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Overview

Eric Oswald is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily focuses on the areas of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of aspects within microbial and medical biology. These topics include:

  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management

Eric Oswald has contributed to several recent scientific papers, notable for their impact and diversity of research topics. Some of these include:

  • Bacteria-derived long chain fatty acid exhibits anti-inflammatory properties in colitis (2020, Gut)
  • A Toxic Friend: Genotoxic and Mutagenic Activity of the Probiotic Strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (2021, mSphere)
  • The Genotoxin Colibactin Shapes Gut Microbiota in Mice (2020, mSphere)
  • Outer membrane vesicles produced by pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli block autophagic flux and exacerbate inflammasome activation (2022, Autophagy)
  • Insights into the acquisition of the pks island and production of colibactin in the Escherichia coli population (2021, Microbial Genomics)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric Oswald reflect a network of researchers engaged in related fields. These co-authors include:

  • Jean-Philippe Nougayrède
  • Camille V. Chagneau
  • Priscilla Branchu
  • Nadège Bossuet-Greif
  • Frédéric Auvray

In terms of publication venues, Eric Oswald has multiple works published across several respected journals and platforms. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSphere
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Gut
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • Escherichia coli Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Eukaryotic Cells

    Jean-Philippe Nougayrède;Stefan Homburg;Frédéric Taieb;Michèle Boury

  • Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli: emerging issues on virulence and modes of transmission.

    Alfredo Caprioli;Stefano Morabito;Hubert Brugère;Eric Oswald

  • Escherichia coli induces DNA damage in vivo and triggers genomic instability in mammalian cells

    Gabriel Cuevas-Ramos;Claude R. Petit;Ingrid Marcq;Michèle Boury

  • Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

    Caroline Charlier;Élodie Perrodeau;Alexandre Leclercq;Alexandre Leclercq;Benoît Cazenave

  • Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: characterization of a new intimin variant.

    E. Oswald;H. Schmidt;S. Morabito;H. Karch

  • Identification of the Secretion and Translocation Domain of the Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Effector Cif, Using TEM-1 β-Lactamase as a New Fluorescence-Based Reporter

    Xavier Charpentier;Eric Oswald

  • TccP is an enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 type III effector protein that couples Tir to the actin-cytoskeleton.

    Junkal Garmendia;Alan D. Phillips;Marie-France Carlier;Yuwen Chong

  • Genetic Structure and Distribution of the Colibactin Genomic Island among Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae

    Johannes Putze;Claire Hennequin;Jean-Philippe Nougayrède;Wenlan Zhang

  • Genetic Diversity of Intimin Genes of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli Strains

    W. L. Zhang;B. Köhler;E. Oswald;L. Beutin

  • Cyclomodulins: bacterial effectors that modulate the eukaryotic cell cycle

    Jean-Philippe Nougayrède;Frédéric Taieb;Jean De Rycke;Eric Oswald

  • The cell cycle-specific growth-inhibitory factor produced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a cytolethal distending toxin.

    Motoyuki Sugai;Toru Kawamoto;Sylvie Y. Pérès;Yoko Ueno

  • A new cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) from Escherichia coli producing CNF2 blocks HeLa cell division in G2/M phase

    S Y Pérès;O Marchès;F Daigle;J P Nougayrède

  • Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli deliver a novel effector called Cif, which blocks cell cycle G2/M transition.

    Olivier Marchès;Terence Neil Ledger;Michèle Boury;Masaru Ohara

  • Animal and human pathogenic Escherichia coli strains share common genetic backgrounds.

    Olivier Clermont;Maiwenn Olier;Claire Hoede;Laure Diancourt

  • Locoregional Effects of Microbiota in a Preclinical Model of Colon Carcinogenesis.

    Sarah Tomkovich;Ye Yang;Kathryn Winglee;Josee Gauthier

  • Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogenetic Distribution of the Escherichia coli pks Genomic Island

    James R Johnson;Brian D Johnston;Michael A Kuskowski;Michael A Kuskowski;Jean Philippe Nougayrede;Jean Philippe Nougayrede

  • Production of Cytolethal Distending Toxins by Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Human and Animal Sources: Establishment of the Existence of a New cdt Variant (Type IV)

    István Tóth;Fréderique Hérault;Lothar Beutin;Eric Oswald

  • Cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 2 produced by virulent Escherichia coli modifies the small GTP-binding proteins Rho involved in assembly of actin stress fibers.

    Eric Oswald;Motoyuki Sugai;Agnès Labigne;Henry C. Wu

  • Common Virulence Factors and Genetic Relationships between O18:K1:H7 Escherichia coli Isolates of Human and Avian Origin

    Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur;Catherine Schouler;Patrick Tailliez;Mu-Rong Kao

  • The Colibactin Genotoxin Generates DNA Interstrand Cross-Links in Infected Cells

    Nadège Bossuet-Greif;Julien Vignard;Frédéric Taieb;Gladys Mirey

  • Induction of phagocytic behaviour in human epithelial cells by Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1.

    Loredana Falzano;Loredana Falzano;Carla Fiorentini;Gianfranco Donelli;Eric Michel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Philippe Nougayrède
Jean-Philippe Nougayrède INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jacques Mainil
Jacques Mainil University of Liège
Ulrich Dobrindt
Ulrich Dobrindt University of Münster
Istvan Toth
Istvan Toth University of Queensland
Motoyuki Sugai
Motoyuki Sugai National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Ludger Johannes
Ludger Johannes Institute Curie
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University
Herbert Schmidt
Herbert Schmidt University of Hohenheim
Charles M. Dozois
Charles M. Dozois Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Lothar Beutin
Lothar Beutin Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

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