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Overview

Manuela Raffatellu is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Within these areas, Raffatellu concentrated on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Food Science, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including gut microbiota and health, Escherichia coli research studies, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and probiotics and fermented foods.

Frequent publication venues for Raffatellu's research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 12 publications, Nature Communications and mBio each hosting 3 publications, Infection and Immunity with 3, and Nature with 2.

Co-authors who frequently collaborated with Raffatellu include Romana R. Gerner, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Rob Knight, and G. Walker.

Recent papers authored by Raffatellu include:

  • Global chemical effects of the microbiome include new bile-acid conjugations, 2020, Nature
  • Multi-omics analyses of the ulcerative colitis gut microbiome link Bacteroides vulgatus proteases with disease severity, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Ion identity molecular networking for mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in the GNPS environment, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Targeted Depletion of Bacteria from Mixed Populations by Programmable Adhesion with Antagonistic Competitor Cells, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe

Best Publications

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced mucosal interleukin-17 deficiency promotes Salmonella dissemination from the gut

    Manuela Raffatellu;Renato L Santos;David E Verhoeven;Michael D George

  • Lipocalin-2 resistance confers an advantage to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium for growth and survival in the inflamed intestine.

    Manuela Raffatellu;Manuela Raffatellu;Michael D. George;Yuko Akiyama;Michael J. Hornsby

  • Probiotic Bacteria Reduce Salmonella Typhimurium Intestinal Colonization by Competing for Iron

    Elisa Deriu;Janet Z. Liu;Milad Pezeshki;Robert A. Edwards

  • Global chemical effects of the microbiome include new bile-acid conjugations

    Robert A. Quinn;Robert A. Quinn;Alexey V. Melnik;Alison Vrbanac;Ting Fu

  • Microcins mediate competition among Enterobacteriaceae in the inflamed gut

    Martina Sassone-Corsi;Sean-Paul Nuccio;Henry Liu;Dulcemaria Hernandez

  • Multi-omics analyses of the Ulcerative Colitis gut microbiome link Bacteroides vulgatus proteases with disease severity

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  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea

    Shuping Zhang;Robert A. Kingsley;Renato L. Santos;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • Linking Lipid Metabolism to the Innate Immune Response in Macrophages through Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein -1a

    Seung Soon Im;Leyla Yousef;Christoph Blaschitz;Janet Z. Liu

  • Mucosal immunity to pathogenic intestinal bacteria

    Araceli Perez-Lopez;Judith Behnsen;Sean-Paul Nuccio;Manuela Raffatellu

  • SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 contribute to Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium invasion of epithelial cells.

    Manuela Raffatellu;R. Paul Wilson;Daniela Chessa;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • No Vacancy: How Beneficial Microbes Cooperate with Immunity To Provide Colonization Resistance to Pathogens

    Martina Sassone-Corsi;Manuela Raffatellu

  • Zinc Sequestration by the Neutrophil Protein Calprotectin Enhances Salmonella Growth in the Inflamed Gut

    Janet Z. Liu;Stefan Jellbauer;Adam J. Poe;Vivian Ton

  • Probiotics: properties, examples, and specific applications.

    Judith Behnsen;Elisa Deriu;Martina Sassone-Corsi;Manuela Raffatellu

  • Th17 Cytokines and the Gut Mucosal Barrier

    Christoph Blaschitz;Manuela Raffatellu

  • A Universal Gut-Microbiome-Derived Signature Predicts Cirrhosis

    Tae Gyu Oh;Susy M. Kim;Cyrielle Caussy;Cyrielle Caussy;Ting Fu

  • Nutritional iron turned inside out: intestinal stress from a gut microbial perspective

    Guus A.M. Kortman;Manuela Raffatellu;Dorine W. Swinkels;Harold Tjalsma

  • The Cytokine IL-22 Promotes Pathogen Colonization by Suppressing Related Commensal Bacteria

    Judith Behnsen;Stefan Jellbauer;Christina P. Wong;Robert A. Edwards

  • Circadian clock regulates the host response to Salmonella

    Marina M. Bellet;Elisa Deriu;Janet Z. Liu;Benedetto Grimaldi

  • Ion identity molecular networking for mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in the GNPS environment.

    Robin Schmid;Robin Schmid;Daniel Petras;Daniel Petras;Daniel Petras;Louis-Félix Nothias;Mingxun Wang

  • Life in the inflamed intestine, Salmonella style

    Renato L. Santos;Manuela Raffatellu;Charles L. Bevins;L. Garry Adams

  • The Vi capsular antigen of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi reduces toll-like receptor-dependent interleukin-8 expression in the intestinal mucosa

    Manuela Raffatellu;Daniela Chessa;Daniela Chessa;R. Paul Wilson;Richard J. Dusold

  • CsgA is a pathogen-associated molecular pattern of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium that is recognized by Toll-like receptor 2.

    Çagla Tükel;Manuela Raffatellu;Manuela Raffatellu;Andrea D. Humphries;R. Paul Wilson;R. Paul Wilson

  • Interleukin-23 Orchestrates Mucosal Responses to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium in the Intestine

    Ivan Godinez;Manuela Raffatellu;Hiutung Chu;Tatiane A. Paixão;Tatiane A. Paixão

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
L. Garry Adams
L. Garry Adams Texas A&M University
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Satya Dandekar
Satya Dandekar University of California, Davis
Sebastian E. Winter
Sebastian E. Winter University of California, Davis
Eric P. Skaar
Eric P. Skaar Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Charles L. Bevins
Charles L. Bevins University of California, Davis

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