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Whitchurch, C., Beatson, S., Comolli, Jakobsen, T., J., Sargent, J., Bertrand, J., Klausen, M., Waite, L., Kang, P. J., Tolker-Nielsen, T., Mattick, J., and Engel, J. FimL, a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene product involved in Type IV fimbrial function and twitching motility, submitted.

Whitchurch, C., Young, M., Kennedy, H. Beatson, S., Leech, A., Semmler, A., Duelfel, H., Jaeger, K.-E., Comolli, J., Nguyen, L., Engel, Engel, J., Hobbs, M., Martin, P., Alm, R., Darzins, A., and Mattick, J., Characterisation of a complex signal transduction system which controls twitching motility and the production of multiple virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Molecular Microbiology (2004) 52:873-93.

Kazmierczak, B., Jou, T.-S., Mostov, K., and Engel, J., Epithelial cell polarity alters Rho-GTPase responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Molecular Biology of the Cell (2004) 15:411-419.

Garrity-Ryan, L, Shafikhani, S., Balachandran, P., Nguyen, L, Oza, J., Jakobsen, T., Sargent, J., Fang, X., Matthay, M.. and Engel, J. The ADP ribosyltranserase domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT contributes to its biological activities, Infection and Immunity (2004) 72:546-558.

McMorran B., Town,L., Costello, E., Palmer, J., Engel, J., Hume, D., and Wainright, B.The type III-secreted effector ExoU is an important modulator of gene expression in lung epithelial cells in response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, Infection and Immunity (2003) 71:6035-6044.

Jacob, T, Lee, R., Engel, J., and Machen, T. Modulation of Cytosolic Ca2+ Concentration in Airway Epithelial Cells by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection and Immunity (2002) 70: 6399-6408.

Hauser, A. R., E. Cobb, M. Bodi, D. Mariscal, J. Valles, J. N. Engel, and J. Rello. Type III Protein Secretion is Associated With Poor Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Critical Care Medicine (2002) 30: 521-528.

Kazmierczak, B. and Engel, J., Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT Acts in vivo as a GTPase-Activating Protein for RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42. Infection and Immunity (2002) 74: 2198-2205.

Kazmierczak, B., Mostov, K., and Engel, J. Interaction of Bacterial Pathogens with Polarized Epithelium. Annual Review of Microbiology (2001) 55: 407-435.

Kazmierczak, B., Jou, T.-S., Mostov, K., and Engel, J. Rho-Family GTPases Modulate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Internalization by Epithelial Cells. Cellular Microbiology (2001) 3: 85-98.

Geiser, T., Kazmierczak, B., Garrity-Ryan, L, Matthay, M., and Engel, J., Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT Inhibits in vitro Lung Epithelial Wound Repair. Cellular Microbiology (2001) 3: 223-236.

Garrity-Ryan, L, Kazmierczak, B., Kowal, R., Comolli, J., Hauser, A. and Engel, J. The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Iinhibition of Internalization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into Epithelial Cells and Macrophages. Infection and Immunity (2000) 68: 7100-7113.

van Ooij, C., Kalman, L., van Ijzendoorn, S., Nishijima, M., Hanada, K., Mostov, K., and Engel, J. Host-cell Derived Sphingolipids are Required for the Iintracellular Growth of Chlamydia trachomatis. Cellular Microbiology (2000) 2: 627-638.

Stephens, R. S., Fawaz, F. S., Kennedy, K. A., Koshiyama, K., Nichols, B., van Ooij, C., and Engel, J.N. Eukaryotic Cell Uptake of Heparin-Coated Microspheres: A Model of Host Cell Invasion by Chlamydia. Infection and Immunity (2000) 68: 1080-1085.

Hauser, A., and Engel, J. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Induces Type III Secretion-Mediated Apoptosis. Infection and Immunity (1999) 67: 5530-5537.

Comolli, J., Hauser, A., Waite, L., Whitchurch, C., Mattick, J., and Engel, J. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gene Products PilT and PilU Are Required for Cytotoxicity In Vitro and Virulence in a Mouse Model of Acute Pneumonia. Infection and Immunity (1999) 67: 3625-3630.

Comolli, J., Waite, L., Mostov, K., and Engel, J. Pili Binding to Asialo-GM1 on Epithelial Cells can Mediate Cytotoxicity or Bacterial Internalization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection and Immunity (1999) 67: 3207-3214.

Hauser, A., Fleizsig, S., Kang, P. J., Mostov, K., and Engel, J., Defects in Type III Secretion Correlate with Internalization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells. Infection and Immunity (1998) 66: 1413-1420.

Hauser, A., Kang, P., and Engel, J. PepA, a novel secreted protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is necessary for cytotoxicity and virulence. Molecular Microbiology (1998) 2: 807-818.

Kang, P. J., Hauser, A., Apodaca, G., Wiener-Kronish, J., Mostov, K., Fleizig, S., and Engel, J., Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Genes Required for Epithelial Cell Injury. Molecular Microbiology (1997). 24:1249-1262.

Apodaca, G., Bomsel, M., Lindstedt, R., Engel, J. Frank, D., Mostov, K. E., and Wiener-Kronish, J. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced MDCK Cell Injury: Glycosylation-Defective Host Cells Are Resistant to Bacterial Killing. Infection and Immunity (1995) 63: 1541-1551.


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Engel, J. Molecular Pathogenesis of acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. In "Severe Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa," A. Hauser and J. Rello, editors, Kluwer/Plenum Press, New York City, 2002.

 
 
   
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