Editorial Board
Alaullah Sheikh
Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO · United States
Editorial leadership for International Journal of Clinical Microbiology ISSN 2690-4721
Research interests
- Enteric Pathogens
- Bacterial Pathogenesis
- Pathogen-Host Interactions
- Host Responses
- Vaccine
Biography
Publications:
- Transcutaneous immunization with Clostridium difficile toxoid A induces systemic and mucosal immune responses and toxin A-neutralizing antibodies in mice.
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli secretes a highly conserved mucin-degrading metalloprotease to effectively engage intestinal epithelial cells.
- Comparative proteomic analysis of the PhoP regulon in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi versus Typhimurium.
- EatA, an immunogenic protective antigen of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, degrades intestinal mucin.
- Zinc influences innate immune responses in children with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea.
- Natural selection in a bangladeshi population from the cholera-endemic ganges river delta.
- In vivo expression of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi genes in the blood of patients with typhoid fever in Bangladesh.
- Characterization of anti-Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi antibody responses in bacteremic Bangladeshi patients by an immunoaffinity proteomics-based technology.
- Transcriptional modulation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes in response to epithelial cell interactions.
- Memory T-cell responses to Vibrio cholerae O1 infection.
- Novel antigens for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli vaccines.
- Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi-specific immunoglobulin A antibody responses in plasma and antibody in lymphocyte supernatant specimens in Bangladeshi patients with suspected typhoid fever.
Selected publications
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli–blood group A interactions intensify diarrheal severity 2018 cited 56×
- Highly conserved type 1 pili promote enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogen-host interactions 2017 cited 55×
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin drives enteropathic changes in small intestinal epithelia 2022 cited 54×
- Insights into enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diversity in Bangladesh utilizing genomic epidemiology 2017 cited 39×
- CEACAMs serve as toxin-stimulated receptors for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 2020 cited 38×
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Degrades the Host MUC2 Mucin Barrier To Facilitate Critical Pathogen-Enterocyte Interactions in Human Small Intestine 2022 cited 32×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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This journal is guided by Alaullah Sheikh (Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO) and a peer-review board of practising researchers. Open access, author-retained copyright (CC BY), and a clear editorial process.