William E. Swords - Publications

Affiliations: 
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States 
Area:
Microbiology Biology

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2020 McDaniel MS, Schoeb T, Swords WE. Cooperativity between and during polymicrobial airway infections. Infection and Immunity. PMID 31932329 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00855-19  0.44
2020 Cho DY, Skinner D, Lim DJ, Mclemore JG, Koch CG, Zhang S, Swords WE, Hunter R, Crossman DK, Crowley MR, Grayson JW, Rowe SM, Woodworth BA. The impact of Lactococcus lactis (probiotic nasal rinse) co-culture on growth of patient-derived strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. PMID 31922358 DOI: 10.1002/Alr.22521  0.358
2018 Lakhani V, Tan L, Mukherjee S, Stewart WCL, Swords WE, Das J. Mutations in bacterial genes induce unanticipated changes in the relationship between bacterial pathogens in experimental otitis media. Royal Society Open Science. 5: 180810. PMID 30564392 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180810  0.484
2018 Dennis EA, Coats MT, Griffin S, Pang B, Briles DE, Crain MJ, Swords WE. Hyperencapsulated Mucoid Pneumococcal Isolates from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Have Increased Biofilm Density and Persistence In vivo. Pathogens and Disease. PMID 30265307 DOI: 10.1093/Femspd/Fty073  0.377
2018 Pang B, Armbruster CE, Foster G, Learman BS, Gandhi U, Swords WE. Autoinducer 2 (AI-2) production by nontypeable 86-028NP promotes expression of a predicted glycosyltransferase that is a determinant of biofilm maturation, prevention of dispersal, and persistence in vivo. Infection and Immunity. PMID 30249749 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00506-18  0.773
2017 Petruzzi B, Briggs RE, Swords WE, De Castro C, Molinaro A, Inzana TJ. Capsular Polysaccharide Interferes with Biofilm Formation by Pasteurella multocida Serogroup A. Mbio. 8. PMID 29162713 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01843-17  0.553
2017 Pang B, Swords WE. Haemophilus parainfluenzae strain ATCC33392 forms biofilms in vitro and during experimental otitis media infections. Infection and Immunity. PMID 28674033 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01070-16  0.529
2017 Wren JT, Blevins LK, Pang B, Basu Roy A, Oliver MB, Reimche JL, Wozniak JE, Alexander-Miller MA, Swords WE. Pneumococcal neuraminidase A (NanA) promotes biofilm formation and synergizes with influenza A virus in nasal colonization and middle ear infection. Infection and Immunity. PMID 28096183 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01044-16  0.447
2015 Holder RC, Kirse DJ, Evans AK, Whigham AS, Peters TR, Poehling KA, Swords WE, Reid SD. Otopathogens Detected in Middle Ear Fluid Obtained during Tympanostomy Tube Insertion: Contrasting Purulent and Non-Purulent Effusions. Plos One. 10: e0128606. PMID 26039250 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0128606  0.442
2015 Murrah KA, Pang B, Richardson S, Perez A, Reimche J, King L, Wren J, Swords WE. Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae causes otitis media during single-species infection and during polymicrobial infection with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Pathogens and Disease. 73. PMID 26014114 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftu011  0.515
2015 Juneau RA, Pang B, Armbruster CE, Murrah KA, Perez AC, Swords WE. Peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin and catalase promote resistance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae 86-028NP to oxidants and survival within neutrophil extracellular traps. Infection and Immunity. 83: 239-46. PMID 25348637 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.02390-14  0.806
2015 Murrah KA, Turner RL, Pang B, Perez AC, Reimche JL, King LB, Wren J, Gandhi U, Swords WE, Ornelles DA. Replication of type 5 adenovirus promotes middle ear infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae in the chinchilla model of otitis media. Pathogens and Disease. 73: 1-8. PMID 25251686 DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12216  0.408
2014 Blevins LK, Wren JT, Holbrook BC, Hayward SL, Swords WE, Parks GD, Alexander-Miller MA. Coinfection with Streptococcus pneumoniae negatively modulates the size and composition of the ongoing influenza-specific CD8⁺ T cell response. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 193: 5076-87. PMID 25311807 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.1400529  0.39
2014 Wren JT, Blevins LK, Pang B, King LB, Perez AC, Murrah KA, Reimche JL, Alexander-Miller MA, Swords WE. Influenza A virus alters pneumococcal nasal colonization and middle ear infection independently of phase variation. Infection and Immunity. 82: 4802-12. PMID 25156728 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01856-14  0.383
2014 Perez AC, Pang B, King LB, Tan L, Murrah KA, Reimche JL, Wren JT, Richardson SH, Ghandi U, Swords WE. Residence of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis within polymicrobial biofilm promotes antibiotic resistance and bacterial persistence in vivo. Pathogens and Disease. 70: 280-8. PMID 24391058 DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12129  0.547
2012 Swords WE. Quorum signaling and sensing by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2: 100. PMID 22919689 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00100  0.313
2012 Swords WE. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae biofilms: role in chronic airway infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2: 97. PMID 22919686 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00097  0.575
2012 Pang B, Hong W, Kock ND, Swords WE. Dps promotes survival of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in biofilm communities in vitro and resistance to clearance in vivo. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2: 58. PMID 22919649 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00058  0.511
2011 Armbruster CE, Pang B, Murrah K, Juneau RA, Perez AC, Weimer KE, Swords WE. RbsB (NTHI_0632) mediates quorum signal uptake in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain 86-028NP. Molecular Microbiology. 82: 836-50. PMID 21923771 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2011.07831.X  0.782
2011 Byrd MS, Pang B, Hong W, Waligora EA, Juneau RA, Armbruster CE, Weimer KE, Murrah K, Mann EE, Lu H, Sprinkle A, Parsek MR, Kock ND, Wozniak DJ, Swords WE. Direct evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm mediators in a chronic infection model. Infection and Immunity. 79: 3087-95. PMID 21646454 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00057-11  0.777
2011 Weimer KE, Juneau RA, Murrah KA, Pang B, Armbruster CE, Richardson SH, Swords WE. Divergent mechanisms for passive pneumococcal resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in the presence of Haemophilus influenzae. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203: 549-55. PMID 21220774 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jiq087  0.745
2011 Juneau RA, Pang B, Weimer KE, Armbruster CE, Swords WE. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae initiates formation of neutrophil extracellular traps. Infection and Immunity. 79: 431-8. PMID 20956567 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00660-10  0.807
2010 Armbruster CE, Swords WE. Interspecies bacterial communication as a target for therapy in otitis media. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 8: 1067-70. PMID 20954869 DOI: 10.1586/Eri.10.109  0.751
2010 Armbruster CE, Hong W, Pang B, Weimer KE, Juneau RA, Turner J, Swords WE. Indirect pathogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis in polymicrobial otitis media occurs via interspecies quorum signaling. Mbio. 1. PMID 20802829 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.00102-10  0.791
2010 Byrd MS, Pang B, Mishra M, Swords WE, Wozniak DJ. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa exopolysaccharide Psl facilitates surface adherence and NF-kappaB activation in A549 cells. Mbio. 1. PMID 20802825 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.00140-10  0.683
2010 Weimer KE, Armbruster CE, Juneau RA, Hong W, Pang B, Swords WE. Coinfection with Haemophilus influenzae promotes pneumococcal biofilm formation during experimental otitis media and impedes the progression of pneumococcal disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202: 1068-75. PMID 20715928 DOI: 10.1086/656046  0.797
2009 Hong W, Juneau RA, Pang B, Swords WE. Survival of bacterial biofilms within neutrophil extracellular traps promotes nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae persistence in the chinchilla model for otitis media. Journal of Innate Immunity. 1: 215-24. PMID 20375579 DOI: 10.1159/000205937  0.835
2009 Armbruster CE, Hong W, Pang B, Dew KE, Juneau RA, Byrd MS, Love CF, Kock ND, Swords WE. LuxS promotes biofilm maturation and persistence of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae in vivo via modulation of lipooligosaccharides on the bacterial surface. Infection and Immunity. 77: 4081-91. PMID 19564381 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00320-09  0.787
2009 Reid SD, Hong W, Dew KE, Winn DR, Pang B, Watt J, Glover DT, Hollingshead SK, Swords WE. Streptococcus pneumoniae forms surface-attached communities in the middle ear of experimentally infected chinchillas. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199: 786-94. PMID 19434911 DOI: 10.1086/597042  0.426
2009 Doern CD, Roberts AL, Hong W, Nelson J, Lukomski S, Swords WE, Reid SD. Biofilm formation by group A Streptococcus: a role for the streptococcal regulator of virulence (Srv) and streptococcal cysteine protease (SpeB). Microbiology (Reading, England). 155: 46-52. PMID 19118345 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.021048-0  0.553
2008 Pang B, Winn D, Johnson R, Hong W, West-Barnette S, Kock N, Swords WE. Lipooligosaccharides containing phosphorylcholine delay pulmonary clearance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Infection and Immunity. 76: 2037-43. PMID 18347044 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01716-07  0.357
2007 Sandal I, Hong W, Swords WE, Inzana TJ. Characterization and comparison of biofilm development by pathogenic and commensal isolates of Histophilus somni. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 8179-85. PMID 17644581 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00479-07  0.413
2007 Hong W, Pang B, West-Barnette S, Swords WE. Phosphorylcholine expression by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae correlates with maturation of biofilm communities in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 8300-7. PMID 17573475 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00532-07  0.534
2007 Hong W, Mason K, Jurcisek J, Novotny L, Bakaletz LO, Swords WE. Phosphorylcholine decreases early inflammation and promotes the establishment of stable biofilm communities of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain 86-028NP in a chinchilla model of otitis media. Infection and Immunity. 75: 958-65. PMID 17130253 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01691-06  0.533
2006 West-Barnette S, Rockel A, Swords WE. Biofilm growth increases phosphorylcholine content and decreases potency of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae endotoxins. Infection and Immunity. 74: 1828-36. PMID 16495557 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.3.1828-1836.2006  0.507
2004 Swords WE, Moore ML, Godzicki L, Bukofzer G, Mitten MJ, VonCannon J. Sialylation of lipooligosaccharides promotes biofilm formation by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Infection and Immunity. 72: 106-13. PMID 14688087 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.1.106-113.2004  0.591
2003 Grass S, Buscher AZ, Swords WE, Apicella MA, Barenkamp SJ, Ozchlewski N, St Geme JW. The Haemophilus influenzae HMW1 adhesin is glycosylated in a process that requires HMW1C and phosphoglucomutase, an enzyme involved in lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis. Molecular Microbiology. 48: 737-51. PMID 12694618 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2003.03450.X  0.307
2002 Swords WE, Chance DL, Cohn LA, Shao J, Apicella MA, Smith AL. Acylation of the lipooligosaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae and colonization: an htrB mutation diminishes the colonization of human airway epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity. 70: 4661-8. PMID 12117980 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.70.8.4661-4668.2002  0.319
2002 Castro-Garza J, King CH, Swords WE, Quinn FD. Demonstration of spread by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in A549 epithelial cell monolayers. Fems Microbiology Letters. 212: 145-9. PMID 12113926 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11258.x  0.318
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