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• 2014

  A Burkholderia pseudomallei outer membrane vesicle vaccine provides protection against lethal sepsis

  Nieves, W., Petersen, H., Judy, B. M., Blumentritt, C. A., Russell-Lodrigue, K., Roy, C. J., Torres, A. G. & Morici, L. A., May 2014, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 21, 5, p. 747-754 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Membranes
  • Sepsis
  • Vaccines
  • Immunization
  49 Scopus citations

• Comparative Burkholderia pseudomallei natural history virulence studies using an aerosol murine model of infection

  Massey, S., Yeager, L. A., Blumentritt, C. A., Vijayakumar, S., Sbrana, E., Peterson, J. W., Brasel, T., Leduc, J. W., Endsley, J. J. & Torres, A. G., Mar 7 2014, In: Scientific reports. 4, 4305.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Aerosols
  • Natural History
  • Virulence
  • Melioidosis
  25 Scopus citations

• Comparative genomics and immunoinformatics approach for the identification of vaccine candidates for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

  García-Angulo, V. A., Kalita, A., Kalita, M., Lozano, L. & Torres, A. G., May 2014, In: Infection and immunity. 82, 5, p. 2016-2026 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Genomics
  • Vaccines
  • Cecum
  15 Scopus citations

• Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli adhesins

  McWilliams, B. D. & Torres, A. G., 2014, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 2, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli Adhesins
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • protein
  • Proteins
  • colonization
  50 Scopus citations

• Environmental regulation of the long polar fimbriae 2 of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7

  Arenas-Hernández, M. M., Rojas-López, M., Medrano-López, A., Nuñez-Reza, K. J., Puente, J. L., Martínez-Laguna, Y. & Torres, A. G., Aug 2014, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 357, 2, p. 105-114 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Formal Social Control
  • Iron
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  6 Scopus citations

• Long Polar Fimbriae participates in the induction of neutrophils transepithelial migration across intestinal cells infected with enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7.

  Vergara, A., Vidal, R., Torres, A. G. & Farfan, M. J., 2014, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4, DEC, 185.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Interleukin-8
  • Neutrophils
  6 Scopus citations

• Microbial-Based and Material-Based Vaccine Delivery Systems

  Torres, A., Rudra, J. S. & Milligan, G., Dec 9 2014, Vaccinology: An Essential Guide. Wiley Blackwell, p. 127-151 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Vaccines
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Viruses
  • Bacteria
  • Antigens

• Recent advances in adherence and invasion of pathogenic Escherichia coli

  Kalita, A., Hu, J. & Torres, A. G., Oct 2014, In: Current opinion in infectious diseases. 27, 5, p. 459-464 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli
  • Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli Infections
  • Meninges
  • Urinary Tract
  33 Scopus citations
• 2012

  A double, long polar fimbria mutant of Escherichia coli O157:H7 expresses curli and exhibits reduced in vivo colonization

  Lloyd, S. J., Ritchie, J. M., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Popov, V. L., Greenwich, J. L., Waldor, M. K. & Torres, A. G., Mar 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 3, p. 914-920 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Congo Red
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
  33 Scopus citations

• Clinical implications of enteroadherent escherichia coli

  Arenas-Hernández, M. M. P., Martínez-Laguna, Y. & Torres, A. G., Oct 2012, In: Current gastroenterology reports. 14, 5, p. 386-394 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli
  • Small Intestine
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Microvilli
  21 Scopus citations

• Development of a multiplex PCR assay for detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and enteropathogenic E. coli strains.

  Botkin, D. J., Galli, L., Sankarapani, V., Soler, M., Rivas, M. & Torres, A. G., 2012, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2, p. 8 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Escherichia coli O157
  23 Scopus citations

• Fimbriation and curliation in escherichia coli O157:H7 a paradigm of intestinal and environmental colonization

  Lloyd, S. J., Ritchie, J. M. & Torres, A. G., 2012, In: Gut Microbes. 3, 3, p. 272-276 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Bacterial Adhesins
  • Rabbits
  • Escherichia coli Infections
  27 Scopus citations

• Identification of coli surface antigen 23, a novel adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

  Del Canto, F., Botkin, D. J., Valenzuela, P., Popov, V., Ruiz-Perez, F., Nataro, J. P., Levine, M. M., Stine, O. C., Pop, M., Torres, A. G. & Vidal, R., Aug 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 8, p. 2791-2801 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Surface Antigens
  • Escherichia coli Adhesins
  • Fimbriae Proteins
  • Caco-2 Cells
  29 Scopus citations

• Immunomodulation for gastrointestinal infections

  Cieza, R. J., Cao, A. T., Cong, Y. & Torres, A. G., Mar 1 2012, In: Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 10, 3, p. 391-400 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Immunomodulation
  • Regulatory T-Lymphocytes
  • Homeostasis
  • Bacterial Antigens
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets
  20 Scopus citations

• In vivo bioluminescence imaging of Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of aerobactin during colonization of a mouse model of infection

  Torres, A. G., Cieza, R. J., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Souza, C. S., Johnston, R. K., Strockbine, N., Kaper, J. B., Sbrana, E. & Popov, V. L., 2012, In: BMC Microbiology. 12, 112.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Escherichia coli O104
  • aerobactin
  • aerobactin receptor
  • Iron
  • Infection
  16 Scopus citations

• Molecular mechanisms that mediate colonization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

  Farfan, M. J. & Torres, A. G., Mar 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 3, p. 903-913 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Bacterial Adhesins
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Escherichia coli Infections
  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  95 Scopus citations

• Polysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies provide passive protection against intranasal challenge with burkholderia pseudomallei

  AuCoin, D. P., Reed, D. E., Marlenee, N. L., Bowen, R. A., Thorkildson, P., Judy, B. M., Torres, A. G. & Kozel, T. R., Apr 17 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 4, e35386.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Polysaccharides
  • monoclonal antibodies
  • polysaccharides
  • lipopolysaccharides
  28 Scopus citations

• Prophylactic application of CpG oligonucleotides augments the early host response and confers protection in acute melioidosis

  Judy, B. M., Taylor, K., Deeraksa, A., Johnston, R. K., Endsley, J. J., Vijayakumar, S., Aronson, J. F., Estes, D. M. & Torres, A. G., Mar 20 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 3, e34176.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • melioidosis
  • oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • Melioidosis
  • Oligonucleotides
  • Animals
  22 Scopus citations

• Recent progress in melioidosis and glanders

  Torres, A. G. & Steinmetz, I., 2012, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 3, APR

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations