This page highlights recent peer-reviewed publications authored by members of the CURE-KY community. All featured work relates to infectious disease research, spanning topics such as pathogenesis, diagnostics, epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, public health, and translational science. Publications are added monthly to reflect the continued scholarly output of our network. Each entry includes citation details and a direct link to the full article when available.

Whether you're exploring current work in the field, looking for collaborators, or tracking ongoing research trends, this page offers a central view of the scientific contributions advancing CURE-KY’s mission.

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6/27/25 – Jeong SG, Choi IH, Lee S, Oh JY, Nair S, Lee JH, Kim C, Seo A, Choi WS, Low T, Lee JS, Jalan B. Anisotropic strain relaxation-induced directional ultrafast carrier dynamics in RuO₂ films. Sci Adv. 2025;11(26):eadw7125. Epub 2025/06/27. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adw7125. PubMed PMID:40577474; PMCID:PMC12204164.

6/27/25 – Napier EG, Cinco IR, Wagner SB, Stuart EV, Qiao Q, Taylor J, Stevenson B, Messaoudi I. Borreliosis and doxycycline treatment disrupt gut microbiota and immune responses in nonhuman primates. mBio. 2025;:e0143725. Epub 2025/06/27. doi:10.1128/mbio.01437-25. PubMed PMID:40576342.

6/27/25 – Niloy KK, Horn J, Bhuiyan NH, Shaaban KA, Bhosale SS, Prisinzano TE, Thorson JS, Rohr J, Leggas M. Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Mithramycin and Mithramycin SA Tryptophan-Conjugated Analog. Pharmaceutics. 2025;17(6). Epub 2025/06/27. doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics17060765. PubMed PMID:40574077; PMCID:PMC12197275.

6/27/25 – Pardo I, Finamor LPS, Marra PS, Ferreira JMG, Gutfreund MC, Hsieh MK, Li Y, Pinho JRR, Rizzo LV, Kobayashi T, Diekema DJ, Edmond MB, Bispo PJM, Marra AR. Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Infectious Uveitis: A Comprehensive Systematic Review. Viruses. 2025;17(6). Epub 2025/06/27. doi:10.3390/v17060757. PubMed PMID:40573347; PMCID:PMC12197381.

6/27/25 – Strike W, Faleye TOC, Lubega B, Rockward A, Torabi S, Noble A, Banadaki MD, Keck J, Mugerwa H, Scotch M, Berry S. Implementing Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Long-Read Metagenomic Sequencing of Antimicrobial Resistance in Kampala, Uganda. Microorganisms. 2025;13(6). Epub 2025/06/27. doi:10.3390/microorganisms13061240. PubMed PMID:40572128; PMCID:PMC12195534.

6/26/25 – Holm RH, Chigwechokha P, Strike WD, Nyirenda RL, Tandwe C, Noble A, Keck J, Berry S. Multi-pathogen wastewater surveillance in Malawi: An assessment of culture-based, RT-PCR, and long-read metagenomics methods with multiple ongoing outbreaks. Sci Total Environ. 2025;992:179946. Epub 2025/06/26. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179946. PubMed PMID:40570391.

6/26/25 – Han Y, He F, Shao Q, Wang D, Xu D. MTPrompt-PTM: A Multi-Task Method for Post-Translational Modification Prediction Using Prompt Tuning on a Structure-Aware Protein Language Model. Biomolecules. 2025;15(6). Epub 2025/06/26. doi:10.3390/biom15060843. PubMed PMID:40563483; PMCID:PMC12190693.

6/24/25 – Hou C, Garneau-Tsodikova S, Tsodikov OV. Crystal structures and low-affinity complex formation of halogenase CtcP and FAD reductase CtcQ from the chlortetracycline biosynthetic pathway. Biosci Rep. 2025;45(7). Epub 2025/06/24. doi:10.1042/BSR20253185. PubMed PMID:40548498.

6/23/25 – Zhang Q, Peng J, Li Z, Rao X, Allison DB, Qiao Q, Zhang Z, Kong Y, Zhang Y, Wang R, Liu J, Wang X, Li C, Mao F, Shao Q, Gao T, Liu X. PLK1-mediated PDHA1 phosphorylation drives mitochondrial dysfunction, mitophagy, and cancer progression in Cr(VI)-associated lung cancer. J Biol Chem. 2025;:110406. Epub 2025/06/23. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110406. PubMed PMID:40544996.

6/21/25 – Toledo-Teixeira DA, Parise PL, Pereira da Silva BB, Simeoni CL, Vieira A, Forato J, Martini MC, Amorim MR, Bispo-Dos-Santos K, Brunetti NS, Fabiano de Souza G, Coimbra LD, Fontoura MA, Muraro SP, Barbosa PP, Matheus VA, Hua X, Mendes de Moraes Vieira PM, Granja F, Lalwani P, Ramirez Vinolo MA, Milanez GP, Marques RE, Fielding CA, Marciel de Souza W, Farias ADS, Price DA, Diamond MS, Silveira ELV, Proenca-Modena JL. MyD88 signalling in B cells and antibody responses during Oropouche virus-induced neurological disease in mice. EBioMedicine. 2025;:105815. Epub 2025/06/21. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105815. PubMed PMID:40541539.

6/20/25 – Patel DP, Mynatt R, Logan A, Villacorta E, Mansoor AE. Outcomes of Intravenous Ganciclovir Administration via an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program: A Single-Center Experience. Ann Pharmacother. 2025;:10600280251349570. Epub 2025/06/20. doi:10.1177/10600280251349570. PubMed PMID:40539855.

6/18/25 – Mansoor AE, Edathadathil F, Suresh D, Krishna Y, George A, van Rheenen J, George IA, Kwon JH, Petersen EE, Westercamp M, Kumar A, Vayoth SO, Olsen MA, Leekha S, Singh SK, Warren DK, Gandra S. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales peri-rectal colonization prevalence on admission to two intensive care units in an academic hospital in India. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025;5(1):e120. Epub 2025/06/18. doi:10.1017/ash.2025.10036. PubMed PMID:40528929; PMCID:PMC12171904.

6/17/25 – Dehghan Banadaki M, Torabi S, Strike WD, Phillips AR, Sakhaei A, Farahbakhsh S, Noble A, Keck JW, Berry SM. Enabling SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Using an Integrated Microfluidic Chip. Anal Chem. 2025;97(25):13140-13150. Epub 2025/06/17. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5c00831. PubMed PMID:40526856.

6/16/25 – Orom H, Allard NC, Hay JL, McQueen A, Waters EA, Kiviniemi MT. Brief video interventions increase screening intentions in people who avoid colorectal cancer information. Health Psychol. 2025. Epub 2025/06/16. doi:10.1037/hea0001521. PubMed PMID:40522858.

6/16/25 – Tay HC, Miller A, Moseley HNB, Beckley L, Pennell KG. Systematic Quality Assurance/Quality Control Framework for a Volatile Organic Compound Real-Time Monitoring Instrument, Autonomous Rugged Optical Multigas Analyzer for VOCs. ACS Omega. 2025;10(22):22627-22636. Epub 2025/06/16. doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c10634. PubMed PMID:40521549; PMCID:PMC12163652.

6/16/25 – Sim MMS, Mollica MY, Alfar HR, Hollifield M, Chung DW, Fu X, Gandhapudi S, Coenen DM, Prakhya KS, Mahmood DFD, Banerjee M, Peng C, Li X, Thornton AC, Porterfield JZ, Sturgill JL, Sievert GA, Barton-Baxter M, Zheng Z, Campbell KS, Woodward JG, López JA, Whiteheart SW, Garvy BA, Wood JP. Unfolded von Willebrand factor binds protein S and reduces anticoagulant activity. Blood Vessel Thromb Hemost. 2025;2(1). Epub 2025/06/16. doi:10.1016/j.bvth.2024.100030. PubMed PMID:40519989; PMCID:PMC12162048.

6/16/25 – Kulik GL, Umbleja T, Brown TT, Ribaudo HJ, Grinspoon SK, Schrack JA, Zanni MV, Diggs MR, Aberg JA, Fichtenbaum CJ, Malvestutto CD, Chu SM, Currier JS, Douglas PS, Bloomfield GS, Thornton AC, Floris-Moore MA, Goodenough E, Ellsworth GB, Burdo T, Erlandson KM. Prognostic Factors of Physical Function Decline Among Middle-Aged Adults With HIV. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(6):ofaf311. Epub 2025/06/16. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaf311. PubMed PMID:40519631; PMCID:PMC12163370.

6/14/25 – Mayer KP, Teixeira JP, González-Seguel F, Tran VQ, Gross JM, Horikawa-Strakovsky A, Pal CA, Shareef ZT, Puffer Israel H, Wen Y, Griffin BR, Neyra JA. Acute skeletal muscle wasting in patients with acute kidney injury requiring continuous kidney replacement therapy: A prospective multicenter study. J Crit Care. 2025;89:155142. Epub 2025/06/14. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155142. PubMed PMID:40513259.

6/13/25 – Lin W, Nagy PD. Co-opted SUMO machinery promotes condensate formation associated with membranous replication organelles of a positive-strand RNA virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025;122(24):e2423465122. Epub 2025/06/13. doi:10.1073/pnas.2423465122. PubMed PMID:40512796; PMCID:PMC12184518.

6/12/25 – True HE, Hemati H, Geron R, Doratt BM, Malherbe DC, Cockerham C, O'Brien J, Messaoudi I. Prenatal opioid exposure and maternal HCV infection impair microglia development and function: A patient-specific in vitro model. Brain Behav Immun. 2025;129:206-220. Epub 2025/06/12. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.010. PubMed PMID:40499844.

6/11/25 – Cottler LB, Rosales LC, Seegulam VL, Bilello L, Striley CLW, Ravenswood A, Martusewicz ZJ, Murphy CE, Eder M, Mudd-Martin G, O'Neal LJ, Brown Speights J, Lopez-Quintero C, Everett KD, Strelnick AH, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Kitzman H, McElroy JA, Millay TA, De Leon J, Warneke L, Weiss UK, O'Leary C. Characteristics of persons with varying vaccination personas: data from the CDC-funded PANDEMIC project. Discov Public Health. 2025;22(1):326. Epub 2025/06/11. doi:10.1186/s12982-025-00703-6. PubMed PMID:40496632; PMCID:PMC12146222.

6/11/25 – Yun MK, Subramanian C, Miller K, Jackson P, Radka CD, Rock CO. Isoleucine Binding and Regulation of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Threonine Dehydratase (IlvA). Biochemistry. 2025;64(13):2793-2810. Epub 2025/06/11. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.5c00168. PubMed PMID:40494512; PMCID:PMC12224302.

6/11/25 – Gelberg KH, El-Bassel N, Babineau DC, Vickers-Smith RA, Fanucchi LC, Childerhose JE, Hall ME, Dzurec ME, Villani J, Russo MR, LeBaron P, Marks KR, Lancaster KE, Gilbert L, David JL, Eggleston BS, Roeber CA, Oga EA, Chandler RK, Walsh SL. Association of fentanyl test strip results and change in drug use behaviors: A multi-state, community-based observational study. Int J Drug Policy. 2025;143:104867. Epub 2025/06/11. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104867. PubMed PMID:40494014.

6/10/25 – Zhou F, Sun J, Zhang R, Peng H, Ren Y, Zhu Y, Sun Y, Van Lanen SG, Chen W, Wang X. Antimycobacterial Muraymycins Isolated from Streptomyces sp. NRRL 30475 Using OSMAC and Precursor-Feeding Strategies. J Nat Prod. 2025;88(6):1463-1470. Epub 2025/06/10. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5c00405. PubMed PMID:40493378.

6/10/25 – Tripathi A, Donkin RW, Miracle JS, Murphy RD, Gentry MS, Patwardhan A, Sinai AP. Dynamics of amylopectin granule accumulation during the course of chronic Toxoplasma infection is linked to intra-cyst bradyzoite replication. mSphere. 2025;:e00205-25. Epub 2025/06/10. doi:10.1128/msphere.00205-25. PubMed PMID:40492719.

6/10/25 – Kothalawala NL, Chandrasiri N, De Alwis Goonatilleke M, Rao KR, Shrestha S, Kodithuwakku US, Kim IY, Risko C, Seo A, Guiton BS, Yang F, Kim DY. Green synthesis of ultrathin WS₂ nanosheets for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. RSC Adv. 2025;15(24):19305-19317. Epub 2025/06/10. doi:10.1039/d5ra00712g. PubMed PMID:40491805; PMCID:PMC12146689.

6/9/25 – Mojsiejczuk L, Whitlock F, Chen H, Magill C, Aranday-Cortes E, Bone J, Tong L, Da Silva Filipe A, Bryant N, Newton JR, Chambers TM, Reedy SE, Nemoto M, Yamanaka T, Hughes J, Murcia PR. Multiple introductions of equine influenza virus into the United Kingdom resulted in widespread outbreaks and lineage replacement. PLoS Pathog. 2025;21(6):e1013227. Epub 2025/06/09. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013227. PubMed PMID:40489557.

6/9/25 – Liu H, Soltani Gishini MF, Kurokawa T, Singh RM, Kachroo A, Kachroo P. Role of cuticle, sterols, sphingolipids, and glycerolipids in plant defense. J Exp Bot. 2025. Epub 2025/06 09. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf255. PubMed PMID:40485252.

6/8/25 – Slavova S, Villani J, Feaster DJ, Booth A, Holloway JL, Rock PJ, Hammerslag LR, Mack A, Knott CE, McCarthy JV, Talbert J, LaRochelle MR, Freisthler B, Gibbons BJ, Patts G, Bullard MJ, Walsh SL. HEALing Communities Study: Data measures for supporting a community-based intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025;274:112738. Epub 2025/06/08. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112738. PubMed PMID:40482517.

6/7/25 – Al Musawa M, Kunz Coyne AJ, Alosaimy S, Lucas K, Schrack MR, Andrade J, Herbin SR, Biagi M, Pierce M, Molina KC, Perkins NB, Cosimi R, Kang-Birken L, King MA, Pullinger BM, Rojas LM, Bouchard J, Hobbs ALV, Agee J, Caniff KE, Van Helden SR, Veve MP, Rybak MJ. Clinical Outcomes of Eravacycline in Patients Treated for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections. Infect Dis Ther. 2025. Epub 2025/06/07. doi:10.1007/s40121-025-01170-x. PubMed PMID:40481374.

6/6/25 – Rao X, Allison DB, Flight RM, Lin P, He D, Li Z, Zhang Y, Wang R, Li C, Wang J, Wang X, Peng J, Fong KW, Shao Q, Wang C, Ali ES, Moseley HN, Liu X. PLK1-mediated phosphorylation of PHGDH reprograms serine metabolism in advanced prostate cancer. bioRxiv. 2025. Epub 2025/06/06. doi:10.1101/2025.05.21.655274. PubMed PMID:40475404; PMCID:PMC12139816.

6/6/25 – Santiviparat S, Suthithanakom S, Bhanpattanakul S, Srisuwattanasagul S, Melde K, Stout TAE, Tharasanit T. Development of a two-layer 3D equine endometrial tissue model using genipin-crosslinked collagen scaffolds and 3D printing. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):19759. Epub 2025/06/06. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-04013-4. PubMed PMID:40473768; PMCID:PMC12141639.

6/5/25 – Smith AN, Alfar HR, Joshi S, Coenen DM, Lykins JT, Becker IC, Dong BE, Chanzu H, Peng C, Prakhya KS, Omali LAN, Pokrovskaya ID, Storrie B, Italiano JE, Whiteheart SW. Uncovering the Role of the Hsp40 Family Member, Cysteine String Protein-α, in Mouse Platelets. Blood Adv. 2025. Epub 2025/06/05. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2024014870. PubMed PMID:40472286.

6/5/25 – Prantzalos ER, Chesser JP, Logan JS, McLaurin KA, Anderson CD, Gabbard JD, Severson WE, Palmer KE, Mullins BJ, Dwoskin L, Turner JR. NMDA receptor antagonists mitigate COVID-19-induced neuroinflammation and improve survival in a mouse model. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):19603. Epub 2025/06/05. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-00738-4. PubMed PMID:40467606; PMCID:PMC12137712.

6/1/25 – Mixson LS, Zule W, Ruderman SA, Feinberg J, Stopka TJ, Sibley AL, Walters SM, Bobashev G, Cook R, Hochstatter KR, Fahey CA, Ouellet LJ, Fredericksen R, Cooper HLF, Young AM, Zibbell J, Khoury D, Friedmann PD, Miller WC, Korthuis PT, Westergaard RP, Whitney BM, Tsui JI, Crane HM, Delaney J. Prevalence and correlates of multiple injections per injection episode among people who inject drugs in rural U.S. communities. Int J Drug Policy. 2025;143:104837. Epub 2025/06/01. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104837. PubMed PMID:40449061.