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Overview

Timothy J. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics in medical research, including:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Timothy J. Mitchell's recent published papers include:

  • "Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State", 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Higher severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection rate in pregnant patients", 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Microvesicles released from pneumolysin-stimulated lung epithelial cells carry mitochondrial cargo and suppress neutrophil oxidative burst", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Neutrophil-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Activate Platelets after Pneumolysin Exposure", 2021, Cells
  • "Human Brain Functional Network Organization Is Disrupted After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy", 2020, Brain Connectivity

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Scientific Reports, Neuro-Oncology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics.

Collaborative work is notable with frequent coauthors including Joshua S. Shimony, Stephanie M. Perkins, Jiayi Huang, Benjamin A. Seitzman, and Luiz Gustavo Teixeira Alves.

Best Publications

  • Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

    Nicholas J. Croucher;Simon R. Harris;Christophe Fraser;Michael A. Quail

  • A highly conserved repeated DNA element located in the chromosome of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Bernard Martin;Odile Humbert;Miguel Camara;Eric Guenzi

  • Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species

    Claudio Donati;N. Luisa Hiller;Hervé Tettelin;Alessandro Muzzi

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae: virulence factors and variation

    A.M. Mitchell;T.J. Mitchell

  • The pathogenesis of streptococcal infections: from Tooth decay to meningitis

    Timothy J. Mitchell

  • Pneumococcal pneumolysin and H2O2 mediate brain cell apoptosis during meningitis

    Johann S. Braun;Jack E. Sublett;Dorette Freyer;Tim J. Mitchell

  • Competence-programmed predation of noncompetent cells in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae: Genetic requirements

    Sébastien Guiral;Tim J. Mitchell;Bernard Martin;Jean-Pierre Claverys

  • MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE PATHOGENICITY OF STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE - THE ROLE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PROTEINS

    Jc Paton;Pw Andrew;Gj Boulnois;Tj Mitchell

  • The relationship beween posture and back muscle endurance in industrial workers with flexion-related low back pain.

    Peter B. O’Sullivan;Tim Mitchell;Paul Bulich;Rob Waller

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome is differentially activated by pneumolysin variants and contributes to host defense in pneumococcal pneumonia.

    Martin Witzenrath;Florence Pache;Daniel Lorenz;Uwe Koppe

  • Microarray-based identification of a novel Streptococcus pneumoniae regulon controlled by an autoinduced peptide

    Antoine de Saizieu;Christophe Gardès;Nicholas Flint;Christian Wagner

  • Immunization of mice with pneumolysin toxoid confers a significant degree of protection against at least nine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    J. E. Alexander;R. A. Lock;C. C. A. M. Peeters;J. T. Poolman

  • The Role of Pneumolysin and Autolysin in the Pathology of Pneumonia and Septicemia in Mice Infected with a Type 2 Pneumococcus

    James R. Canvin;Andrew P. Marvin;Muttuswamy Sivakumaran;James C. Paton

  • Pneumolysin stimulates production of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1 beta by human mononuclear phagocytes.

    S Houldsworth;P W Andrew;T J Mitchell

  • Host cellular immune response to pneumococcal lung infection in mice.

    Aras Kadioglu;Neill A. Gingles;Kate Grattan;Alison Kerr

  • Complement activation and antibody binding by pneumolysin via a region of the toxin homologous to a human acute-phase protein

    T. J. Mitchell;P. W. Andrew;F. K. Saunders;A. N. Smith

  • Pneumolysin is the main inducer of cytotoxicity to brain microvascular endothelial cells caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Gregor Zysk;Barbara Katharina Schneider-Wald;Jae Hyuk Hwang;Levente Bejo

  • The biology of Gram-positive sortase enzymes

    Gavin K. Paterson;Timothy J. Mitchell

  • Pneumolysin: A Double-Edged Sword During the Host-Pathogen Interaction

    Helen M. Marriott;Timothy J. Mitchell;David H. Dockrell

  • Role of conjugative elements in the evolution of the multidrug-resistant pandemic clone Streptococcus pneumoniaeSpain23F ST81.

    Nicholas J. Croucher;Danielle Walker;Patricia Romero;Nicola Lennard

  • A highly conserved repeated DNAelement located inthe chromosome ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

    Bernard Martin;Odile Humbert;Miguel Camara;Eric Guenzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Andrew
Peter W. Andrew University of Leicester
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
James C. Paton
James C. Paton University of Adelaide
Martin Witzenrath
Martin Witzenrath Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ronald Anderson
Ronald Anderson University of Pretoria
Stuart C. Clarke
Stuart C. Clarke University of Southampton
Gavin K. Paterson
Gavin K. Paterson University of Edinburgh
Andreas C. Hocke
Andreas C. Hocke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stefan Hippenstiel
Stefan Hippenstiel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
David H. Dockrell
David H. Dockrell University of Edinburgh

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