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Overview

Frank R. DeLeo is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, their work focuses notably on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Frank R. DeLeo has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (30 publications)
  • Microbiology Spectrum (5 publications)
  • mBio (3 publications)
  • Antioxidants and Redox Signaling (1 publication)
  • Immunological Reviews (1 publication)

Selected recent publications authored or co-authored by Frank R. DeLeo include:

  • Phagocytosis and neutrophil extracellular traps, 2020, Faculty Reviews
  • Bacteriophage Treatment Rescues Mice Infected with Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258, 2021, mBio
  • Staphylococcus aureus, Antibiotic Resistance, and the Interaction with Human Neutrophils, 2020, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • Innate Host Defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae and the Outlook for Development of Immunotherapies, 2021, Journal of Innate Immunity

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Frank R. DeLeo include:

  • Adeline R. Porter (12 joint publications)
  • Scott D. Kobayashi (9 joint publications)
  • Natalia Małachowa (7 joint publications)
  • Brett A. Freedman (5 joint publications)
  • Liang Chen (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

    Henry F. Chambers;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Frank R DeLeo;Michael Otto;Barry N Kreiswirth;Henry F Chambers

  • STAT3 Mutations in the Hyper-IgE Syndrome

    Steven M. Holland;Frank R. DeLeo;Houda Z. Elloumi;Amy P. Hsu

  • Identification of novel cytolytic peptides as key virulence determinants for community-associated MRSA

    Rong Wang;Kevin R Braughton;Dorothee Kretschmer;Thanh-Huy L Bach

  • Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) protects Staphylococcus epidermidis against major components of the human innate immune system

    Cuong Vuong;Jovanka M. Voyich;Elizabeth R. Fischer;Kevin R. Braughton

  • Is Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin the Major Virulence Determinant in Community‐Associated Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease?

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Michael Otto;Barun Mathema;Kevin R. Braughton

  • A crucial role for exopolysaccharide modification in bacterial biofilm formation, immune evasion, and virulence.

    Cuong Vuong;Stanislava Kocianova;Jovanka M. Voyich;Yufeng Yao

  • Mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus

    Natalia Malachowa;Frank R. DeLeo

  • 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

  • Reemergence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the genomics era

    Frank R. DeLeo;Henry F. Chambers

  • Assembly of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase: molecular interaction of oxidase proteins.

    Frank R. DeLeo;Mark T. Quinn

  • Poring over pores: alpha-hemolysin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.

    Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg;Taeok Bae;Michael Otto;Frank R DeLeo

  • The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec Linkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Binh An Diep;Binh An Diep;Gregory G. Stone;Li Basuino;Christopher J. Graber

  • Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: molecular and genetic decoding

    Liang Chen;Barun Mathema;Kalyan D. Chavda;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus .

    Will A McGuinness;Natalia Malachowa;Frank R DeLeo

  • Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Min Li;Binh An Diep;Amer E. Villaruz;Kevin R. Braughton

  • Neutrophil apoptosis and the resolution of infection

    Adam D. Kennedy;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Group A Streptococci Reveals a Mutation That Modulates Global Phenotype and Disease Specificity

    Paul Sumby;Adeline R Whitney;Edward A Graviss;Frank R DeLeo

  • Neutrophils in innate host defense against Staphylococcus aureus infections

    Kevin M. Rigby;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Targeting of Alpha-Hemolysin by Active or Passive Immunization Decreases Severity of USA300 Skin Infection in a Mouse Model

    Adam D. Kennedy;Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg;Donald J. Gardner;Daniel Long

  • Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Recent clonal expansion and diversification

    Adam D. Kennedy;Michael Otto;Kevin R. Braughton;Adeline R. Whitney

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Kobayashi
Scott D. Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Michael Otto
Michael Otto National Institutes of Health
Jovanka M. Voyich
Jovanka M. Voyich Montana State University
Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
Randall J. Olsen
Randall J. Olsen Houston Methodist
William M. Nauseef
William M. Nauseef University of Iowa
Daniel E. Sturdevant
Daniel E. Sturdevant National Institutes of Health
Mark T. Quinn
Mark T. Quinn Montana State University
Liang Chen
Liang Chen Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation

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