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Biology and pathogenesis of the evolutionarily successful, obligate human bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.

Stephens DS.

Vaccine. 2009 Jun 24;27 Suppl 2:B71-7. Epub 2009 May 23. Review.PMID: 19477055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phosphoethanolamine substitution of lipid A and resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to cationic antimicrobial peptides and complement-mediated killing by normal human serum.

Lewis LA, Choudhury B, Balthazar JT, Martin LE, Ram S, Rice PA, Stephens DS, Carlson R, Shafer WM.

Infect Immun. 2009 Mar;77(3):1112-20. Epub 2008 Dec 29.PMID: 19114544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Modification of lipooligosaccharide with phosphoethanolamine by LptA in Neisseria meningitidis enhances meningococcal adhesion to human endothelial and epithelial cells.

Takahashi H, Carlson RW, Muszynski A, Choudhury B, Kim KS, Stephens DS, Watanabe H.

Infect Immun. 2008 Dec;76(12):5777-89. Epub 2008 Sep 29.PMID: 18824535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The structure of the L9 immunotype lipooligosaccharide from Neisseria meningitidis NMA Z2491.

Choudhury B, Kahler CM, Datta A, Stephens DS, Carlson RW.

Carbohydr Res. 2008 Nov 24;343(17):2971-9. Epub 2008 Sep 2.PMID: 18804756 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Paclitaxel binding to human and murine MD-2.

Zimmer SM, Liu J, Clayton JL, Stephens DS, Snyder JP.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Oct 10;283(41):27916-26. Epub 2008 Jul 23.PMID: 18650420 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Vaccines for the unvaccinated: protecting the herd.

Stephens DS.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 1;197(5):643-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18271744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Physicochemical characterization and biological activity of lipooligosaccharides and lipid A from Neisseria meningitidis.

Zughaier SM, Lindner B, Howe J, Garidel P, Koch MH, Brandenburg K, Stephens DS.

J Endotoxin Res. 2007;13(6):343-57.PMID: 18182462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Economics of an adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination catch-up campaign in the United States.

Ortega-Sanchez IR, Meltzer MI, Shepard C, Zell E, Messonnier ML, Bilukha O, Zhang X, Stephens DS, Messonnier NE; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 1;46(1):1-13.PMID: 18171206 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

MisR/MisS two-component regulon in Neisseria meningitidis.

Tzeng YL, Kahler CM, Zhang X, Stephens DS.

Infect Immun. 2008 Feb;76(2):704-16. Epub 2007 Dec 3.PMID: 18056476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Laboratory-acquired serogroup A meningococcal meningitis.

Kessler AT, Stephens DS, Somani J.

J Occup Health. 2007 Sep;49(5):399-401. No abstract available. PMID: 17951972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemic meningitis, meningococcaemia, and Neisseria meningitidis.

Stephens DS, Greenwood B, Brandtzaeg P.

Lancet. 2007 Jun 30;369(9580):2196-210. Review.PMID: 17604802 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Herd immunity and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a quantitative model.

Haber M, Barskey A, Baughman W, Barker L, Whitney CG, Shaw KM, Orenstein W, Stephens DS.

Vaccine. 2007 Jul 20;25(29):5390-8. Epub 2007 May 22.PMID: 17583392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human MD-2 discrimination of meningococcal lipid A structures and activation of TLR4.

Zimmer SM, Zughaier SM, Tzeng YL, Stephens DS.

Glycobiology. 2007 Aug;17(8):847-56. Epub 2007 Jun 2.PMID: 17545685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

TLR4-dependent adjuvant activity of Neisseria meningitidis lipid A.

Zughaier S, Steeghs L, van der Ley P, Stephens DS.

Vaccine. 2007 May 30;25(22):4401-9. Epub 2007 Apr 2.PMID: 17466419 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Workshop on vaccine pressure and Neisseria meningitidis, Annecy, France, 9-11 March 2005.

Alonso JM, Gilmet G, Rouzic EM, Nassif X, Plotkin SA, Ramsay M, Siegrist CA, Stephens DS, Teyssou R, Vogel U.

Vaccine. 2007 May 22;25(21):4125-9. Epub 2007 Mar 19.PMID: 17449149 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A case of naturally acquired inhalation anthrax: clinical care and analyses of anti-protective antigen immunoglobulin G and lethal factor.

Walsh JJ, Pesik N, Quinn CP, Urdaneta V, Dykewicz CA, Boyer AE, Guarner J, Wilkins P, Norville KJ, Barr JR, Zaki SR, Patel JB, Reagan SP, Pirkle JL, Treadwell TA, Messonnier NR, Rotz LD, Meyer RF, Stephens DS.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;44(7):968-71. Epub 2007 Feb 26.PMID: 17342650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing influenza: vaccine systems and practices in the Southeast.

Gazmararian JA, Orenstein WA, Wortley P, Buehler JA, Elon L, Koplan JP, Schild L, Dixon T, Weiss P, Stephens DS; State Working Group.

Public Health Rep. 2006 Nov-Dec;121(6):684-94.PMID: 17278403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Conquering the meningococcus.

Stephens DS.

FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2007 Jan;31(1):3-14. Review.PMID: 17233633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative genomics of Neisseria meningitidis: core genome, islands of horizontal transfer and pathogen-specific genes.

Hotopp JC, Grifantini R, Kumar N, Tzeng YL, Fouts D, Frigimelica E, Draghi M, Giuliani MM, Rappuoli R, Stephens DS, Grandi G, Tettelin H.

Microbiology. 2006 Dec;152(Pt 12):3733-49.PMID: 17159225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Serogroup B meningococcal vaccines.

Zimmer SM, Stephens DS.

Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2006 Aug;7(8):733-9. Review.PMID: 16955685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Autoregulation of the MisR/MisS two-component signal transduction system in Neisseria meningitidis.

Tzeng YL, Zhou X, Bao S, Zhao S, Noble C, Stephens DS.

J Bacteriol. 2006 Jul;188(14):5055-65.PMID: 16816178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

O-Acetylation of the terminal N-acetylglucosamine of the lipooligosaccharide inner core in Neisseria meningitidis. Influence on inner core structure and assembly.

Kahler CM, Lyons-Schindler S, Choudhury B, Glushka J, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

J Biol Chem. 2006 Jul 21;281(29):19939-48. Epub 2006 May 9.PMID: 16687398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lipooligosaccharide structure contributes to multiple steps in the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis.

Plant L, Sundqvist J, Zughaier S, Lövkvist L, Stephens DS, Jonsson AB.

Infect Immun. 2006 Feb;74(2):1360-7.PMID: 16428785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vivo determination of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide by whole cell high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy.

Gudlavalleti SK, Szymanski CM, Jarrell HC, Stephens DS.

Carbohydr Res. 2006 Mar 20;341(4):557-62. Epub 2006 Jan 9.PMID: 16406275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of bioterrorism preparedness on the public health response to the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine crisis.

Gazmararian JA, Buehler JW, Stephens DS, Dixon T, Elon L, Schild L, Orenstein W, Koplan J.

Public Health Rep. 2005 Nov-Dec;120(6):589. No abstract available. PMID: 16350327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hexa-acylation and KDO(2)-glycosylation determine the specific immunostimulatory activity of Neisseria meningitidis lipid A for human monocyte derived dendritic cells.

Zughaier S, Agrawal S, Stephens DS, Pulendran B.

Vaccine. 2006 Feb 27;24(9):1291-7. Epub 2005 Oct 4.PMID: 16246469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Macrolide efflux in Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by a dual efflux pump (mel and mef) and is erythromycin inducible.

Ambrose KD, Nisbet R, Stephens DS.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Oct;49(10):4203-9.PMID: 16189099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Assessing the risk of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease.

Sejvar JJ, Johnson D, Popovic T, Miller JM, Downes F, Somsel P, Weyant R, Stephens DS, Perkins BA, Rosenstein NE.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep;43(9):4811-4. Review.PMID: 16145146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial peptides and endotoxin inhibit cytokine and nitric oxide release but amplify respiratory burst response in human and murine macrophages.

Zughaier SM, Shafer WM, Stephens DS.

Cell Microbiol. 2005 Sep;7(9):1251-62.PMID: 16098213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Anthrax lethal toxin paralyzes neutrophil actin-based motility.

During RL, Li W, Hao B, Koenig JM, Stephens DS, Quinn CP, Southwick FS.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Sep 1;192(5):837-45. Epub 2005 Jul 21.PMID: 16088833 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance in Neisseria meningitidis.

Tzeng YL, Ambrose KD, Zughaier S, Zhou X, Miller YK, Shafer WM, Stephens DS.

J Bacteriol. 2005 Aug;187(15):5387-96.PMID: 16030233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of cryptococcosis in HIV-infected patients with limited access to highly active antiretroviral therapy: evidence for primary azole prophylaxis.

Cantey PT, Stephens DS, Rimland D.

HIV Med. 2005 Jul;6(4):253-9.PMID: 16011530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of anthrax meningitis.

Sejvar JJ, Tenover FC, Stephens DS.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 May;5(5):287-95. Review.PMID: 15854884 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential induction of the toll-like receptor 4-MyD88-dependent and -independent signaling pathways by endotoxins.

Zughaier SM, Zimmer SM, Datta A, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

Infect Immun. 2005 May;73(5):2940-50. Erratum in: Infect Immun. 2006 May;74(5):3077. PMID: 15845500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incidence of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: population-based assessment.

Stephens DS, Zughaier SM, Whitney CG, Baughman WS, Barker L, Gay K, Jackson D, Orenstein WA, Arnold K, Schuchat A, Farley MM; Georgia Emerging Infections Program.

Lancet. 2005 Mar 5-11;365(9462):855-63.PMID: 15752529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Translocation and surface expression of lipidated serogroup B capsular Polysaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis.

Tzeng YL, Datta AK, Strole CA, Lobritz MA, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

Infect Immun. 2005 Mar;73(3):1491-505.PMID: 15731047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adjuvant therapy for meningococcal sepsis.

Fischer M, Hilinski J, Stephens DS.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Feb;24(2):177-8. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15702049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W-135 carriage among US travelers to the 2001 Hajj.

Dull PM, Abdelwahab J, Sacchi CT, Becker M, Noble CA, Barnett GA, Kaiser RM, Mayer LW, Whitney AM, Schmink S, Ajello GW, Dolan-Livengood J, Stephens DS, Cetron MS, Popovic T, Rosenstein NE.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 1;191(1):33-9. Epub 2004 Nov 29.PMID: 15593000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inner core assembly and structure of the lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis: capacity of strain NMB to express all known immunotype epitopes.

Kahler CM, Datta A, Tzeng YL, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

Glycobiology. 2005 Apr;15(4):409-19. Epub 2004 Dec 1. Erratum in: Glycobiology. 2005 May;15(5):13G. PMID: 15574803 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pathogenesis and diagnosis of human meningococcal disease using immunohistochemical and PCR assays.

Guarner J, Greer PW, Whitney A, Shieh WJ, Fischer M, White EH, Carlone GM, Stephens DS, Popovic T, Zaki SR.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2004 Nov;122(5):754-64.PMID: 15491972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after Use of Protein-polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine.

Stephens DS.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Oct;6(5):352-353. No abstract available. PMID: 15461884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Trends in Sepsis-related Neonatal Mortality.

Stephens DS.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Oct;6(5):351. No abstract available. PMID: 15461883 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Herd Immunity from Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccination.

Stephens DS.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Oct;6(5):351-352. No abstract available. PMID: 15461882 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Biofilm formation by Neisseria meningitidis.

Yi K, Rasmussen AW, Gudlavalleti SK, Stephens DS, Stojiljkovic I.

Infect Immun. 2004 Oct;72(10):6132-8.PMID: 15385518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Immune responses to Bacillus anthracis protective antigen in patients with bioterrorism-related cutaneous or inhalation anthrax.

Quinn CP, Dull PM, Semenova V, Li H, Crotty S, Taylor TH, Steward-Clark E, Stamey KL, Schmidt DS, Stinson KW, Freeman AE, Elie CM, Martin SK, Greene C, Aubert RD, Glidewell J, Perkins BA, Ahmed R, Stephens DS.

J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;190(7):1228-36. Epub 2004 Aug 30.PMID: 15346332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide O-3 and O-4 acetyltransferase.

Gudlavalleti SK, Datta AK, Tzeng YL, Noble C, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

J Biol Chem. 2004 Oct 8;279(41):42765-73. Epub 2004 Aug 4.PMID: 15294916 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The MisR/MisS two-component regulatory system influences inner core structure and immunotype of lipooligosaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis.

Tzeng YL, Datta A, Ambrose K, Lo M, Davies JK, Carlson RW, Stephens DS, Kahler CM.

J Biol Chem. 2004 Aug 13;279(33):35053-62. Epub 2004 Jun 1.PMID: 15173178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Meningococcal conjugate vaccines.

Zimmer SM, Stephens DS.

Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2004 Apr;5(4):855-63. Review.PMID: 15102568 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Industry-related outbreak of human anthrax.

Jernigan JA, Stephens DS, Ashford DA, Perkins BA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;9(12):1657; author reply 1657-8; discussion 1658-9. No abstract available. PMID: 14725313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neisseria meningitidis lipooligosaccharide structure-dependent activation of the macrophage CD14/Toll-like receptor 4 pathway.

Zughaier SM, Tzeng YL, Zimmer SM, Datta A, Carlson RW, Stephens DS.

Infect Immun. 2004 Jan;72(1):371-80.PMID: 14688118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article