Selected Publications
(See all Richard Rest's publications in PubMed.)
"Control of pili and lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is mediated by the transcriptional regulator CrgA"
Matthias KA and Rest RF
Molec Micro. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12522. (Epub ahead of print), 2014.
"The σ54-dependent PilR homologue Rsp directly activates σ70-dependent pilin expression and antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae"
Matthias KA, Veyrier JF, and Rest RF
PLoS Pathogens – in review, 2014
"N-Acetylcysteine inhibits Bacillus anthracis spore germination by altering specific germination-pathway components"
Bernui ME, Smith M, and RF Rest
Submitted, 2012.
"Anthrolysin O, the Bacillus anthracis cholesterol dependent cytolysin, modulates human neutrophil and macrophage function"
Mosser EM, Pandya Y, Bernui M, and RF Rest
Infect. Immun., In revision, 2012.
"Soluble and liposome-encapsulated N-acetylcysteine (NAC) Increase the ability of human macrophages to kill Bacillus anthracis"
Bernui ME, Stone W, Smith M, and RF Rest
Infect. Immun., In revision, 2012.
"NLRP3 inflammasome is a target for development of broad-spectrum anti-infective drugs"
Thacker JD, Balin BJ, Appelt DM, Sassi-Gaha S, Purohit M, Rest RF, and CM Artlett.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 56: 1921-30, 2012.
"Solvothermal Synthesis of Photocatalytic TiO2 Nanoparticles Capable of Killing Escherichia coli"
BY Lee, M Kurtoglu Y, Gogotsi M, Wynosky-Dolfi and Rest RF
Biodefence, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology, Part 1, 3-10, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0217-2_1. 2011.
"Rapid sporulation of Bacillus anthracis in high iron, glucose-free medium"
Purohit M, Sassi-Gaha S and Rest RF
Journal of Microbiological Methods 82: 282-287. 2010.
"Cold Plasma Inactivation of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) Spores"
Dobrynin D, Fridman G, Mukhin Y, Wynosky-Dolfi M, Rieger J, Rest RF, Gutsol A and Fridman A
IEEE Transactions in Plasma Science. 38: 1878-1884. 2010.
"Array PZT/Glass Piezoelectric Microcantilevers for real-time detection of Bacillus anthracis with 10 spores/ml sensitivity and 1/1000 selectivity in bacterial mixtures"
McGovern JP, Shih WY, Mattiucci M, Rest RF, Purohit M, Pourrezaei K, Onaral B, and W-H Shih.
Review of Scientific Instruments. 80: 125104-1 – 125104-7, 2009. [also in December 15, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research].
"1-Peptidyl-2-arachidonoyl-3-stearoyl-sn-glyceride: an immunologically active lipopeptide from goat serum (Capra hircus) is an endogenous damage-associated molecular pattern"
Thacker JD, Brown MA, Rest RF, Purohit M, Sassi-Gaha S, and CM Artlett
J. Nat. Prod., 72:1993-99, 2009.
"Cellular functions and X-ray structure of Anthrolysin O, a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin secreted by Bacillus anthracis"
Bourdeau RW, Malito E, Chenal A, Bishop BL, Musch MW, Villereal ML, Chang EB, Mosser EM, Rest RF, and Tang WJ.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 284: 14645-14656, 2009.
"Passive administration of monoclonal antibodies to Anthrolysin O prolong survival in mice lethally infected with Bacillus anthracis"
Nakouzi A, Rivera J, Rest RF, and Casadevall A.
BMC Microbiology 8: 159, 2008.
"The Bacillus anthracis cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, Anthrolysin O, kills human neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages"
Mosser EM and Rest RF.
BMC Microbiology, 6: 56, 2006.
"Differential expression and transcriptional analysis of the α-2,3-sialyltransferase gene (lst) in pathogenic neisseria"
Packiam M, Shell D, Liu SV, Liu YB, McGee DJ, Srivastava R, Seal S, and Rest RF.
Infection and Immunity, 74: 2637-2650, 2006.
"Anthrolysin O and other gram-positive cytolysins are toll-like receptor 4 agonists"
Park J.M, Ng VH, Maeda S, Rest RF, and Kari M.
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 200: 1647-1655, 2004.