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Overview

Dennis E. Ohman is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Surgery.

The scientist's published work includes studies on bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, biochemical and structural characterization, antimicrobial peptides and activities, cystic fibrosis research advances, peptidase inhibition and analysis, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis E. Ohman include:

  • Mechanism of resistance to phagocytosis and pulmonary persistence in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2023, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Extracellular proteolytic activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa aminopeptidase (PaAP) and insight into the role of its non-catalytic N-terminal domain, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Electrosprayed Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Extracellular Matrix Nanoparticles Accelerate Cellular Wound Healing and Reduce Gram-Negative Bacterial Growth, 2023, Pharmaceutics
  • Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to pyocyanin: mechanisms of resistance, antioxidant defenses, and demonstration of a manganese-cofactored superoxide dismutase, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dennis E. Ohman include:

  • Efrat Kessler
  • Warren James Rowe
  • Deborah A. Lebman
  • Itschak Axelrad
  • Mary Safrin

The scientist's work has been published in multiple venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Pharmaceutics
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Mucoid conversion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by hydrogen peroxide: a mechanism for virulence activation in the cystic fibrosis lung.

    Kalai Mathee;Oana Ciofu;Claus Sternberg;Peter W. Lindum

  • Role of alginate and its O acetylation in formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa microcolonies and biofilms.

    David E. Nivens;Dennis E. Ohman;Dennis E. Ohman;Jessica Williams;Michael J. Franklin

  • Isolation and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO mutant that produces altered elastase.

    D E Ohman;S J Cryz;B H Iglewski

  • Effect of rpoS Mutation on the Stress Response and Expression of Virulence Factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Sang Jin Suh;Sang Jin Suh;Laura Silo-Suh;Donald E. Woods;Daniel J. Hassett

  • Role of Alginate O Acetylation in Resistance of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Opsonic Phagocytosis

    Gerald B. Pier;Fadie Coleman;Martha Grout;Michael J. Franklin

  • Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to pyocyanin: mechanisms of resistance, antioxidant defenses, and demonstration of a manganese-cofactored superoxide dismutase.

    D J Hassett;L Charniga;K Bean;D E Ohman

  • Cloning and expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa of a gene involved in the production of alginate.

    J B Goldberg;D E Ohman

  • A More Sensitive Plate Assay for Detection of Protease Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Pamela A. Sokol;Dennis E. Ohman;Barbara H. Iglewski

  • Toxin A-deficient mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA103: isolation and characterization.

    D E Ohman;J C Sadoff;B H Iglewski

  • Genetic analysis of the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows evidence of an operonic structure

    Chetan E. Chitnis;Dennis E. Ohman

  • Posttranslational control of the algT (algU)-encoded sigma22 for expression of the alginate regulon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and localization of its antagonist proteins MucA and MucB (AlgN).

    K Mathee;C J McPherson;D E Ohman

  • Gut-Derived Sepsis Occurs When the Right Pathogen With the Right Virulence Genes Meets the Right Host: Evidence for In Vivo Virulence Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    John Alverdy;Christopher Holbrook;Flavio Rocha;Louis Seiden

  • Transcriptional analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes algR, algB, and algD reveals a hierarchy of alginate gene expression which is modulated by algT.

    D J Wozniak;D E Ohman

  • Alginate production affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development and architecture, but is not essential for biofilm formation

    Andres Plata Stapper;Giri Narasimhan;Dennis E. Ohman;Johnny Barakat

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa sodA and sodB mutants defective in manganese- and iron-cofactored superoxide dismutase activity demonstrate the importance of the iron-cofactored form in aerobic metabolism.

    D J Hassett;H P Schweizer;D E Ohman

  • Cell wall‐inhibitory antibiotics activate the alginate biosynthesis operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: roles of σ22 (AlgT) and the AlgW and Prc proteases

    Lynn F. Wood;Andrew J. Leech;Dennis E. Ohman;Dennis E. Ohman

  • Contribution of proteases and LasR to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during corneal infections.

    Michael J. Preston;Patrick C. Seed;Debbie S. Toder;Barbara H. Iglewski

  • FimH family of type 1 fimbrial adhesins: functional heterogeneity due to minor sequence variations among fimH genes.

    E V Sokurenko;H S Courtney;D E Ohman;P Klemm

  • Highly effective contact antimicrobial surfaces via polymer surface modifiers.

    Pinar Kurt;Lynn Wood;Dennis E. Ohman;Kenneth J. Wynne

  • Isolation andCharacterization ofaPseudomonas aeruginosa PAOMutantThatProduces Altered Elastase

    Dennis E. Ohman;Stanley J. Cryz;Barbara H. Iglewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara H. Iglewski
Barbara H. Iglewski University of Rochester
Kalai Mathee
Kalai Mathee Florida International University
Daniel J. Wozniak
Daniel J. Wozniak The Ohio State University
Howard Robinson
Howard Robinson Brookhaven National Laboratory
P. Lynne Howell
P. Lynne Howell University of Toronto
Chetan E. Chitnis
Chetan E. Chitnis Institut Pasteur
Daniel J. Hassett
Daniel J. Hassett University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Niels Høiby
Niels Høiby University of Copenhagen
Pamela A. Sokol
Pamela A. Sokol University of Calgary
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark

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