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Matthew C. Wolfgang is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, focusing heavily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Specifically, Wolfgang's work concentrates on molecular biology and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with notable contributions to infectious diseases and related biological fields.

The scientist's research topics include cystic fibrosis research advances, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, geophysics and gravity measurements, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, solar and space plasma dynamics, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and tracheal and airway disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Wolfgang include UNC Libraries, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, and mBio.

Wolfgang has contributed to several recent scientific papers with diverse thematic focus. The notable recent publications include:

  1. SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva, 2021, Nature Medicine
  2. Global Regulatory Pathways and Cross-talk Control Pseudomonas aeruginosa Environmental Lifestyle and Virulence Phenotype, 2021, UNC Libraries
  3. Role of miR-2392 in driving SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2021, Cell Reports
  4. Host Adaptation Predisposes Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Type VI Secretion System-Mediated Predation by the Burkholderia cepacia Complex, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  5. Integrated Single-Cell Atlases Reveal an Oral SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Transmission Axis, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Wolfgang collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including Lance R. Thurlow, Suzanne L. Meinig, Bryan Zorn, Richard C. Boucher, and Cristian Roca.

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva.

    Ni Huang;Paola Pérez;Takafumi Kato;Yu Mikami

  • A four-tiered transcriptional regulatory circuit controls flagellar biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Nandini Dasgupta;Matthew C. Wolfgang;Andrew L. Goodman;Shiwani K. Arora

  • Detection of Anaerobic Bacteria in High Numbers in Sputum from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    Michael M. Tunney;Tyler R. Field;Thomas F. Moriarty;Sheila Patrick

  • Conservation of genome content and virulence determinants among clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Matthew C. Wolfgang;Bridget R. Kulasekara;Xiaoyou Liang;Dana Boyd

  • Coordinate regulation of bacterial virulence genes by a novel adenylate cyclase-dependent signaling pathway

    Matthew C. Wolfgang;Vincent T. Lee;Meghan E. Gilmore;Stephen Lory

  • The adult cystic fibrosis airway microbiota is stable over time and infection type, and highly resilient to antibiotic treatment of exacerbations.

    Anthony A. Fodor;Erich R. Klem;Deirdre F. Gilpin;J. Stuart Elborn

  • PilT mutations lead to simultaneous defects in competence for natural transformation and twitching motility in piliated Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Matthew Wolfgang;Peter Lauer;Hae Sun Park;Laurent Brossay

  • Lung Microbiota and Bacterial Abundance in Patients with Bronchiectasis when Clinically Stable and during Exacerbation

    Michael M. Tunney;Gisli G. Einarsson;Lan Wei;Maire Drain

  • Components and dynamics of fiber formation define a ubiquitous biogenesis pathway for bacterial pili

    Matthew Wolfgang;Matthew Wolfgang;Jos P.M. van Putten;Stanley F. Hayes;David Dorward

  • Transcriptional regulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system.

    Timothy L. Yahr;Matthew C. Wolfgang

  • Bacterial neuraminidase facilitates mucosal infection by participating in biofilm production

    Grace Soong;Amanda Muir;Marisa I. Gomez;Jonathan Waks

  • Significance of the microbiome in obstructive lung disease

    Mei Lan K. Han;Yvonne J. Huang;John J. LiPuma;Homer A. Boushey

  • Global regulatory pathways and cross-talk control pseudomonas aeruginosa environmental lifestyle and virulence phenotype

    Kimberly A Coggan;Matthew C Wolfgang

  • Use of culture and molecular analysis to determine the effect of antibiotic treatment on microbial community diversity and abundance during exacerbation in patients with cystic fibrosis

    M M Tunney;E R Klem;A A Fodor;D F Gilpin

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa regulates flagellin expression as part of a global response to airway fluid from cystic fibrosis patients.

    Matthew C. Wolfgang;Jeevan Jyot;Andrew L. Goodman;Reuben Ramphal

  • A Hierarchical Cascade of Second Messengers Regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Surface Behaviors

    Yun Luo;Kun Zhao;Amy E. Baker;Sherry L. Kuchma

  • Competence for natural transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: components of DNA binding and uptake linked to type IV pilus expression.

    Finn Erik Aas;Matthew C Wolfgang;Stephan Frye;Steven Dunham

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chp chemosensory system regulates intracellular cAMP levels by modulating adenylate cyclase activity.

    Nanette B. Fulcher;Phillip M. Holliday;Erich Klem;Martin J. Cann

  • Suppression of an absolute defect in Type IV pilus biogenesis by loss-of-function mutations in pilT, a twitching motility gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Matthew Wolfgang;Hae Sun Park;Stanley F. Hayes;Jos P.M. Van Putten

  • Mucus accumulation in the lungs precedes structural changes and infection in children with cystic fibrosis.

    Charles R. Esther;Marianne S. Muhlebach;Camille Ehre;David B. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael M. Tunney
Michael M. Tunney Queen's University Belfast
Richard C. Boucher
Richard C. Boucher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Koomey
Michael Koomey University of Oslo
Timothy L. Yahr
Timothy L. Yahr University of Iowa
Stephen Lory
Stephen Lory Harvard University
Jos P. M. van Putten
Jos P. M. van Putten Utrecht University
J. Stuart Elborn
J. Stuart Elborn Queen's University Belfast
Stanley F. Hayes
Stanley F. Hayes National Institutes of Health
Stephen M. Stick
Stephen M. Stick University of Western Australia
Scott H. Randell
Scott H. Randell University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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