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List of works by Connie Tam

3D quantitative imaging of unprocessed live tissue reveals epithelial defense against bacterial adhesion and subsequent traversal requires MyD88

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

A novel murine model for contact lens wear reveals clandestine IL-1R dependent corneal parainflammation and susceptibility to microbial keratitis upon inoculation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Adenylate cyclase activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoY can mediate bleb-niche formation in epithelial cells and contributes to virulence.

scientific article published on 9 August 2011

Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a healthy ocular surface involves surfactant protein D and is compromised by bacterial elastase in a murine null-infection model.

scientific article published on 6 April 2009

Contributions of MyD88-dependent receptors and CD11c-positive cells to corneal epithelial barrier function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article

Expression of surfactant protein D in human corneal epithelial cells is upregulated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article

Factors Impacting Corneal Epithelial Barrier Function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Traversal

scientific article published on March 14, 2011

Human Tear Fluid Reduces Culturability of Contact Lens-Associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms but Induces Expression of the Virulence-Associated Type III Secretion System.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Keratin 6a reorganization for ubiquitin-proteasomal processing is a direct antimicrobial response.

scientific article

MicroRNA-762 is upregulated in human corneal epithelial cells in response to tear fluid and Pseudomonas aeruginosa antigens and negatively regulates the expression of host defense genes encoding RNase7 and ST2.

scientific article

Modulation of epithelial immunity by mucosal fluid.

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Survival at Posterior Contact Lens Surfaces after Daily Wear.

scientific article

Role of defensins in corneal epithelial barrier function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa traversal

scientific journal article

Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin strains which are Vi antigen-positive use type IVB pili for bacterial self-association and human intestinal cell entry

scientific article published on December 1, 2003

The impact of inoculation parameters on the pathogenesis of contact lens-related infectious keratitis.

scientific article

The importance of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system in epithelium traversal depends upon conditions of host susceptibility

scientific article

Traversal of Multilayered Corneal Epithelia by CytotoxicPseudomonas aeruginosaRequires the Phospholipase Domain of ExoU

scientific article published on January 25, 2012