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Scott D. Gray-Owen

Scott D. Gray-Owen

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Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
11345
World Ranking
3586
National Ranking
104

Overview

Scott D. Gray-Owen is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, they have focused on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers notable topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, bacterial infections and vaccines, reproductive tract infections research, influenza virus studies, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Canadian Medical Association Journal, mBio, and Frontiers in Immunology.

Frequent coauthors that appear alongside Scott D. Gray-Owen include:

  • Samira Mubareka
  • Natasha Christie-Holmes
  • Furkan Guvenc
  • Patrick Budylowski
  • Jamie E. Fegan

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Scott D. Gray-Owen include:

  • Persistence of serum and saliva antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike antigens in COVID-19 patients, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles Using Direct, Reagent-Free Electrochemical Sensing, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Multivalency transforms SARS-CoV-2 antibodies into ultrapotent neutralizers, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Holder pasteurization of donated human milk is effective in inactivating SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Akkermansia muciniphila upregulates genes involved in maintaining the intestinal barrier function via ADP-heptose-dependent activation of the ALPK1/TIFA pathway, 2022, Gut Microbes

Best Publications

  • Persistence of serum and saliva antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike antigens in COVID-19 patients.

    Baweleta Isho;Kento T. Abe;Kento T. Abe;Michelle Zuo;Alainna J. Jamal;Alainna J. Jamal

  • Exposure to HIV-1 directly impairs mucosal epithelial barrier integrity allowing microbial translocation.

    Aisha Nazli;Olivia Chan;Wendy N. Dobson-Belaire;Michel Ouellet

  • CEACAM1: contact-dependent control of immunity.

    Scott D. Gray-Owen;Richard S. Blumberg

  • Redefined nomenclature for members of the carcinoembryonic antigen family.

    N. Beauchemin;P. Draber;G. Dveksler;P. Gold

  • Neisserial binding to CEACAM1 arrests the activation and proliferation of CD4 + T lymphocytes

    Ian C. Boulton;Scott D. Gray-Owen

  • Bacterial transferrin and lactoferrin receptors

    Scott D. Gray-Owen;Anthony B. Schyvers

  • CD66 carcinoembryonic antigens mediate interactions between Opa‐expressing Neisseria gonorrhoeae and human polymorphonuclear phagocytes

    Scott D. Gray‐Owen;Christoph Dehio;Anja Haude;Fritz Grunert

  • The role of neisserial Opa proteins in interactions with host cells.

    Christoph Dehio;Scott D. Gray-Owen;Thomas F. Meyer

  • The bacterial virulence factor InlC perturbs apical cell junctions and promotes cell-to-cell spread of Listeria

    Tina Rajabian;Balramakrishna Gavicherla;Martin Heisig;Stefanie Müller-Altrock

  • Differential Opa specificities for CD66 receptors influence tissue interactions and cellular response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Scott D. Gray-Owen;Dirk R. Lorenzen;Anja Haude;Thomas F. Meyer

  • Opa proteins and CEACAMs: pathways of immune engagement for pathogenic Neisseria

    Manish Sadarangani;Andrew J. Pollard;Scott D. Gray-Owen

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles Using Direct, Reagent-Free Electrochemical Sensing.

    Hanie Yousefi;Alam Mahmud;Dingran Chang;Jagotamoy Das

  • Opa binding to cellular CD66 receptors mediates the transcellular traversal of Neisseria gonorrhoeae across polarized T84 epithelial cell monolayers

    Jun Wang;Scott D. Gray-Owen;Alexander Knorre;Thomas F. Meyer

  • Cytosolic detection of the bacterial metabolite HBP activates TIFA-dependent innate immunity

    Ryan G. Gaudet;Anna Sintsova;Carolyn M. Buckwalter;Nelly Leung

  • Helicobacter pylori inhibits phagocytosis by professional phagocytes involving type IV secretion components

    Nalini Ramarao;Scott D. Gray-Owen;Steffen Backert;Thomas F. Meyer

  • The global roadmap for advancing development of vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: Update and next steps

    Sami L. Gottlieb;Carolyn D. Deal;Birgitte Giersing;Helen Rees

  • Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) inhibits NK killing via interaction with CEA-related cell adhesion molecule 1.

    Noam Stern;Gal Markel;Tal I. Arnon;Raizy Gruda

  • Identification and characterization of genes encoding the human transferrin-binding proteins from Haemophilus influenzae.

    Scott D. Gray-Owen;Sheena Loosmore;Andanthony B. Schryvers

  • Helicobacter pylori induces but survives the extracellular release of oxygen radicals from professional phagocytes using its catalase activity

    Nalini Ramarao;Scott D. Gray-Owen;Thomas F. Meyer

  • Carcinoembryonic antigen family receptor specificity of Neisseria meningitidis Opa variants influences adherence to and invasion of proinflammatory cytokine-activated endothelial cells

    Petra Muenzner;Christoph Dehio;Taku Fujiwara;Mark Achtman

  • Pathogenic Neisseria Trigger Expression of Their Carcinoembryonic Antigen-related Cellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (CEACAM1; Previously CD66a) Receptor on Primary Endothelial Cells by Activating the Immediate Early Response Transcription Factor, Nuclear Factor-κB

    Petra Muenzner;Michael Naumann;Thomas F. Meyer;Scott D. Gray-Owen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario A. Ostrowski
Mario A. Ostrowski University of Toronto
Thomas F. Meyer
Thomas F. Meyer Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Christoph Dehio
Christoph Dehio University of Basel
Rupert Kaul
Rupert Kaul University of Toronto
Robert A. Batey
Robert A. Batey University of Toronto
Allison McGeer
Allison McGeer University of Toronto
Walid A. Houry
Walid A. Houry University of Toronto
Anthony B. Schryvers
Anthony B. Schryvers University of Calgary
Philip M. Sherman
Philip M. Sherman University of Toronto
Ann E. Jerse
Ann E. Jerse Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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