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Michele S. Swanson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with notable investigations in related subfields including Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research focus on Legionella and Acanthamoeba, with 16 publications in this area, alongside studies on Vibrio bacteria, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus, neutrophil and oxidative mechanisms, parasitic infections, diagnostics, and fungal infections.

Their recent significant publications include:

  • Structural analysis of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system core complex, 2020, eLife
  • Cryo-EM reveals new species-specific proteins and symmetry elements in the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm T4SS, 2021, eLife
  • Functional characterization of the HMP-P synthase of Legionella pneumophila (Lpg1565), 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • A "Fluid" Diagnosis, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cryo-EM reveals new species-specific proteins and symmetry elements in the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm T4SS, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Michele S. Swanson collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Clarissa L. Durie, Michael J. Sheedlo, D. Borden Lacy, Melanie D. Ohi, and Jeong Min Chung.

Their work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Molecular Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Association of Legionella pneumophila with the macrophage endoplasmic reticulum.

    M S Swanson;R R Isberg

  • Cytosolic recognition of flagellin by mouse macrophages restricts Legionella pneumophila infection

    Ari B. Molofsky;Brenda G. Byrne;Natalie N. Whitfield;Cressida A. Madigan

  • Expression of Legionella pneumophila Virulence Traits in Response to Growth Conditions

    Brenda Byrne;Michele S. Swanson

  • Legionella Pneumophila Pathogenesis: A Fateful Journey from Amoebae to Macrophages

    M. S. Swanson;B. K. Hammer

  • ppGpp: magic beyond RNA polymerase

    Zachary D. Dalebroux;Michele S. Swanson

  • Differentiate to thrive: lessons from the Legionella pneumophila life cycle.

    Ari B. Molofsky;Michele S. Swanson

  • ppGpp Conjures Bacterial Virulence

    Zachary D. Dalebroux;Sarah L. Svensson;Erin C. Gaynor;Michele S. Swanson

  • Autophagy is an immediate macrophage response to Legionella pneumophila.

    Amal O. Amer;Michele S. Swanson

  • Co-ordination of legionella pneumophila virulence with entry into stationary phase by ppGpp.

    Brian K. Hammer;Michele S. Swanson

  • Legionella pneumophila Replication Vacuoles Mature into Acidic, Endocytic Organelles

    Sheila Sturgill-Koszycki;Michele S. Swanson

  • Early Recruitment of Neutrophils Determines Subsequent T1/T2 Host Responses in a Murine Model of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

    Kazuhiro Tateda;Thomas A. Moore;Jane C. Deng;Michael W. Newstead

  • A two-component regulator induces the transmission phenotype of stationary-phase Legionella pneumophila.

    Brian K. Hammer;Eiko S. Tateda;Michele S. Swanson

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Inhibition of host vacuolar H+-ATPase activity by a Legionella pneumophila effector.

    Li Xu;Xihui Shen;Andrew Bryan;Simran Banga

  • RpoS co-operates with other factors to induce Legionella pneumophila virulence in the stationary phase

    Michael A. Bachman;Michele S. Swanson

  • A phagosome of one's own: a microbial guide to life in the macrophage.

    Amal O Amer;Michele S Swanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ralph R. Isberg
Ralph R. Isberg Tufts University
Carmen Buchrieser
Carmen Buchrieser Institut Pasteur
Zhenyu Yue
Zhenyu Yue Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andrew P. Lieberman
Andrew P. Lieberman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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