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Paul S. Hoffman is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple fields of study, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Dentistry. The scientist has contributed notably to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Periodontics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Paul S. Hoffman has published in various scientific venues. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Oral Biosciences
  • Antibiotics
  • Cell Reports Medicine
  • Frontiers in Oral Health
  • British Journal of Gastroenterology

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Antibacterial Discovery: 21st Century Challenges, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Amixicile: A Concept Therapeutic for Treatment of Chronic Anaerobic Infections, 2020, British Journal of Gastroenterology

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Qin Gui
  • Janina P. Lewis
  • Andrea M. Gough
  • Anita C. Parker
  • Patricia J. O'Bryan

Best Publications

  • Metronidazole resistance in Helicobacter pylori is due to null mutations in a gene (rdxA) that encodes an oxygen‐insensitive NADPH nitroreductase

    Goodwin A;Kersulyte D;Sisson G;Veldhuyzen van Zanten Sj

  • Surface-associated hsp60 chaperonin of Legionella pneumophila mediates invasion in a HeLa cell model.

    Rafael A. Garduño;Elizabeth Garduño;Paul S. Hoffman

  • Antiparasitic drug nitazoxanide inhibits the pyruvate oxidoreductases of Helicobacter pylori, selected anaerobic bacteria and parasites, and Campylobacter jejuni

    Paul S. Hoffman;Gary Sisson;Matthew A. Croxen;Kevin Welch

  • Essential Thioredoxin-Dependent Peroxiredoxin System from Helicobacter pylori: Genetic and Kinetic Characterization

    Laura M. S. Baker;Ausra Raudonikiene;Paul S. Hoffman;Leslie B. Poole

  • Treatment of intestinal parasitic infections: a review of nitazoxanide

    Herbert M Gilles;Paul S Hoffman

  • The Helicobacter pylori chemotaxis receptor TlpB (HP0103) is required for pH taxis and for colonization of the gastric mucosa.

    Matthew A. Croxen;Gary Sisson;Roberto Melano;Paul S. Hoffman

  • Intracellular Growth of Legionella pneumophila Gives Rise to a Differentiated Form Dissimilar to Stationary-Phase Forms

    Rafael A. Garduño;Elizabeth Garduño;Margot Hiltz;Paul S. Hoffman

  • Enzymes Associated with Reductive Activation and Action of Nitazoxanide, Nitrofurans, and Metronidazole in Helicobacter pylori

    Gary Sisson;Avery Goodwin;Ausra Raudonikiene;Nicky J. Hughes

  • Acidic pH changes receptor binding specificity of Helicobacter pylori: a binary adhesion model in which surface heat shock (stress) proteins mediate sulfatide recognition in gastric colonization.

    M Huesca;S Borgia;P Hoffman;C A Lingwood

  • Systematic Identification of Selective Essential Genes in Helicobacter pylori by Genome Prioritization and Allelic Replacement Mutagenesis

    Alison F. Chalker;Heather W. Minehart;Nicky J. Hughes;Kristin K. Koretke

  • Sequential Inactivation of rdxA (HP0954) and frxA (HP0642) Nitroreductase Genes Causes Moderate and High-Level Metronidazole Resistance in Helicobacter pylori

    Jy Jeong;AK Mukhopadhyay;D Dailidiene;Y Wang

  • Metronidazole activation is mutagenic and causes DNA fragmentation in Helicobacter pylori and in Escherichia coli containing a cloned H. pylori RdxA(+) (Nitroreductase) gene.

    Gary Sisson;Jin-Yong Jeong;Avery Goodwin;Louis Bryden

  • Metabolic activities of metronidazole-sensitive and -resistant strains of Helicobacter pylori: repression of pyruvate oxidoreductase and expression of isocitrate lyase activity correlate with resistance.

    P. S. Hoffman;A. Goodwin;J. Johnsen;K. Magee

  • Immunolocalization of Hsp60 in Legionella pneumophila

    Rafael A. Garduño;Gary Faulkner;Mary A. Trevors;Neeraj Vats

  • Flavodoxin:Quinone Reductase (FqrB): a Redox Partner of Pyruvate:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase That Reversibly Couples Pyruvate Oxidation to NADPH Production in Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni

    Martin St. Maurice;Nunilo Cremades;Matthew A. Croxen;Gary Sisson

  • Persistent G. lamblia impairs growth in a murine malnutrition model.

    Luther A. Bartelt;James Roche;Glynis Kolling;David Bolick

  • Germination and Amplification of Anthrax Spores by Soil-Dwelling Amoebas

    Rafik Dey;Paul S. Hoffman;Ian J. Glomski

  • Elevated levels of Legionella pneumophila stress protein Hsp60 early in infection of human monocytes and L929 cells correlate with virulence.

    R C Fernandez;S M Logan;S H Lee;P S Hoffman

  • Small molecule promotes β-catenin citrullination and inhibits Wnt signaling in cancer.

    Yi Qu;Yi Qu;Yi Qu;Jan Roger Olsen;Xing Yuan;Phil F Cheng

  • Roles of FrxA and RdxA nitroreductases of Helicobacter pylori in susceptibility and resistance to metronidazole.

    Jin-Yong Jeong;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay;Junko K. Akada;Daiva Dailidiene

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas E. Berg
Douglas E. Berg Washington University in St. Louis
Timothy L. Macdonald
Timothy L. Macdonald University of Virginia
Richard L. Guerrant
Richard L. Guerrant University of Virginia
Costi D. Sifri
Costi D. Sifri University of Virginia
Thomas J. Marrie
Thomas J. Marrie Dalhousie University
Asish Mukhopadhyay
Asish Mukhopadhyay Indian Council of Medical Research
Eric R. Houpt
Eric R. Houpt University of Virginia
Paul H. Edelstein
Paul H. Edelstein University of Pennsylvania
Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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