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William E. Goldman is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

The scientist's work includes a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases. Their research interests prominently cover topics like Fungal Infections and Studies, Antifungal Resistance and Susceptibility, Yersinia Bacterium, Plague, and Ectoparasites Research, Vibrio Bacteria Research Studies, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant-based Medicinal Research, and the Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Victoria E. Sepúlveda, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Neal Silverman, Kara R. Eichelberger, and Daniel R. Matute.

Their recent publications exhibit a range of microbiology and immunology-related topics. Examples include:

  • "Manipulating neutrophil degranulation as a bacterial virulence strategy" (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "Interactions of Symbiotic Partners Drive the Development of a Complex Biogeography in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis" (2020, mBio)
  • "Methotrexate suppresses psoriatic skin inflammation by inhibiting muropeptide transporter SLC46A2 activity" (2023, Immunity)
  • "Activity of Tracheal Cytotoxin of Bordetella pertussis in a Human Tracheobronchial 3D Tissue Model" (2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • "Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Human Fungal Pathogen Reveals Synteny among Geographically Distinct Species" (2022, mBio)

The scientist publishes frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mSphere, mBio, and PLoS Pathogens. UNC Libraries is their most frequent publication venue, reflecting a significant research output documented there.

Best Publications

  • Monomeric and Polymeric Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan but Not Purified LPS Stimulate the Drosophila IMD Pathway

    Takashi Kaneko;Takashi Kaneko;William E. Goldman;Peter Mellroth;Hakan Steiner

  • Histoplasma capsulatum α-(1,3)-glucan blocks innate immune recognition by the β-glucan receptor

    Chad A. Rappleye;Linda Groppe Eissenberg;William E. Goldman

  • PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE have essential yet distinct functions in the drosophila immune response to monomeric DAP-type peptidoglycan

    Takashi Kaneko;Tamaki Yano;Kamna Aggarwal;Jae Hong Lim

  • Microbial factor-mediated development in a host-bacterial mutualism.

    Tanya A. Koropatnick;Jacquelyn T. Engle;Michael A. Apicella;Eric V. Stabb

  • Autophagic control of listeria through intracellular innate immune recognition in drosophila.

    Tamaki Yano;Shizuka Mita;Hiroko Ohmori;Yoshiteru Oshima

  • Progression of primary pneumonic plague: a mouse model of infection, pathology, and bacterial transcriptional activity.

    Wyndham W. Lathem;Seth D. Crosby;Virginia L. Miller;William E. Goldman

  • A Plasminogen-Activating Protease Specifically Controls the Development of Primary Pneumonic Plague

    Wyndham W. Lathem;Paul A. Price;Virginia L. Miller;William E. Goldman

  • RNA interference in Histoplasma capsulatum demonstrates a role for α‐(1,3)‐glucan in virulence

    Chad A. Rappleye;Jacquelyn T. Engle;William E. Goldman

  • Histoplasma capsulatum modulates the acidification of phagolysosomes.

    Linda Groppe Eissenberg;William E. Goldman;Paul H. Schlesinger

  • Live attenuated B. pertussis as a single-dose nasal vaccine against whooping cough.

    Nathalie Mielcarek;Anne Sophie Debrie;Anne Sophie Debrie;Dominique Raze;Dominique Raze;Julie Bertout;Julie Bertout

  • RNA Interference in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

    Hong Liu;Tricia R. Cottrell;Lynda M. Pierini;William E. Goldman

  • Intracellular Parasitism by Histoplasma capsulatum: Fungal Virulence and Calcium Dependence

    Tricia Schurtz Sebghati;Jacquelyn T. Engle;William E. Goldman

  • Detection, isolation, and analysis of a released Bordetella pertussis product toxic to cultured tracheal cells.

    W E Goldman;D G Klapper;J B Baseman

  • Epithelial autotoxicity of nitric oxide: role in the respiratory cytopathology of pertussis

    Linda Nixon Heiss;Jack R. Lancaster;John A. Corbett;William E. Goldman

  • Structural basis for preferential recognition of diaminopimelic acid-type peptidoglycan by a subset of peptidoglycan recognition proteins.

    Jae Hong Lim;Min Sung Kim;Han Eol Kim;Tamaki Yano

  • Quantitative plating of Histoplasma capsulatum without addition of conditioned medium or siderophores.

    P.L. Worsham;W.E. Goldman

  • RovA, a global regulator of Yersinia pestis, specifically required for bubonic plague

    Jason S. Cathelyn;Seth D. Crosby;Wyndham W. Lathem;William E. Goldman

  • Systematic analysis of cyclic di-GMP signalling enzymes and their role in biofilm formation and virulence in Yersinia pestis

    Alexander G. Bobrov;Olga Kirillina;Dmitri A. Ryjenkov;Christopher M. Waters

  • Molecular basis for peptidoglycan recognition by a bactericidal lectin

    Rebecca E. Lehotzky;Carrie L. Partch;Sohini Mukherjee;Heather L. Cash

  • Biological activities and chemical composition of purified tracheal cytotoxin of Bordetella pertussis.

    B. T. Cookson;Hwei-Ling Cho;L. A. Herwaldt;W. E. Goldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Neal S. Silverman
Neal S. Silverman University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Virginia L. Miller
Virginia L. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brad T. Cookson
Brad T. Cookson University of Washington
Michael A. Apicella
Michael A. Apicella University of Iowa
Camille Locht
Camille Locht Institut Pasteur
Joel B. Baseman
Joel B. Baseman The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Douglas E. Berg
Douglas E. Berg Washington University in St. Louis
Bruce S. Klein
Bruce S. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vincent Magrini
Vincent Magrini The Ohio State University

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