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Overview

Janet Yother is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on various subfields including Nephrology, Hematology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Yother's scientific contributions address topics such as:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Their recent publications include:

  • O-glycosylation of IgA1 and the pathogenesis of an autoimmune disease IgA nephropathy, 2024, Glycobiology
  • Membrane linkage of aStreptococcus pneumoniae Wzy capsular polysaccharide occurs through an acylglycerol, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Active Components of Traditional Chinese Medicine for IgA Nephropathy, Shen Ping, Include Mixed-Linkage Glucans That Inhibit Cell Proliferation and Signaling in Human Mesangial Cells Induced by Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), 2023, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

These publications reflect research interests in autoimmune kidney disease, bacterial polysaccharide biochemistry, and therapeutic components from traditional medicine affecting kidney cell signaling and proliferation.

Yother frequently collaborates with researchers including:

  • Jan Novák
  • R. Glenn King
  • Matthew B. Renfrow
  • Todd J. Green
  • Thomas R. Larson

Their works have appeared in notable venues such as:

  • Glycobiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

  • Reduced virulence of a defined pneumolysin-negative mutant of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    A M Berry;J Yother;D E Briles;D Hansman

  • Capsules of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other Bacteria: Paradigms for Polysaccharide Biosynthesis and Regulation

    Janet Yother

  • Requirement for capsule in colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Ashalla D. Magee;Janet Yother

  • Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) is serologically highly variable and is expressed by all clinically important capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    M. J. Crain;W. D. Waltman;J. S. Turner;J. Yother

  • Strong association between capsular type and virulence for mice among human isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    D E Briles;M J Crain;B M Gray;C Forman

  • Novel surface attachment mechanism of the Streptococcus pneumoniae protein PspA.

    J Yother;J M White

  • Genetic analysis of the low calcium response in Yersinia pestis mu d1(Ap lac) insertion mutants.

    J D Goguen;J Yother;S C Straley

  • Structural properties and evolutionary relationships of PspA, a surface protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae, as revealed by sequence analysis.

    J Yother;D E Briles

  • Use of insertional inactivation to facilitate studies of biological properties of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA).

    L S McDaniel;J Yother;M Vijayakumar;L McGarry

  • Genetic Alteration of Capsule Type but Not PspA Type Affects Accessibility of Surface-Bound Complement and Surface Antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Melanie Abeyta;Gail G. Hardy;Janet Yother

  • Positive Correlation between Tyrosine Phosphorylation of CpsD and Capsular Polysaccharide Production in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Matthew H. Bender;Robert T. Cartee;Janet Yother

  • Biochemical, Genetic, and Serological Characterization of Two Capsule Subtypes among Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 20 Strains DISCOVERY OF A NEW PNEUMOCOCCAL SEROTYPE

    Juan J. Calix;Richard J. Porambo;Allison M. Brady;Thomas R. Larson

  • Effect of genetic switching of capsular type on virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    T Kelly;J P Dillard;J Yother

  • Truncated forms of PspA that are secreted from Streptococcus pneumoniae and their use in functional studies and cloning of the pspA gene.

    J Yother;G L Handsome;D E Briles

  • Characterization of the cassette containing genes for type 3 capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    J P Dillard;M W Vandersea;J Yother

  • Temperature-controlled plasmid regulon associated with low calcium response in Yersinia pestis.

    J Yother;T W Chamness;J D Goguen

  • Protection of mice from infection with streptococcus pneumoniae by anti-phosphocholine antibody.

    J. Yother;C. Forman;Barry M. Gray;D. E. Briles

  • Human C-reactive protein is protective against fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in mice.

    J Yother;J E Volanakis;D E Briles

  • Mutations Blocking Side Chain Assembly, Polymerization, or Transport of a Wzy-Dependent Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Are Lethal in the Absence of Suppressor Mutations and Can Affect Polymer Transfer to the Cell Wall

    Bobbi Xayarath;Janet Yother

  • CpsB Is a Modulator of Capsule-associated Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Matthew H. Bender;Janet Yother

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Briles
David E. Briles University of Alabama at Birmingham
Larry S. McDaniel
Larry S. McDaniel University of Mississippi Medical Center
Susan K. Hollingshead
Susan K. Hollingshead University of Alabama at Birmingham
Melissa J. Caimano
Melissa J. Caimano University of Connecticut Health Center
Moon H. Nahm
Moon H. Nahm University of Alabama at Birmingham
Todd R. Klaenhammer
Todd R. Klaenhammer North Carolina State University
Patrick Trieu-Cuot
Patrick Trieu-Cuot Institut Pasteur
William H. Benjamin
William H. Benjamin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jacob Dankert
Jacob Dankert University of Amsterdam
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute

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