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Michael P. Jennings

Michael P. Jennings

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Microbiology

D-Index
71
Citations
15087
World Ranking
1879
National Ranking
62

Overview

Michael P. Jennings is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research primarily spans fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields of focus include Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

Jennings has contributed notably to topics such as bacterial infections and vaccines, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, pneumonia and respiratory infections, streptococcal infections and treatments, reproductive tract infections research, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Frequent publication venues for Jennings include:

  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Christopher J. Day
  • Freda E.-C. Jen
  • John M. Atack
  • Jessica Poole
  • Mark von Itzstein

Selected recent papers by Jennings illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Drug repurposing: Misconceptions, challenges, and opportunities for academic researchers," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Multidisciplinary Approaches Identify Compounds that Bind to Human ACE2 or SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein as Candidates to Block SARS-CoV-2-ACE2 Receptor Interactions," 2021, mBio
  • "Epigenetic Regulation of Virulence and Immunoevasion by Phase-Variable Restriction-Modification Systems in Bacterial Pathogens," 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis," 2020, Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • MCC950 directly targets the NLRP3 ATP-hydrolysis motif for inflammasome inhibition

    Rebecca C. Coll;James R. Hill;Christopher J. Day;Alina Zamoshnikova

  • DNA repeats identify novel virulence genes in Haemophilus influenzae

    D W Hood;M E Deadman;M P Jennings;M Bisercic

  • Discovery of virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria

    Hsing Ju Wu;Andrew H.J. Wang;Michael P. Jennings

  • Meningococcal pilin: a glycoprotein substituted with digalactosyl 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxyhexose.

    Elaine Stimson;Mumtaz Virji;Katherine Makepeace;Anne Dell

  • Glycointeractions in bacterial pathogenesis

    Jessica Poole;Christopher J. Day;Mark von Itzstein;James C. Paton

  • A random six-phase switch regulates pneumococcal virulence via global epigenetic changes

    Ana Sousa Manso;Melissa H. Chai;John Michael Atack;Leonardo Furi

  • Opc- and pilus-dependent interactions of meningococci with human endothelial cells: molecular mechanisms and modulation by surface polysaccharides.

    M. Virji;K. Makepeace;I. R. A. Peak;D. J. P. Ferguson

  • Molecular analysis of a locus for the biosynthesis and phase-variable expression of the lacto-N-neotetraose terminal lipopolysaccharide structure in Neisseria meningitidis.

    M. P. Jennings;D. W. Hood;I. R. A. Peak;M. Virji

  • Staphylococcus aureus LukAB cytotoxin kills human neutrophils by targeting the CD11b subunit of the integrin Mac-1

    Ashley L. DuMont;Pauline Yoong;Christopher Day;Francis Alonzo

  • The phasevarion: A genetic system controlling coordinated, random switching of expression of multiple genes

    Yogitha Nageswary Srikhanta;Tina L. Maguire;Katryn J. Stacey;Sean M. Grimmond

  • Cloning of the Lipooligosaccharide α-2,3-Sialyltransferase from the Bacterial Pathogens Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Michel Gilbert;David C. Watson;Anna-Maria Cunningham;Michael P. Jennings

  • Phasevarions Mediate Random Switching of Gene Expression in Pathogenic Neisseria

    Yogitha Nageswary Srikhanta;Stefanie J. Dowideit;Jennifer L. Edwards;Megan L. Falsetta

  • The phasevarion: phase variation of type III DNA methyltransferases controls coordinated switching in multiple genes

    Yogitha Nageswary Srikhanta;Kate L. Fox;Michael Paul Jennings;Michael Paul Jennings

  • Virulence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae: PsaA Mutants Are Hypersensitive to Oxidative Stress

    Hsing-Ju Tseng;Alastair G. McEwan;James C. Paton;Michael P. Jennings

  • The staphylococcal toxins γ-haemolysin AB and CB differentially target phagocytes by employing specific chemokine receptors

    Andras N. Spaan;Manouk Vrieling;Pierre Wallet;Cedric Badiou

  • Defenses against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a System Tailored for a Challenging Environment

    Kate L. Seib;Hsing Ju Wu;Stephen P. Kidd;Michael A. Apicella

  • Molecular analysis of the psa permease complex of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Lauren J. McAllister;Hsing-Ju Tseng;A. David Ogunniyi;Michael P. Jennings

  • The genetic basis of the phase variation repertoire of lipopolysaccharide immunotypes in Neisseria meningitidis.

    Michael P. Jennings;Yogitha N. Srikhanta;E. Richard Moxon;Marco Kramer

  • Genetic characterization of pilin glycosylation and phase variation in Neisseria meningitidis

    P. M. Power;L. F. Roddam;K. Rutter;S. Z. Fitzpatrick

  • Accumulation of manganese in Neisseria gonorrhoeae correlates with resistance to oxidative killing by superoxide anion and is independent of superoxide dismutase activity.

    Hsing-Ju Tseng;Yogitha Srikhanta;Alastair G. McEwan;Michael P. Jennings

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair G. McEwan
Alastair G. McEwan University of Queensland
Kate L. Seib
Kate L. Seib Griffith University
Michael A. Apicella
Michael A. Apicella University of Iowa
James C. Paton
James C. Paton University of Adelaide
Lauren O. Bakaletz
Lauren O. Bakaletz The Ohio State University
Patrick J. Blackall
Patrick J. Blackall University of Queensland
Benjamin L. Schulz
Benjamin L. Schulz University of Queensland
Victor J. Torres
Victor J. Torres New York University
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
E. Richard Moxon
E. Richard Moxon University of Oxford

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