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Erin Green

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMicrobiology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Nosocomial infections are an emerging public health threat and frequently occur as a result of patient contact with bacteria persisting on hospital surfaces in a desiccated state. We are interested in discovering novel mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens sense and adapt to long-term desiccation stress, as well as the regulatory mechanisms involved in mediating the transition between environmental reservoirs and mammalian hosts, with a particular focus on the emerging multidrug resistant pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii. Additionally, we are interested in studying mechanisms by which A. baumannii controls turnover of its protein content in response to changing environmental conditions via regulated proteolysis by AAA+ family proteases.
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    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNPostdoctoral Fellow2023
    Tufts University , Boston, MAPostdoctoral Fellow2017
    Tufts University, Boston, MAPh.D.2016
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAB.S.2009

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    1. Critchlow JM, Barraza JP, Munneke MJ, Krystofiak E, Green ER, Skaar EP. The interplay between Acinetobacter baumannii ZigA and SltB promotes zinc homeostasis and cell envelope integrity. Infect Immun. 2025 Feb 18; 93(2):e0042224. PMID: 39846731; PMCID: PMC11834433.
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    2. Freiberg JA, Reyes Ruiz VM, Gimza BD, Murdoch CC, Green ER, Curry JM, Cassat JE, Skaar EP. Restriction of arginine induces antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 07; 15(1):6734. PMID: 39112491; PMCID: PMC11306626.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Reyes Ruiz VM, Freiberg JA, Weiss A, Green ER, Jobson M-E, Felton E, Shaw LN, Chazin WJ, Skaar EP. Coordinated adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to calprotectin-dependent metal sequestration. mBio. 2024 Jul 17; 15(7):e0138924. PMID: 38920392; PMCID: PMC11253595.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Freiberg JA, Ruiz VMR, Green ER, Skaar EP. Restriction of Arginine Induces Antibiotic Tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 12. PMID: 37873095; PMCID: PMC10592767.
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    5. Butrico CE, Klopfenstein N, Green ER, Johnson JR, Peck SH, Ibberson CB, Serezani CH, Cassat JE. Hyperglycemia Increases Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis and Influences Bacterial Genes Required for Survival in Bone. Infect Immun. 2023 04 18; 91(4):e0052922. PMID: 36877063; PMCID: PMC10112148.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Green ER, Fakhoury JN, Monteith AJ, Pi H, Giedroc DP, Skaar EP. Bacterial hydrophilins promote pathogen desiccation tolerance. Cell Host Microbe. 2022 07 13; 30(7):975-987.e7. PMID: 35413266; PMCID: PMC9283220.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    7. Green ER, Juttukonda LJ, Skaar EP. The Manganese-Responsive Transcriptional Regulator MumR Protects Acinetobacter baumannii from Oxidative Stress. Infect Immun. 2020 02 20; 88(3). PMID: 31792075; PMCID: PMC7035938.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Blank BR, Talukder P, Muir RK, Green ER, Skaar EP, Renslo AR. Targeting Mobilization of Ferrous Iron in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection with an Iron(II)-Caged LpxC Inhibitor. ACS Infect Dis. 2019 08 09; 5(8):1366-1375. PMID: 31140267; PMCID: PMC6880962.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Palmer LD, Green ER, Sheldon JR, Skaar EP. Assessing Acinetobacter baumannii Virulence and Persistence in a Murine Model of Lung Infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 1946:289-305. PMID: 30798564; PMCID: PMC6446551.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Juttukonda LJ, Green ER, Lonergan ZR, Heffern MC, Chang CJ, Skaar EP. Acinetobacter baumannii OxyR Regulates the Transcriptional Response to Hydrogen Peroxide. Infect Immun. 2019 01; 87(1). PMID: 30297527; PMCID: PMC6300632.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Markey L, Shaban L, Green ER, Lemon KP, Mecsas J, Kumamoto CA. Pre-colonization with the commensal fungus Candida albicans reduces murine susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection. Gut Microbes. 2018 11 02; 9(6):497-509. PMID: 29667487; PMCID: PMC6287688.
      Citations: 48     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Nguyen GT, Green ER, Mecsas J. Neutrophils to the ROScue: Mechanisms of NADPH Oxidase Activation and Bacterial Resistance. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017; 7:373. PMID: 28890882; PMCID: PMC5574878.
      Citations: 308     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Green ER, Clark S, Crimmins GT, Mack M, Kumamoto CA, Mecsas J. Fis Is Essential for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Virulence and Protects against Reactive Oxygen Species Produced by Phagocytic Cells during Infection. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Sep; 12(9):e1005898. PMID: 27689357; PMCID: PMC5045184.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    
    14. Green ER, Mecsas J. Bacterial Secretion Systems: An Overview. Microbiol Spectr. 2016 Feb; 4(1). PMID: 26999395; PMCID: PMC4804464.
      Citations: 398     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    15. Rosadini CV, Zanoni I, Odendall C, Green ER, Paczosa MK, Philip NH, Brodsky IE, Mecsas J, Kagan JC. A Single Bacterial Immune Evasion Strategy Dismantles Both MyD88 and TRIF Signaling Pathways Downstream of TLR4. Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Dec 09; 18(6):682-93. PMID: 26651944; PMCID: PMC4685476.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Crimmins GT, Mohammadi S, Green ER, Bergman MA, Isberg RR, Mecsas J. Identification of MrtAB, an ABC transporter specifically required for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to colonize the mesenteric lymph nodes. PLoS Pathog. 2012; 8(8):e1002828. PMID: 22876175; PMCID: PMC3410872.
      Citations: 41     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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