drug-Tolerant M. tuberculosis found in Caseum, 2023, mBio
  • The evolving biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, 2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Tige R. Rustad
  • Shuyi Ma
  • John D. Aitchison
  • Kevin B. Urdahl
  • Robert Morrison

David R. Sherman's work has been published primarily in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks
  • Cell Host & Microbe

Recognition for this scientist includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A small-molecule nitroimidazopyran drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis.

    C. Kendall Stover;Paul Warrener;Donald R. VanDevanter;David R. Sherman

  • Inhibition of Respiration by Nitric Oxide Induces a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dormancy Program

    Martin I. Voskuil;Dirk Schnappinger;Kevin C. Visconti;Maria I. Harrell

  • Regulation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis hypoxic response gene encoding α-crystallin

    David R. Sherman;Martin Voskuil;Dirk Schnappinger;Reiling Liao

  • Rv3133c/dosR is a transcription factor that mediates the hypoxic response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Heui Dong Park;Kristi M. Guinn;Maria I. Harrell;Reiling Liao

  • Deletion of RD1 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mimics Bacille Calmette-Guérin Attenuation

    Kaeryn N. Lewis;Reiling Liao;Kristi M. Guinn;Mark J. Hickey

  • Individual RD1-region genes are required for export of ESAT-6/CFP-10 and for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Kristi M. Guinn;Mark J. Hickey;Sanjeev K. Mathur;Kelly L. Zakel

  • The secret lives of the pathogenic mycobacteria.

    Christine L. Cosma;David R. Sherman;Lalita Ramakrishnan

  • Compensatory ahpC gene expression in isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    David R. Sherman;Khisimuzi Mdluli;Mark J. Hickey;Taraq M. Arain

  • Incipient and Subclinical Tuberculosis: a Clinical Review of Early Stages and Progression of Infection.

    Paul K. Drain;Kristina L. Bajema;David Dowdy;Keertan Dheda

  • The Enduring Hypoxic Response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Tige R. Rustad;Tige R. Rustad;Maria I. Harrell;Maria I. Harrell;Reiling Liao;David R. Sherman;David R. Sherman

  • Mutually dependent secretion of proteins required for mycobacterial virulence

    S. M. Fortune;A. Jaeger;D. A. Sarracino;M. R. Chase

  • A randomized trial of a program to reduce the use of psychoactive drugs in nursing homes.

    Jerry Avorn;Stephen B. Soumerai;Daniel E. Everitt;Dennis Ross-Degnan

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory network and hypoxia.

    James E. Galagan;Kyle J. Minch;Matthew Peterson;Anna Lyubetskaya

  • Alveolar Macrophages Provide an Early Mycobacterium tuberculosis Niche and Initiate Dissemination

    Sara B. Cohen;Benjamin H. Gern;Jared L. Delahaye;Kristin N. Adams

  • The 16-kDa α-crystallin (Acr) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for growth in macrophages

    Ying Yuan;Deborah D. Crane;R. Mark Simpson;YaQi Zhu

  • Tuberculous Granuloma Formation Is Enhanced by a Mycobacterium Virulence Determinant

    Hannah E Volkman;Hilary Clay;Dana Beery;Jennifer C. W Chang

  • A replication clock for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Wendy P Gill;Nada S Harik;Molly R Whiddon;Molly R Whiddon;Reiling P Liao

  • Molecular characterization and inhibition of a Plasmodium falciparum aspartic hemoglobinase.

    S.E. Francis;I.Y. Gluzman;A. Oksman;A. Knickerbocker

  • Two Sensor Kinases Contribute to the Hypoxic Response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    David M. Roberts;Reiling P. Liao;Goragot Wisedchaisri;Wim G.J. Hol

  • Hypoxia: a window into Mycobacterium tuberculosis latency.

    Tige R. Rustad;Ashley M. Sherrid;Kyle J. Minch;David R. Sherman;David R. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Clifton E. Barry
Clifton E. Barry National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nitin S. Baliga
Nitin S. Baliga University of Washington
Katalin A. Wilkinson
Katalin A. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
David M. Lewinsohn
David M. Lewinsohn Oregon Health & Science University
Marcel A. Behr
Marcel A. Behr McGill University
Christopher M. Sassetti
Christopher M. Sassetti University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Daniel E. Goldberg
Daniel E. Goldberg Washington University in St. Louis
Gary K. Schoolnik
Gary K. Schoolnik Stanford University
Lalita Ramakrishnan
Lalita Ramakrishnan University of Cambridge

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