Alfredo G. Torres - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 
Area:
Microbiology Biology

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2024 Machado MAM, Chapartegui-González I, Castro VS, Figueiredo EES, Conte-Junior CA, Torres AG. Biofilm-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 overcomes bile salts toxicity by expressing virulence and resistance proteins. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 77. PMID 38573831 DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovae032  0.412
2022 Torres AG. The Challenge to Control Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance in Virulent Escherichia coli Isolates in Latin America. Microbiology Spectrum. e0150622. PMID 35762783 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01506-22  0.331
2022 Chapartegui-González I, Khakhum N, Stockton JL, Torres AG. Evaluating the Contribution of the Predicted Toxin-Antitoxin System HigBA to Persistence, Biofilm Formation, and Virulence in Burkholderia pseudomallei. Infection and Immunity. 90: e0003522. PMID 35695502 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00035-22  0.314
2020 Thiriot JD, Martinez-Martinez YB, Endsley JJ, Torres AG. Hacking the host: exploitation of macrophage polarization by intracellular bacterial pathogens Pathogens and Disease. 78. PMID 32068828 DOI: 10.1093/Femspd/Ftaa009  0.312
2020 Barrios-Villa E, Peña CFMdl, Lozano-Zaraín P, Cevallos MA, Torres C, Torres AG, Rocha-Gracia RdC. Comparative genomics of a subset of Adherent/Invasive Escherichia coli strains isolated from individuals without inflammatory bowel disease. Genomics. 112: 1813-1820. PMID 31689478 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygeno.2019.10.013  0.432
2019 Sanchez-Villamil JI, Tapia D, Torres AG. Development of a Gold Nanoparticle Vaccine against Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Mbio. 10. PMID 31409688 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01869-19  0.413
2019 Ross BN, Micheva-Viteva S, Hong-Geller E, Torres AG. Evaluating the role of Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 toxins BPSS0390, BPSS0395, and BPSS1584 in persistent Infection. Cellular Microbiology. e13096. PMID 31400259 DOI: 10.1111/Cmi.13096  0.411
2019 Khakhum N, Bharaj P, Myers JN, Tapia D, Walker DH, Endsley JJ, Torres AG. Evaluation of Burkholderia mallei ΔtonB Δhcp1 (CLH001) as a live attenuated vaccine in murine models of glanders and melioidosis. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13: e0007578. PMID 31306423 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pntd.0007578  0.329
2019 Morici L, Torres A, Titball RW. Novel Multi-Component Vaccine Approaches for Burkholderia Pseudomallei Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 196: 178-188. PMID 30963550 DOI: 10.1111/Cei.13286  0.313
2019 Meza-Radilla G, Mendez-Canarios A, Xicohtencatl-Cortes J, Escobedo-Guerra MR, Torres AG, Ibarra JA, Santos PEl. Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Other Burkholderia Species From Pediatric Infections in Mexico. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6. PMID 30740470 DOI: 10.1093/Ofid/Ofz008  0.35
2018 Micheva-Viteva SN, Ross BN, Gao J, Adikari S, Zhang P, Mourant JR, Wu TH, Werner JH, Torres AG, Hong-Geller E. Increased mortality in mice following immunoprophylaxis therapy with high dosage of nicotinamide in persistent infections. Infection and Immunity. PMID 30323029 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00592-18  0.346
2017 Burtnick MN, Shaffer TL, Ross BN, Muruato LA, Sbrana E, DeShazer D, Torres AG, Brett PJ. Development of Subunit Vaccines that Provide High Level Protection and Sterilizing Immunity Against Acute Inhalational Melioidosis. Infection and Immunity. PMID 29109172 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00724-17  0.324
2017 Pradenas GA, Myers JN, Torres AG. Characterization of the Burkholderia cenocepacia TonB Mutant as a Potential Live Attenuated Vaccine. Vaccines. 5. PMID 28956836 DOI: 10.3390/Vaccines5040033  0.406
2017 Muruato LA, Tapia D, Hatcher CL, Kalita M, Brett PJ, Gregory AE, Samuel JE, Titball RW, Torres AG. The Use of Reverse Vaccinology in the Design and Construction of Nano-glycoconjugate Vaccines against Burkholderia pseudomallei. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : Cvi. PMID 28903988 DOI: 10.1128/Cvi.00206-17  0.314
2017 Torres AG. Maternal immunity, a way to confer protection against enteropathogenic Escherichia coli ☆ Jornal De Pediatria. 93: 548-550. PMID 28602687 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jped.2017.05.002  0.335
2017 Lewis ERG, Kilgore PB, Mott TM, Pradenas GA, Torres AG. Comparing in vitro and in vivo virulence phenotypes of Burkholderia pseudomallei type G strains. Plos One. 12: e0175983. PMID 28414823 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0175983  0.416
2017 Torres AG. Escherichia coli diseases in Latin America-a 'One Health' multidisciplinary approach. Pathogens and Disease. 75. PMID 28158404 DOI: 10.1093/Femspd/Ftx012  0.35
2017 Torres AG. The Importance of International Collaborations to Advance Research Endeavors. Plos Pathogens. 13. PMID 28056088 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1006047  0.368
2016 Sloup RE, Cieza RJ, Needle DB, Abramovitch RB, Torres AG, Waters CM. Polysorbates prevent biofilm formation and pathogenesis of Escherichia coli O104:H4. Biofouling. 32: 1131-1140. PMID 27667095 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2016.1230849  0.419
2016 Tapia D, Ross BN, Kalita A, Kalita M, Hatcher CL, Muruato LA, Torres AG. From In silico Protein Epitope Density Prediction to Testing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Vaccine Candidates in a Murine Model of Colonization. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 6: 94. PMID 27625996 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2016.00094  0.406
2016 de Souza CS, Torres AG, Caravelli A, Silva A, Polatto JM, Piazza RM. Characterization of the universal stress protein F (UspF) from atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and its prevalence in Enterobacteriaceae. Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society. PMID 27616205 DOI: 10.1002/Pro.3038  0.371
2016 Lewis ER, Torres AG. The Art of Persistence - The Secrets to Burkholderia Chronic Infections. Pathogens and Disease. PMID 27440810 DOI: 10.1093/Femspd/Ftw070  0.308
2016 Hatcher CL, Mott TM, Muruato LA, Sbrana E, Torres AG. Burkholderia mallei CLH001 Attenuated Vaccine Strain Is Immunogenic and Protects against Acute Respiratory Glanders. Infection and Immunity. 84: 2345-54. PMID 27271739 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00328-16  0.345
2016 Pradenas GA, Ross BN, Torres AG. Burkholderia cepacia Complex Vaccines: Where Do We Go from here? Vaccines. 4. PMID 27092530 DOI: 10.3390/Vaccines4020010  0.301
2015 Ross BN, Rojas-Lopez M, Cieza RJ, McWilliams BD, Torres AG. The Role of Long Polar Fimbriae in Escherichia coli O104:H4 Adhesion and Colonization. Plos One. 10: e0141845. PMID 26517878 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0141845  0.518
2015 Torres AG. Adhesins of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Ecosal Plus. 2. PMID 26443576 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.8.3.2.4  0.363
2015 Torres AG. Adhesins of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Ecosal Plus. 2. PMID 26443576 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.8.3.2.4  0.363
2015 Hu J, Ross BN, Cieza RJ, Torres AG. Finding Regulators Associated with the Expression of the Long Polar Fimbriae in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 197: 3658-65. PMID 26350135 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00509-15  0.518
2015 Mott TM, Vijayakumar S, Sbrana E, Endsley JJ, Torres AG. Characterization of the Burkholderia mallei tonB Mutant and Its Potential as a Backbone Strain for Vaccine Development. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 9: e0003863. PMID 26114445 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pntd.0003863  0.388
2015 Gutiérrez-Preciado A, Torres AG, Merino E, Bonomi HR, Goldbaum FA, García-Angulo VA. Extensive Identification of Bacterial Riboflavin Transporters and Their Distribution across Bacterial Species Plos One. 10. PMID 25938806 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0126124  0.336
2015 Hu J, Torres AG. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: foe or innocent bystander? Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 21: 729-34. PMID 25726041 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cmi.2015.01.015  0.435
2015 Cieza RJ, Hu J, Ross BN, Sbrana E, Torres AG. The IbeA invasin of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli mediates interaction with intestinal epithelia and macrophages. Infection and Immunity. 83: 1904-18. PMID 25712929 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.03003-14  0.438
2015 Kudva IT, Krastins B, Torres AG, Griffin RW, Sheng H, Sarracino DA, Hovde CJ, Calderwood SB, John M. The Escherichia coli O157:H7 cattle immunoproteome includes outer membrane protein A (OmpA), a modulator of adherence to bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial (RSE) cells. Proteomics. 15: 1829-42. PMID 25643951 DOI: 10.1002/Pmic.201400432  0.451
2015 Kalita A, Kalita M, Torres AG. Exploiting the power of OMICS approaches to produce E. Coli O157 vaccines Gut Microbes. 5: 770-774. PMID 25621619 DOI: 10.4161/19490976.2014.983769  0.387
2015 Vergara AF, Vidal RM, Torres AG, Farfan MJ. Long polar fimbriae participates in the induction of neutrophils transepithelial migration across intestinal cells infected with enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4: 185-185. PMID 25621281 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2014.00185  0.423
2015 Gregory AE, Judy BM, Qazi O, Blumentritt CA, Brown KA, Shaw AM, Torres AG, Titball RW. A gold nanoparticle-linked glycoconjugate vaccine against Burkholderia mallei. Nanomedicine : Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. 11: 447-56. PMID 25194998 DOI: 10.1016/J.Nano.2014.08.005  0.314
2014 Kalita A, Hu J, Torres AG. Recent advances in adherence and invasion of pathogenic Escherichia coli. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 27: 459-64. PMID 25023740 DOI: 10.1097/Qco.0000000000000092  0.479
2014 Arenas-Hernández MM, Rojas-López M, Medrano-López A, Nuñez-Reza KJ, Puente JL, Martínez-Laguna Y, Torres AG. Environmental regulation of the long polar fimbriae 2 of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 Fems Microbiology Letters. 357: 105-114. PMID 24966050 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12513  0.361
2014 Nieves W, Petersen H, Judy BM, Blumentritt CA, Russell-Lodrigue K, Roy CJ, Torres AG, Morici LA. A Burkholderia pseudomallei outer membrane vesicle vaccine provides protection against lethal sepsis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : Cvi. 21: 747-54. PMID 24671550 DOI: 10.1128/Cvi.00119-14  0.362
2014 Massey S, Yeager LA, Blumentritt CA, Vijayakumar S, Sbrana E, Peterson JW, Brasel T, LeDuc JW, Endsley JJ, Torres AG. Comparative Burkholderia pseudomallei natural history virulence studies using an aerosol murine model of infection. Scientific Reports. 4: 4305. PMID 24603493 DOI: 10.1038/Srep04305  0.397
2014 García-Angulo VA, Kalita A, Kalita M, Lozano L, Torres AG. Comparative genomics and immunoinformatics approach for the identification of vaccine candidates for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Infection and Immunity. 82: 2016-26. PMID 24595137 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01437-13  0.485
2014 McWilliams BD, Torres AG. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli adhesins Microbiology Spectrum. 2. DOI: 10.1128/Microbiolspec.Ehec-0003-2013  0.357
2013 Mott TM, Johnston RK, Vijayakumar S, Estes DM, Motamedi M, Sbrana E, Endsley JJ, Torres AG. Monitoring Therapeutic Treatments against Burkholderia Infections Using Imaging Techniques. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland). 2. PMID 24349761 DOI: 10.3390/Pathogens2020383  0.311
2013 García Angulo VA, Bonomi HR, Posadas DM, Serer MI, Torres AG, Zorreguieta Á, Goldbaum FA. Identification and characterization of RibN, a novel family of riboflavin transporters from Rhizobium leguminosarum and other proteobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 195: 4611-9. PMID 23935051 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00644-13  0.332
2013 Chen C, Blumentritt CA, Curtis MM, Sperandio V, Torres AG, Dudley EG. Restrictive streptomycin-resistant mutations decrease the formation of attaching and effacing lesions in Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. PMID 23796920 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.00709-13  0.683
2013 Garcia-Angulo VA, Kalita A, Torres AG. Advances in the development of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli vaccines using murine models of infection Vaccine. 31: 3229-3235. PMID 23707170 DOI: 10.1016/J.Vaccine.2013.05.013  0.344
2013 Sváb D, Galli L, Horváth B, Maróti G, Dobrindt U, Torres AG, Rivas M, Tóth I. The long polar fimbriae operon and its flanking regions in bovine Escherichia coli O157:H43 and STEC O136:H12 strains. Pathogens and Disease. 68: 1-7. PMID 23620202 DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12038  0.513
2013 Farfan MJ, Cantero L, Vergara A, Vidal R, Torres AG. The long polar fimbriae of STEC O157: H7 induce expression of pro-inflammatory markers by intestinal epithelial cells Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 152: 126-131. PMID 23078900 DOI: 10.1016/J.Vetimm.2012.09.017  0.455
2013 Garcia-Angulo VA, Farfan MJ, Torres AG. Hybrid and potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli strains Escherichia Coli: Pathotypes and Principles of Pathogenesis: Second Edition. 331-359. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397048-0.00011-5  0.382
2012 Botkin DJ, Galli L, Sankarapani V, Soler M, Rivas M, Torres AG. Development of a multiplex PCR assay for detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and enteropathogenic E. coli strains. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2: 8. PMID 22919600 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2012.00008  0.522
2012 Arenas-Hernández MMP, Martínez-Laguna Y, Torres AG. Clinical implications of enteroadherent escherichia coli Current Gastroenterology Reports. 14: 386-394. PMID 22798032 DOI: 10.1007/S11894-012-0277-1  0.469
2012 Torres AG, Cieza RJ, Rojas-Lopez M, Blumentritt CA, Souza CS, Johnston RK, Strockbine N, Kaper JB, Sbrana E, Popov VL. In vivo bioluminescence imaging of Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of aerobactin during colonization of a mouse model of infection. Bmc Microbiology. 12: 112. PMID 22716772 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-112  0.601
2012 Del Canto F, Botkin DJ, Valenzuela P, Popov V, Ruiz-Perez F, Nataro JP, Levine MM, Stine OC, Pop M, Torres AG, Vidal R. Identification of Coli Surface Antigen 23, a novel adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity. 80: 2791-801. PMID 22645287 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00263-12  0.657
2012 Lloyd SJ, Ritchie JM, Torres AG. Fimbriation and curliation in Escherichia coli O157:H7: a paradigm of intestinal and environmental colonization. Gut Microbes. 3: 272-6. PMID 22614704 DOI: 10.4161/Gmic.20661  0.523
2012 AuCoin DP, Reed DE, Marlenee NL, Bowen RA, Thorkildson P, Judy BM, Torres AG, Kozel TR. Polysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies provide passive protection against intranasal challenge with Burkholderia pseudomallei. Plos One. 7: e35386. PMID 22530013 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0035386  0.316
2012 Judy BM, Taylor K, Deeraksa A, Johnston RK, Endsley JJ, Vijayakumar S, Aronson JF, Estes DM, Torres AG. Prophylactic application of CpG oligonucleotides augments the early host response and confers protection in acute melioidosis. Plos One. 7: e34176. PMID 22448290 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0034176  0.302
2012 Cieza RJ, Cao AT, Cong Y, Torres AG. Immunomodulation for gastrointestinal infections Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 10: 391-400. PMID 22397571 DOI: 10.1586/Eri.11.176  0.334
2012 Lloyd SJ, Ritchie JM, Rojas-Lopez M, Blumentritt CA, Popov VL, Greenwich JL, Waldor MK, Torres AG. A double, long polar fimbria mutant of Escherichia coli O157:H7 expresses Curli and exhibits reduced in vivo colonization. Infection and Immunity. 80: 914-20. PMID 22232190 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.05945-11  0.504
2012 Farfan MJ, Torres AG. Molecular mechanisms that mediate colonization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains Infection and Immunity. 80: 903-913. PMID 22144484 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.05907-11  0.473
2012 Torres AG, Steinmetz I. Recent progress in melioidosis and glanders Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2012.00149  0.383
2012 Luna-Guevara ML, Delgado-Alvarado A, Herrera-Cabrera BE, Torres AG, Avelino-Flores F, Navarro-Ocaña A, Parada-Guerra F. Diversidad de enterobacterias asociadas a frutos de tomate (Lycopersi-cum sculentum Mill) y suelos de invernadero Scientia Agropecuaria. 3: 161-169. DOI: 10.17268/Sci.Agropecu.2012.02.07  0.305
2011 Whitlock GC, Robida MD, Judy BM, Qazi O, Brown KA, Deeraksa A, Taylor K, Massey S, Loskutov A, Borovkov AY, Brown K, Cano JA, Torres AG, Estes DM, Sykes KF. Protective antigens against glanders identified by expression library immunization. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2: 227. PMID 22125550 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2011.00227  0.371
2011 Massey S, Johnston K, Mott TM, Judy BM, Kvitko BH, Schweizer HP, Estes DM, Torres AG. In vivo Bioluminescence Imaging of Burkholderia mallei Respiratory Infection and Treatment in the Mouse Model. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2: 174. PMID 21904535 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2011.00174  0.362
2011 Savidge TC, Urvil P, Oezguen N, Ali K, Choudhury A, Acharya V, Pinchuk I, Torres AG, English RD, Wiktorowicz JE, Loeffelholz M, Kumar R, Shi L, Nie W, Braun W, et al. Host S-nitrosylation inhibits clostridial small molecule-activated glucosylating toxins. Nature Medicine. 17: 1136-41. PMID 21857653 DOI: 10.1038/Nm.2405  0.337
2011 Gomes TAT, Hernandes RT, Torres AG, Salvador FA, Guth BEC, Vaz TMI, Irino K, Silva RM, Vieira MAM. Adhesin-Encoding Genes from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Are More Prevalent in Atypical than in Typical Enteropathogenic E. coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49: 3334-3337. PMID 21795517 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.00779-11  0.511
2011 Torres A. Escherichia coli-Related Diseases in Latin America Remain in the Spotlight: the Brazilian Efforts to Understand E. coli Pathogenesis. The Open Microbiology Journal. 5: 54. PMID 21792378 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801105010054  0.311
2011 Torres A. Escherichia coli-Related Diseases in Latin America Remain in the Spotlight: the Brazilian Efforts to Understand E. coli Pathogenesis. The Open Microbiology Journal. 5: 54. PMID 21792378 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801105010054  0.311
2011 Farfan MJ, Cantero L, Vidal R, Botkin DJ, Torres AG. Long polar fimbriae of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 bind to extracellular matrix proteins. Infection and Immunity. 79: 3744-50. PMID 21708988 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.05317-11  0.441
2011 Rojas-López M, Arenas-Hernández MMP, Medrano-López A, Peña CFMdl, Puente JL, Martínez-Laguna Y, Torres AG. Regulatory Control of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 lpf1 Operon by H-NS and Ler Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 1622-1632. PMID 21278287 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01082-10  0.507
2010 Whitlock GC, Deeraksa A, Qazi O, Judy BM, Taylor K, Propst KL, Duffy AJ, Johnson K, Kitto GB, Brown KA, Dow SW, Torres AG, Estes DM. Protective response to subunit vaccination against intranasal Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei challenge. Procedia in Vaccinology. 2. PMID 24379895 DOI: 10.1016/J.Provac.2010.03.013  0.316
2010 Nash JH, Villegas A, Kropinski AM, Aguilar-Valenzuela R, Konczy P, Mascarenhas M, Ziebell K, Torres AG, Karmali MA, Coombes BK. Genome sequence of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli and comparative genomic analysis with other E. coli pathotypes. Bmc Genomics. 11: 667. PMID 21108814 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-667  0.389
2010 Galli L, Torres AG, Rivas M. Identification of the long polar fimbriae gene variants in the locus of enterocyte effacement-negative Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from humans and cattle in Argentina Fems Microbiology Letters. 308: 123-129. PMID 20497228 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2010.01996.X  0.521
2010 Estes DM, Dow SW, Schweizer HP, Torres AG. Present and future therapeutic strategies for melioidosis and glanders. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 8: 325-38. PMID 20192686 DOI: 10.1586/Eri.10.4  0.317
2010 Moen ST, Blumentritt CA, Slater TM, Patel SD, Tutt CB, Estrella-Jimenez ME, Pawlik J, Sower L, Popov VL, Schein CH, Gilbertson SR, Peterson JW, Torres AG. Testing the efficacy and toxicity of adenylyl cyclase inhibitors against enteric pathogens using in vitro and in vivo models of infection. Infection and Immunity. 78: 1740-9. PMID 20123712 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01114-09  0.367
2010 Reading NC, Rasko D, Torres AG, Sperandio V. A transcriptome study of the QseEF twocomponent system and the QseG membrane protein in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Microbiology. 156: 1167-1175. PMID 20056703 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.033027-0  0.655
2010 Calderon VE, Chang Q, McDermott M, Lytle MB, McKee G, Rodriguez K, Rasko DA, Sperandio V, Torres AG. Outbreak caused by cad-negative shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli O111, oklahoma Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 7: 107-109. PMID 19785536 DOI: 10.1089/Fpd.2009.0370  0.661
2010 Williams ND, Torres AG, Lloyd SJ. Evolution and epidemiology of diarrheagenic escherichia coli Pathogenic Escherichia Coli in Latin America. 8-24. DOI: 10.2174/978160805192211001010008  0.406
2010 Torres AG, Arenas-Hernández MMP, Martínez-Laguna Y. Overview of escherichia coli Pathogenic Escherichia Coli in Latin America. 1-7. DOI: 10.2174/978160805192211001010001  0.384
2010 Torres AG. Pathogenic escherichia coli in Latin America Pathogenic Escherichia Coli in Latin America. DOI: 10.2174/97816080519221100101  0.324
2009 Endsley JJ, Torres AG, Gonzales CM, Kosykh VG, Motin VL, Peterson JW, Estes DM, Klimpel GR. Comparative antimicrobial activity of granulysin against bacterial biothreat agents. The Open Microbiology Journal. 3: 92-6. PMID 19587798 DOI: 10.2174/1874285800903010092  0.331
2009 Torres AG, Blanco M, Valenzuela P, Slater TM, Patel SD, Dahbi G, López C, Barriga XF, Blanco JE, Gomes TA, Vidal R, Blanco J. Genes related to long polar fimbriae of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains as reliable markers to identify virulent isolates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47: 2442-51. PMID 19494071 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.00566-09  0.561
2009 Judy BM, Whitlock GC, Torres AG, Estes DM. Comparison of the in vitro and in vivo susceptibilities of Burkholderia mallei to Ceftazidime and Levofloxacin. Bmc Microbiology. 9: 88. PMID 19426516 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-88  0.378
2009 Whitlock GC, Valbuena GA, Popov VL, Judy BM, Estes DM, Torres AG. Burkholderia mallei cellular interactions in a respiratory cell model. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 58: 554-62. PMID 19369515 DOI: 10.1099/Jmm.0.007724-0  0.364
2009 Reading NC, Rasko DA, Torres AG, Sperandio V. The two-component system QseEF and the membrane protein QseG link adrenergic and stress sensing to bacterial pathogenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106: 5889-5894. PMID 19289831 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0811409106  0.635
2009 Torres AG. The cad locus of Enterobacteriaceae: More than just lysine decarboxylation Anaerobe. 15: 1-6. PMID 18572426 DOI: 10.1016/J.Anaerobe.2008.05.002  0.442
2009 Torres AG. Intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Vaccines For Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases. 1013-1029. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-369408-9.00051-2  0.324
2008 Whitlock GC, Estes DM, Young GM, Young B, Torres AG. Construction of a reporter system to study Burkholderia mallei type III secretion and identification of the BopA effector protein function in intracellular survival. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102: S127-33. PMID 19121674 DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(08)70029-4  0.373
2008 Vidal M, Prado V, Whitlock GC, Solari A, Torres AG, Vidal RM. Subtractive hybridization and identification of putative adhesins in a Shiga toxin-producing eae-negative Escherichia coli Microbiology. 154: 3639-3648. PMID 19047731 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.2008/021212-0  0.552
2008 Allen CA, Torres AG. Host-microbe communication within the GI tract. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 635: 93-101. PMID 18841706 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09550-9_8  0.344
2008 Vazquez-Juarez RC, Kuriakose JA, Rasko DA, Ritchie JM, Kendall MM, Slater TM, Sinha M, Luxon BA, Popov VL, Waldor MK, Sperandio V, Torres AG. CadA negatively regulates Escherichia coli O157:H7 adherence and intestinal colonization. Infection and Immunity. 76: 5072-81. PMID 18794292 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00677-08  0.713
2008 Torres AG, Slater TM, Patel SD, Popov VL, Arenas-Hernández MM. Contribution of the Ler- and H-NS-regulated long polar fimbriae of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during binding to tissue-cultured cells. Infection and Immunity. 76: 5062-71. PMID 18794291 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00654-08  0.488
2008 Allen CA, Niesel DW, Torres AG. The effects of low-shear stress on Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli. Environmental Microbiology. 10: 1512-25. PMID 18312396 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2008.01567.X  0.39
2008 Matthysse AG, Deora R, Mishra M, Torres AG. Polysaccharides cellulose, poly-beta-1,6-n-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and colanic acid are required for optimal binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains to alfalfa sprouts and K-12 strains to plastic but not for binding to epithelial cells. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 2384-90. PMID 18310435 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01854-07  0.468
2008 Eaves-Pyles T, Allen CA, Taormina J, Swidsinski A, Tutt CB, Jezek GE, Islas-Islas M, Torres AG. Escherichia coli isolated from a Crohn's disease patient adheres, invades, and induces inflammatory responses in polarized intestinal epithelial cells. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : Ijmm. 298: 397-409. PMID 17900983 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijmm.2007.05.011  0.539
2007 Torres AG, López-Sánchez GN, Milflores-Flores L, Patel SD, Rojas-López M, Martínez de la Peña CF, Arenas-Hernández MM, Martínez-Laguna Y. Ler and H-NS, regulators controlling expression of the long polar fimbriae of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 5916-28. PMID 17586645 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00245-07  0.454
2007 Torres AG, Tutt CB, Duval L, Popov V, Nasr AB, Michalski J, Scaletsky ICA. Bile salts induce expression of the afimbrial LDA adhesin of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Cellular Microbiology. 9: 1039-1049. PMID 17381433 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-5822.2006.00850.X  0.443
2007 Torres AG, Milflores-Flores L, Garcia-Gallegos JG, Patel SD, Best A, La Ragione RM, Martinez-Laguna Y, Woodward MJ. Environmental regulation and colonization attributes of the long polar fimbriae (LPF) of Escherichia coli O157:H7. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : Ijmm. 297: 177-85. PMID 17353147 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijmm.2007.01.005  0.488
2007 Reading NC, Torres AG, Kendall MM, Hughes DT, Yamamoto K, Sperandio V. A novel two-component signaling system that activates transcription of an enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli effector involved in remodeling of host actin. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 2468-76. PMID 17220220 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01848-06  0.649
2006 Jores J, Torres AG, Wagner S, Tutt CB, Kaper JB, Wieler LH. Identification and characterization of "pathoadaptive mutations" of the cadBA operon in several intestinal Escherichia coli. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : Ijmm. 296: 547-52. PMID 17027337 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijmm.2006.07.002  0.739
2006 Fitzhenry R, Dahan S, Torres AG, Chong Y, Heuschkel R, Murch SH, Thomson M, Kaper JB, Frankel G, Phillips AD. Long polar fimbriae and tissue tropism in Escherichia coli O157:H7. Microbes and Infection / Institut Pasteur. 8: 1741-9. PMID 16815722 DOI: 10.1016/J.Micinf.2006.02.012  0.623
2006 Torres AG, Li Y, Tutt CB, Xin L, Eaves-Pyles T, Soong L. Outer membrane protein A of Escherichia coli O157:H7 stimulates dendritic cell activation. Infection and Immunity. 74: 2676-85. PMID 16622204 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.74.5.2676-2685.2006  0.403
2006 Miyamoto Y, Iimura M, Kaper JB, Torres AG, Kagnoff MF. Role of Shiga toxin versus H7 flagellin in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli signalling of human colon epithelium in vivo. Cellular Microbiology. 8: 869-79. PMID 16611235 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-5822.2005.00673.X  0.579
2006 Low AS, Dziva F, Torres AG, Martinez JL, Rosser T, Naylor S, Spears K, Holden N, Mahajan A, Findlay J, Sales J, Smith DG, Low JC, Stevens MP, Gally DL. Cloning, expression, and characterization of fimbrial operon F9 from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Infection and Immunity. 74: 2233-44. PMID 16552054 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.74.4.2233-2244.2006  0.549
2006 Tatsuno I, Mundy R, Frankel G, Chong Y, Phillips AD, Torres AG, Kaper JB. The lpf gene cluster for long polar fimbriae is not involved in adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli or virulence of Citrobacter rodentium. Infection and Immunity. 74: 265-72. PMID 16368980 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.74.1.265-272.2006  0.727
2005 Torres AG, Jeter C, Langley W, Matthysse AG. Differential binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to alfalfa, human epithelial cells, and plastic is mediated by a variety of surface structures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 8008-15. PMID 16332780 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.71.12.8008-8015.2005  0.51
2005 Torres AG, Vazquez-Juarez RC, Tutt CB, Gerardo Garcia-Gallegos J. Pathoadaptive mutation that mediates adherence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111 Infection and Immunity. 73: 4766-4776. PMID 16040989 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.8.4766-4776.2005  0.555
2005 Scaletsky IC, Michalski J, Torres AG, Dulguer MV, Kaper JB. Identification and characterization of the locus for diffuse adherence, which encodes a novel afimbrial adhesin found in atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity. 73: 4753-65. PMID 16040988 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.8.4753-4765.2005  0.668
2005 Torres AG, Zhou X, Kaper JB. Adherence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains to epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity. 73: 18-29. PMID 15618137 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.1.18-29.2005  0.672
2004 Jordan DM, Cornick N, Torres AG, Dean-Nystrom EA, Kaper JB, Moon HW. Long polar fimbriae contribute to colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in vivo. Infection and Immunity. 72: 6168-71. PMID 15385526 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.72.10.6168-6171.2004  0.638
2004 Torres AG, Kanack KJ, Tutt CB, Popov V, Kaper JB. Characterization of the second long polar (LP) fimbriae of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and distribution of LP fimbriae in other pathogenic E. coli strains. Fems Microbiology Letters. 238: 333-44. PMID 15358418 DOI: 10.1016/J.Femsle.2004.07.053  0.808
2004 Okeke IN, Scaletsky ICA, Soars EH, Macfarlane LR, Torres AG. Molecular Epidemiology of the Iron Utilization Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42: 36-44. PMID 14715729 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.42.1.36-44.2004  0.666
2003 Torres AG, Kaper JB. Multiple elements controlling adherence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 to HeLa cells. Infection and Immunity. 71: 4985-95. PMID 12933841 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.71.9.4985-4995.2003  0.67
2003 Sperandio V, Torres AG, Jarvis B, Nataro JP, Kaper JB. Bacteria-host communication: the language of hormones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100: 8951-6. PMID 12847292 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1537100100  0.743
2003 Zhou X, Girón JA, Torres AG, Crawford JA, Negrete E, Vogel SN, Kaper JB. Flagellin of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli stimulates interleukin-8 production in T84 cells. Infection and Immunity. 71: 2120-9. PMID 12654834 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.71.4.2120-2129.2003  0.75
2003 Miyamoto Y, Iimura M, Kaper JB, Torres AG, Johannes L, Kagnoff MF. Flagellin is the major EHEC 0157:H7 virulence factor required for upregulated expression of proinflammatory signals by intestinal epithelial cells Gastroenterology. 124. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)80522-X  0.565
2002 Torres AG, Giron JA, Perna NT, Burland V, Blattner FR, Avelino-Flores F, Kaper JB. Identification and characterization of lpfABCC'DE, a fimbrial operon of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Infection and Immunity. 70: 5416-27. PMID 12228266 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.70.10.5416-5427.2002  0.788
2002 Torres AG, Perna NT, Burland V, Ruknudin A, Blattner FR, Kaper JB. Characterization of Cah, a calcium-binding and heat-extractable autotransporter protein of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 45: 951-66. PMID 12180916 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2002.03094.X  0.604
2002 Lathem WW, Grys TE, Witowski SE, Torres AG, Kaper JB, Tarr PI, Welch RA. StcE, a metalloprotease secreted by Escherichia coli O157:H7, specifically cleaves C1 esterase inhibitor. Molecular Microbiology. 45: 277-88. PMID 12123444 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2002.02997.X  0.6
2002 Torres AG, Kaper JB. Pathogenicity islands of intestinal E. coli Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. 264: 31-48. PMID 12014180 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-09217-0_3  0.633
2002 Girón JA, Torres AG, Freer E, Kaper JB. The flagella of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli mediate adherence to epithelial cells. Molecular Microbiology. 44: 361-79. PMID 11972776 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2002.02899.X  0.771
2002 Sperandio V, Torres AG, Kaper JB. Quorum sensing Escherichia coli regulators B and C (QseBC): a novel two-component regulatory system involved in the regulation of flagella and motility by quorum sensing in E. coli. Molecular Microbiology. 43: 809-21. PMID 11929534 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2002.02803.X  0.743
2001 Torres AG, Redford P, Welch RA, Payne SM. TonB-dependent systems of uropathogenic escherichia coli: Aerobactin and heme transport and TonB are required for virulence in the mouse Infection and Immunity. 69: 6179-6185. PMID 11553558 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.69.10.6179-6185.2001  0.399
2001 Sperandio V, Torres AG, Girón JA, Kaper JB. Quorum sensing is a global regulatory mechanism in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Journal of Bacteriology. 183: 5187-5197. PMID 11489873 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.183.17.5187-5197.2001  0.746
2000 Reeves SA, Torres AG, Payne SM. TonB is required for intracellular growth and virulence of Shigella dysenteriae. Infection and Immunity. 68: 6329-36. PMID 11035742 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.68.11.6329-6336.2000  0.352
1999 Vokes SA, Reeves SA, Torres AG, Payne SM. The aerobactin iron transport system genes in Shigella flexneri are present within a pathogenicity island. Molecular Microbiology. 33: 63-73. PMID 10411724 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.1999.01448.X  0.498
1998 Wyckoff EE, Duncan D, Torres AG, Mills M, Maase K, Payne SM. Structure of the Shigella dysenteriae haem transport locus and its phylogenetic distribution in enteric bacteria Molecular Microbiology. 28: 1139-1152. PMID 9680204 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.1998.00873.X  0.466
1997 Torres AG, Payne SM. Haem iron-transport system in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Molecular Microbiology. 23: 825-833. PMID 9157252 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.1997.2641628.X  0.447
1995 Foreman DT, Martinez Y, Coombs G, Torres A, Kupersztoch YM. TolC and DsbA are needed for the secretion of STB, a heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 18: 237-45. PMID 8709843 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1995.Mmi_18020237.X  0.354
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