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D-Index
67
Citations
14681
World Ranking
2286
National Ranking
939

Overview

Victor J. Torres is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focused on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. These areas encompass a broad range of scientific inquiries involving infectious diseases, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and epidemiology as key subfields of study.

The scientist's major topics of research include:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Victor J. Torres has contributed to several prominent journals and publication venues. The frequent venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection and Immunity
  • mBio
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Science Advances

Their co-authorship network includes frequent collaborations with:

  • Bo Shopsin
  • Ken Cadwell
  • Alejandro Pironti
  • Keenan A. Lacey
  • Erin E. Zwack

Representative recent publications by Victor J. Torres are:

  • Decoy exosomes provide protection against bacterial toxins, 2020, Nature
  • Gut microbiome dysbiosis in antibiotic-treated COVID-19 patients is associated with microbial translocation and bacteremia, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Autophagy and microbial pathogenesis, 2020, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus, 2022, Nature Chemical Biology
  • All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors, 2020, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Metal Chelation and Inhibition of Bacterial Growth in Tissue Abscesses

    Brian D. Corbin;Erin H. Seeley;Andrea Raab;Joerg Feldmann

  • Focused specificity of intestinal TH17 cells towards commensal bacterial antigens

    Yi Yang;Miriam B. Torchinsky;Michael Gobert;Huizhong Xiong

  • Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Toxins and Extracellular Enzymes

    Kayan Tam;Victor J. Torres

  • Leukocidins: staphylococcal bi-component pore-forming toxins find their receptors.

    András N. Spaan;Jos A. G. van Strijp;Victor J. Torres

  • Staphylococcus aureus Fur Regulates the Expression of Virulence Factors That Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia

    Victor J. Torres;Ahmed S. Attia;William J. Mason;M. Indriati Hood

  • Staphylococcus aureus IsdB Is a Hemoglobin Receptor Required for Heme Iron Utilization

    Victor J. Torres;Gleb Pishchany;Munir Humayun;Olaf Schneewind

  • Inhibition of primary human T cell proliferation by Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) is independent of VacA effects on IL-2 secretion

    Mark S. Sundrud;Victor J. Torres;Derya Unutmaz;Timothy L. Cover

  • CCR5 is a receptor for Staphylococcus aureus leukotoxin ED

    Francis Alonzo;Lina Kozhaya;Stephen A. Rawlings;Tamara Reyes-Robles

  • The Bicomponent Pore-Forming Leucocidins of Staphylococcus aureus

    Francis Alonzo;Victor J. Torres

  • A Staphylococcus aureus Regulatory System that Responds to Host Heme and Modulates Virulence

    Victor J. Torres;Devin L. Stauff;Gleb Pishchany;Jelena S. Bezbradica

  • Staphylococcus aureus Redirects Central Metabolism to Increase Iron Availability

    David B Friedman;Devin L Stauff;Gleb Pishchany;Corbin W Whitwell

  • A Secreted Bacterial Protease Tailors the Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Repertoire to Modulate Bone Remodeling during Osteomyelitis

    James E. Cassat;Neal D. Hammer;J. Preston Campbell;Meredith A. Benson

  • Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis in diverse host environments

    Divya Balasubramanian;Lamia Harper;Bo Shopsin;Victor J. Torres

  • Characterization of a new cytotoxin that contributes to Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis

    Ashley L. DuMont;Tyler K. Nygaard;Robert L. Watkins;Amanda Smith

  • 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

  • Gut microbiome dysbiosis in antibiotic-treated COVID-19 patients is associated with microbial translocation and bacteremia

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  • Decoy exosomes provide protection against bacterial toxins

    Matthew D. Keller;Krystal L. Ching;Feng-Xia Liang;Avantika Dhabaria

  • Inflammasome activation and IL-1β/IL-18 processing are influenced by distinct pathways in microglia.

    Richa Hanamsagar;Victor Torres;Tammy Kielian

  • Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin ED Targets the Chemokine Receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 to Kill Leukocytes and Promote Infection

    Tamara Reyes-Robles;Francis Alonzo;Lina Kozhaya;D. Borden Lacy

  • Staphylococcus aureus biofilms release leukocidins to elicit extracellular trap formation and evade neutrophil-mediated killing.

    Mohini Bhattacharya;Evelien T. M. Berends;Rita Chan;Elizabeth Schwab

  • 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

  • Staphylococcus aureus leucocidin ED contributes to systemic infection by targeting neutrophils and promoting bacterial growth in vivo.

    Francis Alonzo;Meredith A. Benson;John Chen;Richard P. Novick

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy L. Cover
Timothy L. Cover Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eric P. Skaar
Eric P. Skaar Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Derya Unutmaz
Derya Unutmaz University of Connecticut
Michael P. Jennings
Michael P. Jennings Griffith University
Ken Cadwell
Ken Cadwell New York University
Paul M. Dunman
Paul M. Dunman University of Rochester
Jos A. G. van Strijp
Jos A. G. van Strijp Utrecht University
P'ng Loke
P'ng Loke National Institutes of Health
Paul J. Planet
Paul J. Planet Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Beatrix Ueberheide
Beatrix Ueberheide New York University

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