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44
Citations
7419
World Ranking
5141
National Ranking
436

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

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

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

  • Protein-based biofilm matrices in Staphylococci.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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