Publications

Thompson CD, Bradshaw JL, Miller WS, Vidal AGJ, Vidal JE, Rosch JW, McDaniel LS, and Keller LE Oligopeptide Transporters of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Regulate CbpAC and PspA Expression and Reduce Complement-Mediated Clearance Mbio. 2023; e03325-222023

Keller LE, Rueff AS, Kurushima J, Veening JW Three new integration vectors and fluorescent proteins for use in the opportunistic human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Genes. 2019 May;10(5):3942019

Bradshaw JL, Pipkins HR, Keller LE, Pendarvis JK, McDaniel LS Mucosal Infections and Invasive Potential of
Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Are Enhanced by Oligopeptide Binding Proteins AliC and AliD mBio. 2018 Mar 7;9(1):e02097-172018

Pipkins HR, Bradshaw JL, Keller LE, McDaniel LS Increased Virulence of an Encapsulated Streptococcus
pneumoniae Upon Expression of Pneumococcal Surface Protein K The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2018 Jan
31;217(10):1637-442018

Hassane M, Demon D, Soulard D, Fontaine J, Keller LE, Patin EC, Porte R, Prinz I, Ryffel B, Kadioglu A,
Veening JW, Sirard JC, Lamkanfi M, Trottein F, and Paget C Neutrophilic NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent IL-1β secretion regulates the γδT17 cell response in respiratory bacterial infections Mucosal immunology. 2017 Jul;10(4):1056-682017

Pipkins HR, Bradshaw JL, Keller LE, Swiatlo E, McDaniel LS Polyamine transporter potABCD is required for
virulence of encapsulated but not nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae PloS one. 2017 Jun
6;12(6):e01791592017

Dixit C, Keller LE, Bradshaw JL, Robinson DA, Swiatlo E, McDaniel LS Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae as a cause of chronic adenoiditis IDCases. 2016 Dec 31;4:56-82016

Keller LE, Bradshaw JL, Pipkins H, McDaniel LS Surface Proteins and Pneumolysin of Encapsulated and
Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Mediate Virulence in a Chinchilla Model of Otitis Media Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 2016 May 18;6:552016

Brown LR, Gunnell SM, Cassella AN, Keller LE, Scherkenbach LA, Mann B, Brown MW, Hill R, Fitzkee NC,
Rosch JW, Tuomanen EI AdcAII of Streptococcus pneumoniae Affects Pneumococcal Invasiveness PloS one.
2016 Jan 11;11(1):e01467852016

Keller LE, Robinson DA, McDaniel LS Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae: emergence and pathogenesis mBio. 2016 May 4;7(2):e01792-152016

Keller LE, Luo X, Thornton JA, Seo KS, Moon BY, Robinson DA, McDaniel LS Immunization with Pneumococcal Surface Protein K of Nonencapsulated
Streptococcus pneumoniae Provides Protection in a Mouse Model of Colonization Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 2015 Nov;22(11):1146-532015

Keller LE, Friley J, Dixit C, Nahm MH, McDaniel LS Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae cause acute otitis media in the chinchilla that is enhanced by pneumococcal surface protein K Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2014 Sep 1 (Vol. 1, No. 2)2014

Keller LE, Thomas JC, Luo X, Nahm MH, McDaniel LS, Robinson DA Draft genome sequences of five multilocus sequence types of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Genome announcements. 2013 Aug 29;1(4):e00520-132013

Keller LE, Jones CV, Thornton JA, Sanders ME, Swiatlo E, Nahm MH, Park IH, McDaniel LS PspK of Streptococcus pneumoniae increases adherence to epithelial cells and enhances nasopharyngeal colonization Infection and immunity. 2013 Jan;81(1):173-81