CURE-KY Member Publications

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.

To suggest a publication for inclusion, please email curekyidc@uky.edu.

May 2026

• Xia F, Liu H, Yu K, Yuan X, Kachroo A, Kachroo P. Excess nitric oxide alters cellular pH to restrict salicylic acid movement and systemic immunity. Sci Adv. 2026;12(22):eadz4776. Epub 2026/05/29. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adz4776. PubMed PMID: 42213848; PMCID: PMC13220883.
• Young A, Hockensmith R, Tolbert PT, Westneat S, Vickerman P, Stone J, Surratt HL, Fujimoto K, Knudsen HK, Vickers-Smith R, Thompson KL, Fanucchi L, Kollitz J, Havens JR, Livingston MD. Characteristics of People Who Inject Drugs Approached for Injection Assistance in Rural Kentucky. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2026. Epub 2026/05/29. doi: 10.15288/jsad.25-00504. PubMed PMID: 42212759.
• Blanton MB, Napier EG, Keen KE, Stuart EV, Cinco IR, Hemati H, Bruntz RC, Wilson L, Barnes S, Khadka R, Grant KA, Messaoudi I. Chronic alcohol consumption disrupts the gut microbial and metabolic landscapes. Front Microbiol. 2026;17:1794794. Epub 2026/05/29. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1794794. PubMed PMID: 42211835; PMCID: PMC13212193.
• Eertink LG, Jacob O, Adam EN, Page AE, Wang D, Li F. Immunization of Foals with Equine Rotavirus A Vaccine Can Stabilize or Increase Rotavirus-Specific Neutralizing Antibody Titers. Viruses. 2026;18(5). Epub 2026/05/27. doi: 10.3390/v18050556. PubMed PMID: 42198759; PMCID: PMC13211723.
• Wilson JG, Grandits GA, Grund B, Mistry SS, Leroux C, Ringor A, Aggarwal NR, Murray DD, Barkauskas CE, Brown SM, Higgs E, Shaw-Saliba K, Rupert A, Kan VL, Beitler JR, Awan O, Sturgill JL, Dawood H, Kalil AC, Kalomenidis I, Duggal A, Sasson SC, Ho MQ, Nguyen HH, Lundgren JD, Ginde AA, Self WH, Lane HC, Matthay MA, Rogers AJ, undefined undefined. Prognostic Value of Lung Injury Biomarkers in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Without Respiratory Failure at Admission. Crit Care Med. 2026. Epub 2026/05/26. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007178. PubMed PMID: 42187543.
• Brandon H, Scarduzio JA, Riaz A, Cate SS, Kebodeaux C, Bosley T, Romanelli F. A qualitative analysis of pharmacy educator and recent graduates' perceptions regarding declining NAPLEX first-time pass rates. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2026;18(8):102660. Epub 2026/05/26. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2026.102660. PubMed PMID: 42184594.
• El-Dalati S, Harris W. When Less Is More: Volume Considerations in the Treatment of Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026;13(5):ofag199. Epub 2026/05/25. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag199. PubMed PMID: 42182839; PMCID: PMC13192342.
• Losiewicz S, Collis B, El-Dalati S, Hall E, Cao C, Johnson M, Kobayashi T, Stoner BJ, Weaver D. The Impact of MOUD Initiation in Patients With Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026;13(5):ofag288. Epub 2026/05/25. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag288. PubMed PMID: 42182838; PMCID: PMC13197196.
• Kunz Coyne AJ, Gray R, Gonnabathula P, May ES, Puccio P, Wu C. Durability and mechanistic performance of aztreonam/avibactam versus aztreonam plus ceftazidime/avibactam against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2026;81(6). Epub 2026/05/22. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkag177. PubMed PMID: 42169507.
• Chaudhary CL, Lages PC, Peña AM, Pinto AK, Radka CD, Tidgewell KJ. Synthesis and Evaluation of Sulfobacin A and Analogues for Their Roles in Immunological Recognition. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2026;17(5):1050-1056. Epub 2026/05/20. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00788. PubMed PMID: 42157810; PMCID: PMC13181453.
• Hou C, Thamban Chandrika N, Leggas M, Garneau-Tsodikova S, Tsodikov OV. Crystal Structure of Trabectedin-DNA Complex. J Mol Biol. 2026;438(17):169866. Epub 2026/05/20. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169866. PubMed PMID: 42155620.
• Uprety T, Goehring LS, Rozhbayani A, Meyer A, Todd SM, Abdelrazek S, Lahmers K, Erol E. Near-complete genome sequences of equine herpesvirus (EHV) 1, EHV-3, and EHV-4 from the USA using a hybrid assembly approach. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2026;:e0134725. Epub 2026/05/18. doi: 10.1128/mra.01347-25. PubMed PMID: 42148645.
• Robinson JD, Thorp DT, Van Cleve J, White JA. Symbiont-mediated feminization imposes unavoidable host fitness costs. Front Microbiol. 2026;17:1798411. Epub 2026/05/18. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798411. PubMed PMID: 42146069; PMCID: PMC13171762.
• Ebersole JL, Gonzalez OA. Characteristics of the Health-Associated Oral Microbiome in Young Nonhuman Primates. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2026. Epub 2026/05/17. doi: 10.1111/omi.70033. PubMed PMID: 42141942.
• Wagner SB, Hemati H, Gandhapudi S, Hilbert TJ, Brancato C, Haynes EN, Messaoudi I. Characterizing immune perturbations in peripheral blood following the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2026. Epub 2026/05/16. doi: 10.1038/s41370-026-00918-y. PubMed PMID: 42141105.
• Kunz Coyne AJ, Judd C, Lucas K, Al Musawa M, Van Helden S, Holger D, Althubyani A, Yost C, VanDorf S, Mynatt R, Kufel WD, Hayes J, Deri CR, Wrenn RH, Slaton CN, Morrisette T, Davis M, Cabanilla MG, Shald E, White BP, Sassine J, Truong J, Rosenberg J, Andrade J, Cerenzio J, Medvedeva N, Ha D, Eubank TA, Garey KW, Biagi M, Todd M, Kang-Birken SL, Rux C, Molina KC, Jankowski CA, Claeys KC, Venugopalan V, Veve MP, Orzol C, Eshaya M, Caniff KE, Bleick C, Rybak MJ. Ceftazidime-avibactam for multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections: outcomes and timing of initiation across 22 U.S. medical centers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026;:e0026826. Epub 2026/05/15. doi: 10.1128/aac.00268-26. PubMed PMID: 42138697.
• Oguzie JU, Cummings DB, Groves JT, Hagan AG, Rodriguez J, Hernandez-Vidal G, Moreno-Degollado G, Shittu I, Marushchak LV, Nguyen-Tien T, Trujillo-Vargas CM, Silva DB, Li F, Richeson JT, Schneider NE, Gray GC. Detection and Genomic Characterization of Novel Respiratory Viruses in US and Mexican Cattle Farms. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2026;2026:3247802. Epub 2026/05/15. doi: 10.1155/tbed/3247802. PubMed PMID: 42137610; PMCID: PMC13169165.
• Howell JL, Dhandapani RK, Balasubramani S, Ryoo JS, Palli SR. Evaluation of dsRNA produced in E. coli for controlling Japanese beetle. Front Insect Sci. 2026;6:1811042. Epub 2026/05/15. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2026.1811042. PubMed PMID: 42136996; PMCID: PMC13167589.
• Stemen EL, Radka CD. Lactobacillus iners at the nexus of microbiota, immunity, and pregnancy. J Reprod Immunol. 2026;175:104909. Epub 2026/05/12. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2026.104909. PubMed PMID: 42119192.
• Nagy PD, Pogany J. Minor lipids with major roles: Viral exploitation of phosphoinositides during RNA replication. Virology. 2026;621:110930. Epub 2026/05/11. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.110930. PubMed PMID: 42114193.
• Saraswat S, Nurrahma BA, Kern PA, Nikolajczyk BS, Zhang XD. CytokineProfile: An Integrated Web Tool for Cytokine Profiling Analysis. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2026;35(1):0079. Epub 2026/05/11. doi: 10.34133/csbj.0079. PubMed PMID: 42110216; PMCID: PMC13150067.
• Sangalli L, Manning E, Abdykarimova A, Gao O, Lok B, Hawkins J, Miller CS. Integrating virtual patient-based learning into temporomandibular disorder education improves educational and behavioral outcomes. BMC Med Educ. 2026. Epub 2026/05/10. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-09388-0. PubMed PMID: 42106674.
• Wang D, Zhang Y, Qin Y, Shao Q, Xu D. Efficient Adaptation of Structure-Aware Protein Language Models for Diverse Protein Applications. Curr Protoc. 2026;6(5):e70377. Epub 2026/05/10. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.70377. PubMed PMID: 42104958.
• Mackevicius-Dubickaja V, White JA, Williams EE, Klement E, Gottlieb Y, Doremus MR. Elevated Temperatures Disrupt Wolbachia-Induced Feminisation and Reshape Microbial Community Dynamics Across Generations in a Spider Host. Mol Ecol. 2026;35(9):e70371. Epub 2026/05/09. doi: 10.1111/mec.70371. PubMed PMID: 42104726.
• Sharifpour MF, Khadiv S, Uboldi AD, Jayawickrama AA, Manning S, Whittall J, Bottema CDK, Ellis JT, Howe DK, Wilson DW, Hemmatzadeh F, Tonkin CJ, McAllister MM. A New Conditional Transcription Factor for Use in Toxoplasma Gondii. Biotechnol J. 2026;21(5):e70240. Epub 2026/05/07. doi: 10.1002/biot.70240. PubMed PMID: 42095472.
• Saryazdi S, Van Lanen SG. The endogenous metabolite hypochlorite activates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 for catalysis: Functional and mechanistic implications. bioRxiv. 2026. Epub 2026/05/07. doi: 10.64898/2026.04.21.719948. PubMed PMID: 42094406; PMCID: PMC13142367.
• Cepeda JA, Loeb T, Salazar ZR, Williams B, Hiltz B, Del Pozo B, Pitpitan EV, Beletsky L, Young AM, Havens JR. Frequent police contact and nonfatal overdose among people who use drugs in rural Appalachia. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026;284:113188. Epub 2026/05/07. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113188. PubMed PMID: 42090841.
• Ebersole JL, Kirakodu SS, Zhang X, Dawson D, Miller CS. Salivary Biological Responses to Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment in Type 2 Diabetics. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2026;:23800844261437825. Epub 2026/05/06. doi: 10.1177/23800844261437825. PubMed PMID: 42087591.
• Manohar M, Sistenich A, Liu S, Baby S, Chen S, Dejonghe W, Kumari A, Luna E, Levecque S, Manosalva PM, Leach JE, Wang X, Kachroo A, Kogel KH, Conrath U, Schroeder FC, Klessig DF. The conserved nematode pheromone ascr#18 primes plant immunity. Commun Biol. 2026. Epub 2026/05/06. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-10211-1. PubMed PMID: 42086865.
• Ebersole JL, Kirakodu SS, Gonzalez OA. Transcriptomic analysis of gingival tissues in resolved experimental periodontal lesions of nonhuman primates. J Periodontol. 2026. Epub 2026/05/05. doi: 10.1002/jper.70048. PubMed PMID: 42083431.
• Lo J, Thanataveerat A, Manfredo A, Falk J, Zeng N, Wall S, Ryan T, Pratt W, El-Dalati S, Gaiazov S. Assessing impact of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder on infectious disease management. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2026;:210010. Epub 2026/05/05. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2026.210010. PubMed PMID: 42081946.
• Miracle DK, Slavova S, Talbert J, Moga DC, Freeman PR. Contraceptive Method Provision Patterns Among Rural and Urban Kentucky Medicaid Enrollees. J Rural Health. 2026;42(2):e70160. Epub 2026/05/04. doi: 10.1111/jrh.70160. PubMed PMID: 42080303.
• Chaton CT, Murner NR, Zamakhaeva S, Rush JS, Kenner CW, Yarawsky AE, Huang L, Azadi P, Herr AB, Korotkova N, Korotkov KV. Enterococcus faecalis autolysin, EpaU, binds the enterococcal polysaccharide antigen via its teichoic acid-like repeats and modulates c-di-AMP signaling. bioRxiv. 2026. Epub 2026/05/04. doi: 10.64898/2026.04.24.720668. PubMed PMID: 42079219; PMCID: PMC13131664.
• Niloy KK, Horn J, Bhuiyan NH, Bhosale SS, Shaaban KA, Prisinzano TE, Thorson JS, Rohr J, Leggas M. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Predict Human Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Mithramycin Analog for Ewing Sarcoma. Res Sq. 2026. Epub 2026/05/04. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9488905/v1. PubMed PMID: 42078887; PMCID: PMC13131901.
• Niloy KK, Horn J, Bhuiyan NH, Bhosale SS, Shaaban KA, Prisinzano TE, Thorson JS, Rohr J, Leggas M. Bridging Tumor Growth Dynamics and Survival in Preclinical Oncology Drug Development - A Translational Tumor Growth Inhibition and Time to Event (TGI-TTE) Modeling Framework. Res Sq. 2026. Epub 2026/05/04. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9400841/v1. PubMed PMID: 42078881; PMCID: PMC13131878.
• Fredericksen RJ, Sibley A, Lancaster KE, Jenkins W, Mixson LS, Whitney BM, Ouellet L, Friedmann PD, Korthuis T, Delaney JAC, Tsui JI, Crane HM, Zule W, Young AM, Seal DW, Stopka TJ. Transitions from first drug use to illicit opioid and injection drug use in a multisite rural U.S. cohort of people who use drugs. Harm Reduct J. 2026. Epub 2026/05/03. doi: 10.1186/s12954-026-01460-8. PubMed PMID: 42069591.