Publications by authors named "Gerhardt G Schurig"

30Publications

Proinflammatory caspase-2-mediated macrophage cell death induced by a rough attenuated Brucella suis strain.

Authors:
Fang Chen Xicheng Ding Ying Ding Zuoshuang Xiang Xinna Li Debashis Ghosh Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan Stephen M Boyle Yongqun He

Infect Immun 2011 Jun 4;79(6):2460-9. Epub 2011 Apr 4.

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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June 2011

Over-expression of homologous antigens in a leucine auxotroph of Brucella abortus strain RB51 protects mice against a virulent B. suis challenge.

Authors:
Parthiban Rajasekaran Naveen Surendran Mohamed N Seleem Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle

Vaccine 2011 Apr 3;29(17):3106-10. Epub 2011 Mar 3.

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 1410 Price's Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0342, USA.

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April 2011

Characterization of recombinant B. abortus strain RB51SOD toward understanding the uncorrelated innate and adaptive immune responses induced by RB51SOD compared to its parent vaccine strain RB51.

Authors:
Jianguo Zhu Charles B Larson Megan Ann Ramaker Kimberly Quandt Jered M Wendte Kimberly P Ku Fang Chen George W Jourdian Ramesh Vemulapalli Gerhardt G Schurig Yongqun He

Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2011 25;1:10. Epub 2011 Nov 25.

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

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March 2015

Simultaneous expression of homologous and heterologous antigens in rough, attenuated Brucella melitensis.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara Sherry A Poff-Reichow Mikeljon Nikolich David L Hoover Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Victor Dobrean Stephen M Boyle

Microbes Infect 2009 Mar 27;11(3):424-8. Epub 2009 Jan 27.

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Washington Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0910, USA.

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March 2009

Brucella abortus strain RB51 leucine auxotroph as an environmentally safe vaccine for plasmid maintenance and antigen overexpression.

Authors:
Parthiban Rajasekaran Mohamed N Seleem Andrea Contreras Endang Purwantini Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan Stephen M Boyle

Appl Environ Microbiol 2008 Nov 3;74(22):7051-5. Epub 2008 Oct 3.

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology and Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0342, USA.

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November 2008

The putative penicillin-binding proteins 1 and 2 are important for viability, growth and cell morphology of Brucella melitensis.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan Rajeev Prasad Stephen M Boyle

Vet Microbiol 2009 Feb 5;133(4):387-93. Epub 2008 Aug 5.

Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0910, USA.

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February 2009

A disruption of ctpA encoding carboxy-terminal protease attenuates Burkholderia mallei and induces partial protection in CD1 mice.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara David DeShazer Thomas J Inzana Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle

Microb Pathog 2008 Sep 3;45(3):207-16. Epub 2008 Jun 3.

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0342, USA.

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September 2008

Outcome and immune responses after Brucella abortus infection in young adult and aged mice.

Authors:
Kevin P High Rajeev Prasad Chad R Marion Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Biogerontology 2007 Oct 26;8(5):583-93. Epub 2007 Jul 26.

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA.

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October 2007

Reduced cerebral infection of Neospora caninum in BALB/c mice vaccinated with recombinant Brucella abortus RB51 strains expressing N. caninum SRS2 and GRA7 proteins.

Authors:
Ramesh Vemulapalli Neelima Sanakkayala Jatinder Gulani Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle David S Lindsay Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Vet Parasitol 2007 Sep 24;148(3-4):219-30. Epub 2007 Jul 24.

Department of Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

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September 2007

Brucella suis urease encoded by ure1 but not ure2 is necessary for intestinal infection of BALB/c mice.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara Andrea Contreras Araceli Contreras-Rodriguez Ana M Martins Victor Dobrean Sherry Poff-Reichow Parthiban Rajasekaran Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle

BMC Microbiol 2007 Jun 19;7:57. Epub 2007 Jun 19.

Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.

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June 2007

Cloning, expression and characterization of immunogenic aminopeptidase N from Brucella melitensis.

Authors:
Araceli Contreras-Rodriguez Mohamed Naguieb Seleem Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan Stephen M Boyle Ahide Lopez-Merino

FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2006 Nov;48(2):252-6

Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, México.

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November 2006

Establishment of a gene expression system in Ochrobactrum anthropi.

Authors:
Mohamed N Seleem Mohammed Ali Stephen M Boyle Biswarup Mukhopadhyay Sharon G Witonsky Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 Oct;72(10):6833-6

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.

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October 2006

Brucella melitensis triggers time-dependent modulation of apoptosis and down-regulation of mitochondrion-associated gene expression in mouse macrophages.

Authors:
Yongqun He Sherry Reichow Sheela Ramamoorthy Xicheng Ding Raju Lathigra Johanna C Craig Bruno W S Sobral Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan Stephen M Boyle

Infect Immun 2006 Sep;74(9):5035-46

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 018 Animal Research Facility, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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September 2006

Efficacy of strain RB51 vaccine in heifers against experimental brucellosis.

Authors:
Fernando P Poester Vítor S P Gonçalves Tatiane A Paixão Renato L Santos Steven C Olsen Gerhardt G Schurig Andrey P Lage

Vaccine 2006 Jun 27;24(25):5327-34. Epub 2006 Apr 27.

Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil.

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June 2006

Role in virulence of a Brucella abortus protein exhibiting lectin-like activity.

Authors:
Tracy H Vemulapalli Ramesh Vemulapalli Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Infect Immun 2006 Jan;74(1):183-91

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, 1410 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

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January 2006

Induction of antigen-specific Th1-type immune responses by gamma-irradiated recombinant Brucella abortus RB51.

Authors:
Neelima Sanakkayala Anna Sokolovska Jatinder Gulani Harm Hogenesch Nammalwar Sriranganathan Stephen M Boyle Gerhardt G Schurig Ramesh Vemulapalli

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2005 Dec;12(12):1429-36

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

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December 2005

Carboxyl-terminal protease regulates Brucella suis morphology in culture and persistence in macrophages and mice.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle

J Bacteriol 2005 Aug;187(16):5767-75

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1410 Prices Fork Rd., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0342, USA.

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August 2005

Putative outer membrane autotransporter protein influences survival of Brucella suis in BALB/c mice.

Authors:
Aloka B Bandara Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Stephen M Boyle

Vet Microbiol 2005 Aug;109(1-2):95-104

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1800 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0484, USA.

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August 2005

Immune responses of mice to vaccinia virus recombinants expressing either Listeria monocytogenes partial listeriolysin or Brucella abortus ribosomal L7/L12 protein.

Authors:
Simge Baloglu Stephen M Boyle Ramesh Vemulapalli Nammalwar Sriranganathan Gerhardt G Schurig Thomas E Toth

Vet Microbiol 2005 Aug;109(1-2):11-7

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1410 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.

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August 2005

Improved expression vector for Brucella species.

Authors:
Mohamed N Seleem Ramesh Vemulapalli Stephen M Boyle Gerhardt G Schurig Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Biotechniques 2004 Nov;37(5):740, 742, 744

Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

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November 2004