Alexander J. Westermann

This study shows that M-CSF enhances alveolar macrophage function to protect against invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised mice.

The paper shows how oxygen gradients in the gut reshape cross-feeding between Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Escherichia coli through spatial organization and metabolic feedback.

The paper identifies InvS as an RNA antagonist of PinT, revealing a post-transcriptional regulatory pair in Salmonella virulence.

This study identifies AdiZ, a small RNA derived from the 3'UTR of adiA mRNA in Salmonella, which regulates metabolic genes and promotes survival in macrophage vacuoles under acidic and hypoxic conditions.

This study identifies an RNA that helps Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron adapt to the mucus-rich, iron-limited gut niche by regulating capsule gene expression.

This study shows that inhibiting polysaccharide breakdown in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron reduces cross-feeding and growth of Salmonella Typhimurium in mice.

This paper identifies Arp, a small RNA that represses pilin translation, thereby inhibiting DNA uptake and twitching motility in A. baumannii.

This study investigates how HCMV and its virokine CMVIL-10 modulate dendritic cell responses during co-infection with A. fumigatus, revealing that CMVIL-10 has a limited role in suppressing antifungal immunity.

This study identifies RbpB as a key RNA-binding protein regulating polysaccharide utilization in gut Bacteroides through post-transcriptional control of PULs.

The paper identifies a small regulatory RNA, Aar, that represses virulence-related genes in A. baumannii through antisense base-pairing, revealing sRNA-mediated gene regulation in this pathogen.

This study identifies a small RNA derived from an insertion sequence that regulates multiple virulence pathways in Salmonella Typhimurium by affecting gene expression and invasion capabilities.

The paper identifies a small RNA, MasB, that increases Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron tolerance to tetracyclines by modulating gene expression under antibiotic stress.

The paper develops a pipeline to detect microbial and viral reads in human RNA-seq data and creates the MetaMap resource for disease-related microbiome analysis.