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Cheryl Nickerson, PhD

Professor

The Biodesign Institute, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

Selected Publications

2007

  • Nauman, E, Ott, C M, Saunders, E, Tucker, D, Pierson, D, Wilson, J W, Nickerson, Cheryl. A Novel Quantitative Biosystem to Model Physiological Fluid Shear Stress on Cells. Appl. Environ. Microbiol (2007).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Spaceflight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals role for global regulator Hfq. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2007).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. First Report of In Vitro Infection of a 3-Dimensional Organoid Model of Human Small Intestinal Epithelium with Human Noroviruses. Emerging Infectious Diseases (2007).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Coleman, Clint, Nickerson, Cheryl. Cloning and transfer of the Salmonella SPI-2 type III secretion system for studies in a range of Gram negative genera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2007).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Richter, Emily, Ott, Mark. Studying host-pathogen interactions in 3-D: Organotypic models for infectious disease and drug development. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (2007).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Wanda, Soo-Young, Nickerson, Cheryl, Curtiss, Roy. Role of RpoS in fine-tuning the synthesis of Vi capsular polysaccharide in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Infection and Immunity (2007).

2006

  • Coleman, C, Baker, C, Nickerson, Cheryl. The Role of Sigma Factors in Regulating Bacterial Stress Responses and Pathogenesis. Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease: A Bacterial Perspective (2006).
  • Honer zu Bentrup, K, Ramamurthy, R, Ott, M, Emami, K, Nelman-Gonzalez, M, Wilson, J W, Richter, E G, Goodwin, T, Pierson, D, Alexander, S, Pellis, N, Buchanan, K, Nickerson, Cheryl. 3-D organotypic models of human colonic epithelium to study the early stages of enteric salmonellosis. Microbes and Infection (2006).
  • Johanson, K, Allen, P, Gonzalez-Villalobos, A, Nesbitt, J, Nickerson, Cheryl, Honer zu Bentrup, K, Wilson, J W, Ramamurthy, R, D'Elia, R, Muse, K E, Freeman, J, Stodieck, L S, Hammond, T G. Haploid deletion strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that determine survival during spaceflight. Acta Astronautica (2006).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Richter, E G, Ott, C M. Studying host-pathogen interactions in 3-D: Organotypic models for infectious disease and drug development. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (2006).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Schurr, M J. Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease: A Bacterial Perspective. (2006).
  • Santander, J M, Wanda, S Y, Nickerson, Cheryl, Curtiss, R, III. Role of RpoS in fine-tuning the synthesis of Vi capsular polysaccharide in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. (2006).
  • Straub, T, Höner zu Bentrup, K, Mayer, B, Bartholomew, R, Valdez, C, Bruckner-Lea, C, Dohnalkova, A, Orosz Coghlan, P, Gerba, C, Abbaszdegan, M, Nickerson, Cheryl. First Report of In Vitro Infection of a 3-Dimensional Organoid Model of Human Small Intestinal Epithelium with Human Noroviruses. Emerging Infectious Diseases (2006).
  • Wilson, J W, Nickerson, Cheryl. In-vivo excision, cloning and broad-host-range transfer of large bacterial DNA segments using VEX-Capture. Methods in Molecular Biology (2006).
  • Wilson, J W, Nickerson, Cheryl. A new experimental approach for studying bacterial genomic island evolution identifies island genes with bacterial host-specific expression patterns. BMC Evol Biol (2006).

2005

  • Carterson, A J, Honer zu Bentrup, K, Ott, C M, Clarke, M S, Vanderburg, C R, Buchanan, K L, Pierson, D, Nickerson, Cheryl, Schurr, M J. A549 lung epithelial cells grown as 3-D aggregates: Alternative tissue culture model for P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. Infect Immun (2005).
  • D'Elia, R, Allen, P A, Johanson, K, Nickerson, Cheryl, Hammond, T G. Homozygous diploid deletion strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that determine lag phase and dehydration survival. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2005).
  • D'Elia, R, Allen, P, Johanson, K, Nickerson, Cheryl, Hammond, T G. Homozygous diploid deletion strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that determine lag phase and dehydration tolerance. Appl Microbiol Biotech (2005).
  • LaMarca, H L, Ott, C M, Höner zu Bentrup, K, LeBlanc, C L, Pierson, D L, Nickerson, Cheryl, Nelson, A B, Morris, C A. A Novel Three-Dimensional Model of Human Placentation for the Study of Human Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis. Placenta (2005).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Honer zu Bentrup, K, Ott, C M. Three-dimensional cell culture models for drug discovery and infectious disease. (2005).
  • Wilson, J W, Nickerson, Cheryl. Cloning of a functional Salmonella SPI-I type III secretion system and development of a method to create mutations and epitope fusions in the cloned genes. Journal of Biotechnology (2005).

2004

  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Ott, C M. A New Dimension in Modeling Infectious Disease. (2004).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Ott, C M, Wilson, J W, Pierson, D L. Microbial responses to microgravity and other low shear environments. (2004).
  • Wilson, J, Figurski, D, Nickerson, Cheryl. VEX-capture: A new technique that allows in-vivo excision, cloning, and broad-host-range transfer of large bacterial genomic DNA segments. J. Microbiol. Methods (2004).

2003

  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Ott, C M, Wilson, J W, Ramamurthy, R, LeBlanc, C L, Honer zu Bentrup, K, Hammond, T, Pierson, D L. Low Shear Modeled Microgravity:A Global Environmental Regulatory Signal Affecting Bacterial Gene Expression, Physiology, and Pathogenesis. (2003).

2002

  • Wilson, J, Ramamurthy, R, Ott, C M, Porwollik, S, McClelland, M, Pierson, D, Nickerson, Cheryl. Low shear modeled microgravity alters the Salmonella typhimurium response in an RpoS-independent manner. Appl. Environ. Microbiol (2002).
  • Wilson, J, Ramamurthy, R, Porwollik, S, McClelland, M, Hammond, T, Allen, P, Ott, C M, Pierson, D L, Nickerson, Cheryl. Microarray analysis identifies Salmonella genes belonging to the low-shear modeled microgravity regulon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2002).
  • Wilson, J, Schurr, M, LeBlanc, C, Ramamurthy, R, Buchanan, K, Nickerson, Cheryl. Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity. (2002).

2001

  • Brown, P K, Dozios, C, Nickerson, Cheryl, Terlonge, J, Zuppardo, A, Curtiss, R, III. A novel positive regulator of curli synthesis in an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain. Mol. Microbiol (2001).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Altered gene expression in response to Bordetella pertussis infection. Trends Microbiol (2001).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Putting C. elegans to Gram positive use. Trends Microbiol (2001).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Goodwin, T J, Terlonge, J, Ott, C M, Buchanan, K L, Uicker, W B, Emami, K, Cedor, C L, Ramamurthy, R, Hammond, T, Pierson, D L. Three-Dimensional Tissue Assemblies: Novel Models for the Study of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenesis. Infect. Immun (2001).

2000

  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Macrophage-specific fimbriae. Trends Microbiol (2000).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Understanding TB persistence. Trends Microbiol (2000).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl. Stomach Islands. Trends Microbiol (2000).
  • Nickerson, Cheryl, Ott, M, Mister, S J, Morrow, B J, Burns-Keliher, L, Pierson, D L. Microgravity as a novel environmental signal affecting Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence. Infect. Immun (2000).