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Martínez-Carmona, M, Cela, C, Kuznetsova, VA, Geoghegan, JA & Gun'ko, YK 2021, 'Enantioselective effect of cysteine functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles in U87 MG and GM08680 human cells and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 9, no. 16, pp. 3544-3553. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb02532a
Towell, AM, Feuillie, C, Vitry, P, Da Costa, TM, Mathelié-Guinlet, M, Kezic, S, Fleury, OM, McAleer, MA, Dufrêne, YF, Irvine, AD & Geoghegan, JA 2021, 'Staphylococcus aureus binds to the N-terminal region of corneodesmosin to adhere to the stratum corneum in atopic dermatitis', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 1, e2014444118. https://doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.2014444118
Olatunji, S, Yu, X, Bailey, J, Huang, C-Y, Zapotoczna, M, Bowen, K, Remškar, M, Müller, R, Scanlan, EM, Geoghegan, JA, Olieric, V & Caffrey, M 2020, 'Structures of lipoprotein signal peptidase II from Staphylococcus aureus complexed with antibiotics globomycin and myxovirescin', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 140. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13724-y
Pickering, AC, Vitry, P, Prystopiuk, V, Garcia, B, Höök, M, Schoenebeck, J, Geoghegan, JA, Dufrêne, YF & Fitzgerald, JR 2019, 'Host-specialized fibrinogen-binding by a bacterial surface protein promotes biofilm formation and innate immune evasion', PLoS pathogens, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. e1007816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007816
Feuillie, C, Vitry, P, McAleer, MA, Kezic, S, Irvine, AD, Geoghegan, JA & Dufrêne, YF 2018, 'Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to Corneocytes from Atopic Dermatitis Patients Is Controlled by Natural Moisturizing Factor Levels', mBio, vol. 9, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01184-18
Zapotoczna, M, Riboldi, GP, Moustafa, AM, Dickson, E, Narechania, A, Morrissey, JA, Planet, PJ, Holden, MTG, Waldron, KJ & Geoghegan, JA 2018, 'Mobile-genetic-element-encoded hypertolerance to copper protects Staphylococcus aureus from killing by host phagocytes', mBio, vol. 9, no. 5, e00550-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00550-18
Herman-Bausier, P, Labate, C, Towell, AM, Derclaye, S, Geoghegan, JA & Dufrêne, YF 2018, 'Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A is a force-sensitive molecular switch that activates bacterial adhesion', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 115, no. 21, pp. 5564-5569. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718104115
Fleury, OM, McAleer, MA, Feuillie, C, Formosa-Dague, C, Sansevere, E, Bennett, DE, Towell, AM, McLean, WHI, Kezic, S, Robinson, DA, Fallon, PG, Foster, TJ, Dufrêne, YF, Irvine, AD & Geoghegan, JA 2017, 'Clumping factor B promotes adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to corneocytes in atopic dermatitis', Infection and Immunity, vol. 85, no. 6, e00994-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00994-16
Feuillie, C, Formosa-Dague, C, Hays, LMC, Vervaeck, O, Derclaye, S, Brennan, MP, Foster, TJ, Geoghegan, J & Dufrêne, YF 2017, 'Molecular interactions and inhibition of the staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein SdrC', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 14, pp. 3738-3743. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616805114
Lacey, KA, Leech, JM, Lalor, SJ, McCormack, N, Geoghegan, JA, McLoughlin, RM & Freitag, NE (ed.) 2017, 'The Staphylococcus aureus Cell Wall-Anchored Protein Clumping Factor A Is an Important T Cell Antigen', Infection and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00549-17
Formosa-Dague, C, Speziale, P, Foster, TJ, Geoghegan, JA & Dufrêne, YF 2016, 'Zinc-dependent mechanical properties of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-forming surface protein SasG', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519265113
Speziale, P & Geoghegan, JA 2015, 'Biofilm formation by staphylococci and streptococci: structural, functional, and regulatory aspects and implications for pathogenesis.', Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2015.00031
Geoghegan, J & Foster, TJ 2015, 'Cell Wall-Anchored Surface Proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: Many Proteins, Multiple Functions', Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 409, pp. 95-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2015_5002
Pietrocola, G, Gianotti, V, Richards, A, Nobile, G, Geoghegan, JA, Rindi, S, Monk, IR, Bordt, AS, Fitzgerald, JR & Speziale, P 2015, 'Fibronectin Binding Proteins SpsD and SpsL Both Support Invasion of Canine Epithelial Cells by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.', Infection and Immunity, vol. 83, no. 10, pp. 4093-4102. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00542-15
O'Keeffe, KM, Wilk, MM, Leech, JM, Murphy, AG, Laabei, M, Monk, IR, Massey, RC, Lindsay, JA, Foster, TJ, Geoghegan, JA & McLoughlin, RM 2015, 'Manipulation of Autophagy in Phagocytes Facilitates Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection.', Infection and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00358-15
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