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  1. Comparison of single-cell RNA-seq methods to enable transcriptome profiling of neutrophils in clinical samples

    Article • Cell Reports Methods, September 2025, Elsevier

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  2. The "Master Key" to Fighting Respiratory Viruses: Looking into Our Own Cells’ Machinery

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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  3. TRPA1 and TPRV1 Ion Channels Are Required for Contact Lens-Induced Corneal Parainflammation and Can Modulate Levels of Resident Corneal Immune Cells

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, August 2023, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

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  4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Can Diversify after Host Cell Invasion to Establish Multiple Intracellular Niches

    Article • mBio, December 2022, ASM Journals

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  5. Human tear fluid modulates the Pseudomonas aeruginosa transcriptome to alter antibiotic susceptibility

    Article • The Ocular Surface, October 2021, Elsevier

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  6. Nerve‐associated transient receptor potential ion channels can contribute to intrinsic resistance to bacterial adhesion in vivo

    Article • The FASEB Journal, September 2021, Wiley

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  7. Contact lens-related corneal infection: Intrinsic resistance and its compromise

    Article • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, May 2020, Elsevier

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  8. DMBT1 inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa twitching motility involves its N-glycosylation and cannot be conferred by the Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich bacteria-binding peptide domain

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

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  9. Type IV Pili Can Mediate Bacterial Motility within Epithelial Cells

    Article • mBio, August 2019, ASM Journals

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  10. 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

    Article • The Ocular Surface, January 2019, Elsevier

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  11. IL-1R and MyD88 Contribute to the Absence of a Bacterial Microbiome on the Healthy Murine Cornea

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2018, Frontiers

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  12. Epithelial cell lysates induce ExoS expression and secretion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

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  13. Quantification of Bacterial Twitching Motility in Dense Colonies Using Transmitted Light Microscopy and Computational Image Analysis

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2018, Bio-Protocol, LLC

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

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

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  15. Correction: Mucosal fluid glycoprotein DMBT1 suppresses twitching motility and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2017, PLOS

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  16. Corneal surface glycosylation is modulated by IL-1R and Pseudomonas aeruginosa challenge but is insufficient for inhibiting bacterial binding

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2017, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    matteo metruccio, David Evans

  17. Mucosal fluid glycoprotein DMBT1 suppresses twitching motility and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2017, PLOS

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  18. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Vesicles Triggered by Human Mucosal Fluid and Lysozyme Can Prime Host Tissue Surfaces for Bacterial Adhesion

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2016, Frontiers

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  19. Genomic Analysis Reveals the Molecular Basis for Capsule Loss in the Group B Streptococcus Population

    Article • PLOS One, May 2015, PLOS

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  20. The Importance of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion System in Epithelium Traversal Depends upon Conditions of Host Susceptibility

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2015, ASM Journals

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  21. Analysis of Two-Component Systems in Group B Streptococcus Shows That RgfAC and the Novel FspSR Modulate Virulence and Bacterial Fitness

    Article • mBio, May 2014, ASM Journals

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  22. Adaptive Response of Group B Streptococcus to High Glucose Conditions: New Insights on the CovRS Regulation Network

    Article • PLOS One, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Marco Soriani, Dr Isabella Santi, matteo metruccio

  23. Propionibacterium acneshost cell tropism contributes to vimentin-mediated invasion and induction of inflammation

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, July 2012, Wiley

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  24. A Novel Phase Variation Mechanism in the Meningococcus Driven by a Ligand-Responsive Repressor and Differential Spacing of Distal Promoter Elements

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, December 2009, PLOS

    Dr Davide Roncarati, matteo metruccio

  25. The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Involved in Stress Response and Virulence in Neisseria meningitidis and Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Protein Expression

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2009, ASM Journals

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  26. The Hfq-Dependent Small Noncoding RNA NrrF Directly Mediates Fur-Dependent Positive Regulation of Succinate Dehydrogenase in Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2008, ASM Journals

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  27. OxyR tightly regulates catalase expression inNeisseria meningitidisthrough both repression and activation mechanisms

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Davide Roncarati, matteo metruccio