2020

King, Jason S., Humphreys, Daniel, Rohn, Jennifer L., Unnikrishnan, Meera, Gutierrez, Maximilano G. and Mostowy, Serge (2020) The great host-pathogen war : U.K. cellular microbiology meeting 2020. Cellular Microbiology, 22 (11). e13248. doi:10.1111/cmi.13248

Anonye, Blessing O., Nweke, Valentine, Furner-Pardoe, Jessica, Gabrilska, Rebecca, Rafiq, Afshan, Ukachukwu, Faith, Bruce, Julie, Lee, Christina, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rumbaugh, Kendra P., Snyder, Lori A. S. and Harrison, Freya (2020) The safety profile of Bald’s eyesalve for the treatment of bacterial infections. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). 17513. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74242-2

Kengmo Tchoupa, Arnaud, Watkins, Kate E., Jones, Rebekah A., Kuroki, Agnès, Alam, Mohammad Tauqeer, Perrier, Sébastien, Chen, Yin and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2020) The type VII secretion system protects Staphylococcus aureus against antimicrobial host fatty acids. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). 14838. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71653-z

Watkins, Kate E. and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2020) Evasion of host defenses by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. In: Advanced Applied Microbiology. San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 105-141. ISBN 9780128207062

Watkins, K. E. and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2020) New strategies and targets for antibacterial discovery. In: Kesharwani, Prashant and Chopra, Sidharth and Dasgupta, Arunava, (eds.) Drug Discovery Targeting Drug-Resistant Bacteria. London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, pp. 249-272. ISBN 9780128184806

2019

Kuroki, Agnès, Kengmo Tchoupa, Arnaud, Hartlieb, Matthias, Peltier, Raoul, Locock, Katherine E. S., Unnikrishnan, Meera and Perrier, Sébastien (2019) Targeting intracellular, multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus with guanidinium polymers by elucidating the structure-activity relationship. Biomaterials, 217 . 119249. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119249

Rohn, Jennifer L., Mostowy, Serge, King, Jason S., Unnikrishnan, Meera and Gutierrez, Maximiliano G. (2019) The UK cellular microbiology network : exploring the host‐bacterial interface. Cellular Microbiology, 21 (9). e13081. doi:10.1111/cmi.13081

Slater, Ross T., Frost, Lucy R., Jossi, Sian E, Millard, Andrew D. and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2019) Clostridioides difficile LuxS mediates inter-bacterial interactions within biofilms. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). 9903. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46143-6

Anonye, Blessing O., Hassall, Jack, Patient, Jamie, Detamornrat, Usanee, Aladdad, Afnan M., Schüller, Stephanie, Rose, Felicity R. A. J. and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2019) Probing Clostridium difficile infection in complex human gut cellular models. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 . 879. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00879

2017

Unnikrishnan, Meera, Constantinidou, Chrystala, Palmer, Tracy and Pallen, Mark J. (2017) The enigmatic Esx proteins : looking beyond mycobacteria. Trends in Microbiology, 25 (3). pp. 192-204. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.004

2014

Korea, C. G., Balsamo, G., Pezzicoli, A., Merakou, C., Tavarini, S., Bagnoli, F., Serruto, D. and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2014) Staphylococcal Esx proteins modulate apoptosis and release of intracellular staphylococcus aureus during infection in epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity, Volume 82 (Number 10). pp. 4144-4153. doi:10.1128/IAI.01576-14

2013

Dapa, Tanja and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2013) Biofilm formation by Clostridium difficile. Gut Microbes, Volume 4 (Number 5). pp. 397-402. doi:10.4161/gmic.25862

Thapa, T., Leuzzi, Rosanna, Ng, Y. K., Baban, Soza T., Adamo, Roberto, Kuehne, Sarah A., Scarselli, Maria, Minton, Nigel P., Serruto, Davide and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2013) Multiple factors modulate biofilm formation by the anaerobic pathogen clostridium difficile. Journal of Bacteriology, Volume 195 (Number 3). pp. 545-555. doi:10.1128/JB.01980-12

Cafardi, Valeria, Biagini, Massimiliano, Martinelli, Manuele, Leuzzi, Rosanna, Rubino, Jeffrey T., Cantini, Francesca, Norais, Nathalie, Scarselli, Maria, Serruto, Davide and Unnikrishnan, Meera (2013) Identification of a novel zinc metalloprotease through a global analysis of clostridium difficile extracellular proteins. PLoS One, Volume 8 (Number 11). Article number e81306. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081306

2012

Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rappuoli, Rino and Serruto, Davide (2012) Recombinant bacterial vaccines. Current Opinion in Immunology, Volume 24 (Number 3). pp. 337-342. doi:10.1016/j.coi.2012.03.013

Ehrt, Sabine, Raju, Ravikiran M., Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rubin, Daniel H. F., Krishnamoorthy, Vidhya, Kandror, Olga, Akopian, Tatos N., Goldberg, Alfred L. and Rubin, Eric J. (2012) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpP1 and ClpP2 function together in protein degradation and are required for viability in vitro and during infection. PLoS Pathogens, Volume 8 (Number 2). Article number e1002511. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002511

Akopian, Tatos , Kandror, Olga , Ravikiran M. Raju, Ravikiran , Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rubin, Eric J. and Goldberg, Alfred L. (2012) The active ClpP protease from M. tuberculosis is a complex composed of a heptameric ClpP1 and a ClpP2 ring. EMBO Journal, 31 (6). pp. 1529-1541. doi:10.1038/emboj.2012.5

2009

Siegrist, M. S., Unnikrishnan, Meera, McConnell, Matthew J., Borowsky, Mark, Cheng, T.-Y., Siddiqi, N., Fortune, S. M., Moody, D. Branch and Rubin, Eric J. (2009) Mycobacterial Esx-3 is required for mycobactin-mediated iron acquisition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 106 (Number 44). pp. 18792-18797. doi:10.1073/pnas.0900589106

Chessler, A. D., Unnikrishnan, Meera, Bei, A. K., Daily, J. P. and Burleigh, Barbara A. (2009) Trypanosoma cruzi triggers an early type I IFN response in vivo at the site of intradermal infection. The Journal of Immunology, Volume 182 (Number 4). pp. 2288-2296. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0800621

2008

Zolotarev, Alexander S., Unnikrishnan, Meera, Shmukler, Boris E., Clark, J. S. (Jeffrey S.), Vandorpe, David H., Grigorieff, Nikolaus, Rubin, Eric J. and Alper, Seth L. (2008) Increased sulfate uptake by E. coli overexpressing the SLC26-related SulP protein Rv1739c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A : Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Volume 149 (Number 3). pp. 255-266. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.12.005

2004

Unnikrishnan, Meera and Burleigh, Barbara A. (2004) Inhibition of host connective tissue growth factor expression : a novel Trypanosoma cruzi-mediated response. The FASEB Journal, Volume 18 (Number 14). pp. 1625-1635. doi:10.1096/fj.04-1554com

2002

Unnikrishnan, Meera, Altmann, Daniel M., Proft, Thomas, Wahid, Faisal, Cohen, Jonathan, Fraser, John D. and Sriskandan, Shiranee (2002) The bacterial superantigen streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z is the major immunoactive agent of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Immunology, Volume 169 (Number 5). pp. 2561-2569.

2001

Unnikrishnan, Meera, Cohen, Jonathan and Sriskandan, Shiranee (2001) Complementation of a speA negative Streptococcus pyogenes with speA : effects on virulence and production of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A. Microbial Pathogenesis, Volume 31 (Number 3). pp. 109-114. doi:10.1006/mpat.2001.0453

Sriskandan, Shiranee, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Krausz, Thomas, Dewchand, Hamlata, Van Noorden, Susan, Cohen, Jonathan and Altmann, Daniel M. (2001) Enhanced susceptibility to superantigen‐associated streptococcal sepsis in human leukocyte antigen–DQ transgenic mice. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 184 (Number 2). pp. 166-173. doi:10.1086/322018

2000

Sriskandan, Shiranee, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Krausz, Thomas and Cohen, Jonathan (2000) Mitogenic factor (MF) is the major DNase of serotype M89 Streptococcus pyogenes. Microbiology, Volume 146 (Number 11). pp. 2785-2792.

Gays, Frances, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Shrestha, Sunil, Fraser, Karen P., Brown, Adam R., Tristram, Colin M. G., Chrzanowska-Lightowlers, Z. M. and Brooks, Colin G. (2000) The mouse tumor cell lines EL4 and RMA display mosaic expression of NK-related and certain other surface molecules and appear to have a common origin. Journal of Immunology, Volume 164 (Number 10). pp. 5094-5102.

1999

Unnikrishnan, Meera, Cohen, Jonathan and Sriskandan, Shiranee (1999) Growth-phase-dependent expression of virulence factors in an M1T1 clinical isolate of streptococcus pyogenes. Infection and Immunity, Volume 67 (Number 10). pp. 5495-5499.

Sriskandan, Shiranee, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Krausz, Thomas and Cohen, Jonathan (1999) Molecular analysis of the role of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA) in invasive soft-tissue infection resulting from Streptococcus pyogenes. Molecular Microbiology, Volume 33 (Number 4). pp. 778-790. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01525.x