List of works by Maisem Laabei

A new assay for rhamnolipid detection—important virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

article

A small membrane stabilising protein critical to the pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Accessory gene regulator (Agr) functionality in Staphylococcus aureus derived from lower respiratory tract infections.

scientific article

Antibacterial Fusion Proteins Enhance Moraxella catarrhalis Killing

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Assessment of the influence of direct tobacco smoke on infection and active TB management

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Autonomously Sensing Hydrogels for the Rapid and Selective Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Catch Me if You Can: Streptococcus pyogenes Complement Evasion Strategies

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

CidA and LrgA: a “Hole” Lot More than Programmed Cell Death

scholarly article

Cigarette smoke exposure redirects Staphylococcus aureus to a virulence profile associated with persistent infection

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

Clonal differences in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia-associated mortality

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

Cytolytic toxin production by Staphylococcus aureus is dependent upon the activity of the protoheme IX farnesyltransferase

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Development of a prototype wound dressing technology which can detect and report colonization by pathogenic bacteria

article

Disease-associated genotypes of the commensal skin bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Epistasis analysis uncovers hidden antibiotic resistance-associated fitness costs hampering the evolution of MRSA

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Evolution and Global Transmission of a Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from the Indian Subcontinent

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Evolutionary Trade-Offs Underlie the Multi-faceted Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Extensive re-modelling of the cell wall during the development of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

preprint dated 1 June 2023

Extensive re-modelling of the cell wall during the development of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

preprint dated 14 April 2023

Extensive re-modelling of the cell wall during the development of bacteraemia

preprint

Extensive remodelling of the cell wall during the development of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

From genotype to phenotype: can systems biology be used to predict Staphylococcus aureus virulence?

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

In Vitro Studies of Toxic Shock Toxin-1–secreting Staphylococcus aureus and Implications for Burn Care in Children

article

Inexpensive and fast pathogenic bacteria screening using field-effect transistors

scientific article

Interaction of Streptococcus pyogenes with extracellular matrix components resulting in immunomodulation and bacterial eradication

scientific article published in May 2020

Investigating intracellular persistence of Staphylococcus aureus within a murine alveolar macrophage cell line.

scientific article

Investigating the lytic activity and structural properties of Staphylococcus aureus phenol soluble modulin (PSM) peptide toxins.

scientific article published on 3 September 2014

Manipulation of Autophagy in Phagocytes Facilitates Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

Molecular analysis of accessory gene regulator functionality and virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus derived from pediatric wound infections

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Oxacillin alters the toxin expression profile of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Photopolymerization of Polydiacetylene in Hybrid Liposomes: Effect of Polymerization on Stability and Response to Pathogenic Bacterial Toxins

article

Predicting the virulence of MRSA from its genome sequence

scientific article

Short Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans Modulate Complement Activity and Increase Killing of the Respiratory Pathogen

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Significant variability exists in the cytotoxicity of global methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages

scientific article published in 2021

Staphylococcus aureus extracellular adherence protein triggers TNFα release, promoting attachment to endothelial cells via protein A.

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus interaction with phospholipid vesicles--a new method to accurately determine accessory gene regulator (agr) activity

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

The Molecular Basis of Human IgG-Mediated Enhancement of C4b-Binding Protein Recruitment to Group A Streptococcus.

scientific article published on 4 June 2019

The hijackers guide to escaping complement: Lessons learned from pathogens

scientific article published on 20 July 2019

Triggered Release of Bacteriophage K from Agarose/Hyaluronan Hydrogel Matrixes by Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factors

scholarly article by Jessica E. Bean et al published 8 December 2014 in Chemistry of Materials

Using functional genomics to decipher the complexity of microbial pathogenicity

scientific article

Visible, colorimetric dissemination between pathogenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using fluorescent dye containing lipid vesicles

scientific article published on 23 September 2012