Joan A. Geoghegan

Best Publications

• Adhesion, invasion and evasion: the many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

  Timothy J. Foster;Joan A. Geoghegan;Vannakambadi K. Ganesh;Magnus Höök

  1722
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus and Atopic Dermatitis: A Complex and Evolving Relationship

  Joan A. Geoghegan;Alan D. Irvine;Timothy J. Foster

  491
  Citations

• Protein-based biofilm matrices in Staphylococci.

  Pietro Speziale;Giampiero Pietrocola;Timothy J. Foster;Joan A. Geoghegan

  294
  Citations

• Role of Surface Protein SasG in Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus aureus

  Joan A. Geoghegan;Rebecca M. Corrigan;Dominika T. Gruszka;Pietro Speziale

  276
  Citations

• CRIg Functions as a Macrophage Pattern Recognition Receptor to Directly Bind and Capture Blood-Borne Gram-Positive Bacteria.

  Zhutian Zeng;Bas G.J. Surewaard;Connie H.Y. Wong;Joan A. Geoghegan

  211
  Citations

• Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin

  Michelle E. Mulcahy;Joan A. Geoghegan;Ian R. Monk;Kate M. O'Keeffe

  195
  Citations

• Zinc-dependent mechanical properties of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-forming surface protein SasG

  Cécile Formosa-Dague;Pietro Speziale;Timothy J. Foster;Joan A. Geoghegan

  181
  Citations

• Memory Th1 Cells Are Protective in Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection.

  Aisling F. Brown;Alison G. Murphy;Stephen J. Lalor;John M. Leech

  175
  Citations

• The Role of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factors in Skin Infection and Their Potential as Vaccine Antigens

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  174
  Citations

• Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and speG-mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin

  Paul J. Planet;Paul J. Planet;Samuel J. LaRussa;Ali Dana;Hannah Smith

  169
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A is a force-sensitive molecular switch that activates bacterial adhesion

  Philippe Herman-Bausier;Cristina Labate;Aisling M Towell;Sylvie Derclaye

  162
  Citations

• Fibronectin-binding proteins are required for biofilm formation by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain LAC

  Jennifer McCourt;Dara P. O'Halloran;Hannah McCarthy;James P. O'Gara

  157
  Citations

• Clumping factor A interaction with complement factor I increases C3b cleavage on the bacterial surface of Staphylococcus aureus, and decreases complement-mediated phagocytosis

  Pamela S. Hair;Charlene G. Echague;Amber M. Sholl;Justin A. Watkins

  153
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus Surface Protein SdrE Binds Complement Regulator Factor H as an Immune Evasion Tactic

  Julia A. Sharp;Charlene G. Echague;Pamela S. Hair;Michael D. Ward

  150
  Citations

• The binding force of the staphylococcal adhesin SdrG is remarkably strong

  Philippe Herman;Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel;Audrey Beaussart;Joan A. Geoghegan

  137
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein A Mediates Cell-Cell Adhesion through Low-Affinity Homophilic Bonds

  Philippe Herman-Bausier;Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel;Timothy J. Foster;Joan A. Geoghegan

  136
  Citations

• Subdomains N2N3 of fibronectin binding protein A mediate Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and adherence to fibrinogen using distinct mechanisms.

  Joan A. Geoghegan;Ian R. Monk;James P. O'Gara;Timothy J. Foster

  120
  Citations

• Direct interaction of iron-regulated surface determinant IsdB of Staphylococcus aureus with the GPIIb/IIIa receptor on platelets.

  Helen Miajlovic;Marta Zapotoczna;Joan A. Geoghegan;Steven W. Kerrigan

  114
  Citations

• Staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein has a contiguous rod-like structure

  Dominika T. Gruszka;Justyna A. Wojdyla;Richard J. Bingham;Johan P. Turkenburg

  112
  Citations

• Clumping factor B promotes adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to corneocytes in atopic dermatitis

  Orla M. Fleury;Maeve A. McAleer;Maeve A. McAleer;Cécile Feuillie;Cécile Formosa-Dague

  111
  Citations