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Overview

John E. Edwards is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant output in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Oncology, Immunology, and Microbiology as subfields. The work spans various topics such as antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, peptidase inhibition and analysis, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, antimicrobial peptides and activities, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, and neutrophil, myeloperoxidase, and oxidative mechanisms.

Among recent publications, the following papers illustrate key research contributions:

  • GRP78 and Integrins Play Different Roles in Host Cell Invasion during Mucormycosis, 2020, mBio
  • Mucoricin is a ricin-like toxin that is critical for the pathogenesis of mucormycosis, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • An oxindole efflux inhibitor potentiates azoles and impairs virulence in the fungal pathogen Candida auris, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Identification of Candida glabrata Transcriptional Regulators That Govern Stress Resistance and Virulence, 2020, Infection and Immunity
  • GRP78 and Integrins Play Different Roles in Host Cell Invasion During Mucormycosis, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

John E. Edwards frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, and Infection and Immunity.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edwards include:

  • Scott G. Filler
  • Ashraf S. Ibrahim
  • Abdullah Alqarihi
  • Teclegiorgis Gebremariam
  • Yiyou Gu

In addition to journal publications, Edwards has contributed to book literature, notably publishing with Cambridge University Press. A highlighted work is The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Helen W. Boucher;George H. Talbot;John S. Bradley;John S. Bradley;John E. Edwards;John E. Edwards

  • Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

    Ben De Pauw;Thomas J. Walsh;J. Peter Donnelly;David A. Stevens

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of candidiasis: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    Peter G. Pappas;Carol A. Kauffman;David Andes;Daniel K. Benjamin

  • Defining Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: An International Consensus

    S. Ascioglu;J. H. Rex;B. De Pauw;J. E. Bennett

  • The Epidemic of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: A Call to Action for the Medical Community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Brad Spellberg;Robert Guidos;David Gilbert;John Bradley;John Bradley

  • Guidelines for Treatment of Candidiasis

    Peter G. Pappas;John H. Rex;Jack D. Sobel;Scott G. Filler

  • Novel Perspectives on Mucormycosis: Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Management

    Brad Spellberg;Brad Spellberg;John Edwards;John Edwards;Ashraf Ibrahim;Ashraf Ibrahim

  • Bad Bugs Need Drugs: An Update on the Development Pipeline from the Antimicrobial Availability Task Force of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    George H. Talbot;John Bradley;John Bradley;John E. Edwards;David Gilbert

  • Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Candidiasis

    John H. Rex;Thomas J. Walsh;Jack D. Sobel;Scott G. Filler

  • A Randomized Trial Comparing Fluconazole with Amphotericin B for the Treatment of Candidemia in Patients without Neutropenia

    John H. Rex;John E. Bennett;Alan M. Sugar;Peter G. Pappas

  • Type 1/Type 2 Immunity in Infectious Diseases

    Brad Spellberg;John E. Edwards

  • Trends in Antimicrobial Drug Development: Implications for the Future

    Brad Spellberg;John H. Powers;Eric P. Brass;Loren G. Miller

  • A prospective observational study of candidemia: epidemiology, therapy, and influences on mortality in hospitalized adult and pediatric patients.

    Peter G. Pappas;John H. Rex;Jeannette Lee;Richard J. Hamill

  • Risk Factors for Candidal Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: The NEMIS Prospective Multicenter Study

    Henry M. Blumberg;Henry M. Blumberg;William R. Jarvis;J. Michael Soucie;Jack E. Edwards

  • 1997 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Unexplained Fever

    Walter T. Hughes;Donald Armstrong;Gerald P. Bodey;Arthur E. Brown

  • Risk factors for candidemia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

    L Saiman;E Ludington;M Pfaller;S Rangel-Frausto

  • Als3 Is a Candida albicans Invasin That Binds to Cadherins and Induces Endocytosis by Host Cells

    Quynh T Phan;Carter L Myers;Yue Fu;Yue Fu;Donald C Sheppard

  • A Randomized and Blinded Multicenter Trial of High-Dose Fluconazole plus Placebo versus Fluconazole plus Amphotericin B as Therapy for Candidemia and Its Consequences in Nonneutropenic Subjects

    John H. Rex;John H. Rex;Peter G. Pappas;Adolf W. Karchmer;Jack Sobel

  • National Epidemiology of Mycoses Survey (NEMIS): Variations in Rates of Bloodstream Infections Due to Candida Species in Seven Surgical Intensive Care Units and Six Neonatal Intensive Care Units

    Rangel-Frausto Ms;Wiblin T;Blumberg Hm;Saiman L

  • Critical role of Bcr1-dependent adhesins in C. albicans biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo.

    Clarissa J. Nobile;David R. Andes;Jeniel E. Nett;Frank J. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Ashraf S. Ibrahim University of California, Los Angeles
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Brad Spellberg
Brad Spellberg University of Southern California
Michael R. Yeaman
Michael R. Yeaman University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel W. French
Samuel W. French UCLA Medical Center
John H. Rex
John H. Rex The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Donald C. Sheppard
Donald C. Sheppard McGill University
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Jack D. Sobel
Jack D. Sobel Wayne State University
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego

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