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Research to Prevent Blindness

Research Database

University of Pittsburgh Research, funded by RPB from 2011-2014 matching Career Development Award

26 Citations, Sorted by Month and Year

October, 2014
Dexamethasone Diffusion Across Contact Lenses Is Inhibited by Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms in Vitro.

Brothers KM, Nau AC, Romanowski EG, Shanks RM

Cornea 2014 Oct;33(10):1083-7.

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

August, 2014
Correlations in V1 are reduced by stimulation outside the receptive field.

Snyder AC, Morais MJ, Kohn A, Smith MA

J.Neurosci. 2014 Aug 20;34(34):11222-7.

University of Pittsburgh - Career Development Award - Smith, Matthew A / PhD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Neuro-Ophthalmology

May, 2014
Cyclic-AMP inhibition of fimbriae and prodigiosin production by Serratia marcescens is strain-dependent.

Stella NA, Shanks RM

Arch.Microbiol. 2014 May;196(5):323-30.

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Gene Research/Therapy, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

April, 2014
Predatory prokaryotes wage war against eye infections.

Shanks RM, Kadouri DE

Future.Microbiol. 2014 Apr;9(4):429-32.

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

January, 2014
Modulation of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) by bacterial metalloproteases and protease inhibitors.

Butterworth MB, Zhang L, Liu X, Shanks RM, Thibodeau PH

PLoS.One. 2014;9(6):e100313.

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

November, 2013
Development of a practical complete-kill assay to evaluate anti-acanthamoeba drugs.

Kowalski RP, Abdel Aziz S, Romanowski EG, Shanks RM, Nau AC, Raju LV

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov;131(11):1459-62

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

October, 2013
Identification of a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus inhibitory compound isolated from serratia marcescens.

Kadouri DE, Shanks RM

Res Microbiol. 2013 Oct;164(8):821-6

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

July, 2013
Bacterial cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase activity coordinates biofilm formation.

Kalivoda EJ, Brothers KM, Stella NA, Schmitt MJ, Shanks RM

PLoS One. 2013 Jul 29;8(7):e71267

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

June, 2013
An eye to a kill: Using predatory bacteria to control gram-negative pathogens associated with ocular infections.

Shanks RM, Davra VR, Romanowski EG, Brothers KM, Stella NA, Godboley D, Kadouri DE

PLoS One. 2013 Jun 18;8(6):e66723

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

In vitro comparison of combination and monotherapy for the empiric and optimal coverage of bacterial keratitis based on incidence of infection.

Kowalski RP, Kowalski TA, Shanks RM, Romanowski EG, Karenchak LM, Mah FS

Cornea. 2013 Jun;32(6):830-4

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

May, 2013
Predatory bacteria: A potential ally against multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens.

Kadouri DE, To K, Shanks RM, Doi Y

PLoS One. 2013 May 1;8(5):e63397

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

April, 2013
Evaluation of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) as a disinfectant for adenovirus.

Romanowski EG, Yates KA, O'Connor KE, Mah FS, Shanks RM, Kowalski RP

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Apr;131(4):495-8

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

March, 2013
Spatial and temporal scales of neuronal correlation in visual area V4.

Smith MA, Sommer MA

J Neurosci. 2013 Mar 20;33(12):5422-32

University of Pittsburgh - Career Development Award - Smith, Matthew A / PhD Departmental Grant

Keywords: Artificial Vision, Neuro-Ophthalmology

February, 2013
Laminar dependence of neuronal correlations in visual cortex.

Smith MA, Jia X, Zandvakili A, Kohn A

J Neurophysiol. 2013 Feb;109(4):940-7

University of Pittsburgh - Career Development Award - Smith, Matthew A / PhD Departmental Grant

Keywords: Artificial Vision, Neuro-Ophthalmology

January, 2013
A serratia marcescens PigP homolog controls prodigiosin biosynthesis, swarming motility and hemolysis and is regulated by cAMP-CRP and HexS.

Shanks RM, Lahr RM, Stella NA, Arena KE, Brothers KM, Kwak DH, Liu X, Kalivoda EJ

PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e57634

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Mutation of crp mediates serratia marcescens serralysin and global secreted protein production.

Shanks RM, Stella NA, Arena KE, Fender JE

Res Microbiol. 2013 Jan;164(1):38-45

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

December, 2012
The comparison of fluoroquinolones to nonfluoroquinolone antibacterial agents for the prevention of endophthalmitis in a rabbit model.

Kowalski RP, Romanowski EG, Shanks RM, Mah FS

J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Dec;28(6):604-8

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

September, 2012
Serratia marcescens quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase activity mediates medium acidification and inhibition of prodigiosin production by glucose.

Fender JE, Bender CM, Stella NA, Lahr RM, Kalivoda EJ, Shanks RM

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Sep;78(17):6225-35

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

July, 2012
Diphosphonium ionic liquids as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents.

O'Toole GA, Wathier M, Zegans ME, Shanks RM, Kowalski R, Grinstaff MW

Cornea. 2012 Jul;31(7):810-6

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Isolation and identification of a bacteriocin with antibacterial and antibiofilm activity from citrobacter freundii.

Shanks RM, Dashiff A, Alster JS, Kadouri DE

Arch Microbiol. 2012 Jul;194(7):575-87

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

February, 2012
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from endophthalmitis are hospital-acquired based on panton-valentine leukocidin and antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Rarey KA, Shanks RM, Romanowski EG, Mah FS, Kowalski RP

J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Feb;28(1):12-6

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

January, 2012
Serratamolide is a hemolytic factor produced by serratia marcescens.

Shanks RM, Stella NA, Lahr RM, Wang S, Veverka TI, Kowalski RP, Liu X

PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36398

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

August, 2011
A novel cell-associated protection assay demonstrates the ability of certain antibiotics to protect ocular surface cell lines from subsequent clinical staphylococcus aureus challenge.

Wingard JB, Romanowski EG, Kowalski RP, Mah FS, Ling Y, Bilonick RA, Shanks RM

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Aug;55(8):3788-94

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

July, 2011
Recurrent enterococcal endophthalmitis seeded by an intraocular lens biofilm.

Miller KV, Eisley KM, Shanks RM, Lahr RM, Lathrop KL, Kowalski RP, Noecker RJ

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jul;37(7):1355-9

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

May, 2011
New vector tools with a hygromycin resistance marker for use with opportunistic pathogens.

Kalivoda EJ, Horzempa J, Stella NA, Sadaf A, Kowalski RP, Nau GJ, Shanks RM

Mol Biotechnol. 2011 May;48(1):7-14

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Genetics, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

January, 2011
Validation of PCR for the detection of pseudomonas aeruginosa from corneal samples.

Hillenbrand ME, Thompson PP, Shanks RMQ, Kowalski RP

Intl J Ophthalmol. 2011(7):1125-31

University of Pittsburgh - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

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