Publications

                                                                              2024

• Balakumar A, Das D, Datta A, Bryak G, Ganesh S, Mishra A, Natea M, Kumar V, Lionakis MS, Arora D, Thimmapuram J and Thangamani S*. Single-Cell Transcriptomics Unveils Skin Cell Specific Antifungal Immune Response and IL-1Ra-IL-1R Immune Evasion Strategies of Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris. PLOS Pathogens (* Corresponding author) 
• Balakumar A, Cox A, Thangamani S*.  Cell aggregation mediated by ACE2 deletion in Candida auris modulates fungal colonization and host immune responses in the skin. mSphere (* Corresponding author) 
• Shivarathri R, Chauhan M, Datta A, Das D, Karuli A, Aptekmann A, Jenull S, Kuchler K, Thangamani S, Chowdhary A, Desai JV, Chauhan N. mBio
• Towns K, Datta A, and Thangamani S*.  Intradermal infection and dissemination of Candida auris in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models. Microbiology Spectrum.  

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• Bryak G, Cox A, Lionakis MS and Thangamani S*.  Yeast and filamentous Candida auris stimulate distinct immune responses in the skin. mSphere (* Corresponding authors) 

                                                                              2023

• Balakumar A, Bernstein D and Thangamani S*. The adhesin SCF1 mediates Candida auris Colonization.     Trends in Microbiology  (*Corresponding author) 
• Carty J, Chowdhary A, Bernstein D* and Thangamani S*. Tools and Techniques to Identify, Study and Control Candida auris Colonization. PLOS Pathogens. (* Corresponding authors) 
• Datta A, Das D, Nett J, Vyas J, Lionakis MS and Thangamani S*. Differential Skin Immune Responses in Mice Intradermally Infected with Candida auris and Candida albicans. Microbiology Spectrum.  (*Corresponding author) 
• Das D, HogenEsch H and Thangamani S*. Intestinal colonization with Candida auris and mucosal immune response in mice treated with cefoperazone oral antibiotic. Frontiers in Immunology  (*Corresponding author) 
• Tharp B, Zheng R, Bryak G, Litvintseva A, Hayden M, Chowdhary A* and Thangamani S*.  Role of Microbiota in the Skin Colonization of Candida auris. mSphere (* Corresponding authors) 

                                                                              2022

• Jaffey JA*, Okwumabua O, Graves TK, Al-Nakkash L, Monasky R, Wilson A, Thangamani S*.  Evaluation of Candida spp. and Other Fungi in Feces from Dogs with Naturally Occurring Diabetes Mellitus. Vet Sci (* Corresponding authors) 
• Abhishek Datta, Juan F Hernandez-Franco, Sungtae Park, Matthew R. Olson, Harm HogenEsch and Shankar Thangamani*. Bile Acid Regulates Mononuclear Phagocytes and T helper 17 cells to Control Candida albicans in the Intestine. Journal of Fungi (* Corresponding author) 
• Hannah Dowdy, Raju Suresh Kumar, Abdulrahman Almansour, Natarajan Arumugam, Shatha IbrahimAlaqeel, Thangamani S*. Discovery of spirooxindole-pyrrolidine heterocyclic hybrids with potent antifungal activity against fungal pathogens. Pathogens and Disease (* Corresponding author)   

                                                                             2021

• Thangamani S*, Ross Monasky,  Jung Keun Lee,  Vijay Antharam,  Harm HogenEsch,  Tony R. Hazbun,  Yan Jin,  Haiwei Gu  and Grace L. Guo. Bile Acid Regulates the Colonization and Dissemination of Candida albicans from the Gastrointestinal Tract by Controlling Host Defense System and Microbiota. Journal of Fungi (* Corresponding author)  
• Mona A El-Kaitlin C Hampton, Alexis Carey, Sarah Kassam, Alyssa Garner, George L Donati, Thangamani S, Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose. A genome-wide screen reveals the involvement of enterobactin-mediated iron acquisition in Escherichia coli survival during copper stress. Metallomics
• Saif Hameed, Sandeep Hans, Shweta Singh, Ruby Dhiman, Ross Monasky, Ramendra Pati Pandey, Thangamani S, and Zeeshan Fatima. Revisiting the Vital Drivers and Mechanisms of β-Glucan Masking in Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans. Pathogens
• Mona A El-Zamkan, Bassma A Hendy, Hassan Mahmoud Diab, Najat Marraiki, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Hani Saber, Waleed Younis, Thangamani S*, Khalid J Alzahrani, Ahmed Shaban Ahmed*. Control of Virulent Listeria monocytogenes Originating from Dairy Products and Cattle Environment Using Marine Algal Extracts, Silver Nanoparticles Thereof, and Quaternary Disinfectants. Infection and Drug Resistance (* Corresponding authors)
•  Saif Hamee, Sandeep Hans, Ross Monasky, Thangamani S*,, Zeeshan Fatima*.  Understanding Human Microbiota Offers Novel and Promising Therapeutic Options against Candida Infections. Pathogens (* Corresponding authors)  

                                                                      2020

• Ross Monasky, Sonia Villa,  Thangamani S*.  An Ex vivo Assay to Study Candida albicans Hyphal Morphogenesis in the Gastrointestinal Tract.  Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) (* Corresponding author) 
• Sonia Villa, Mohammad Hamideh, Anthony Weinstock, Mohammad N Qasim, Tony R Hazbun, Adnane Sellam, Aaron D Hernday,  Thangamani S*. Transcriptional control of hyphal morphogenesis in Candida albicans. FEMS Yeast Research. (* Corresponding author) 
•  Lawson S, Arumugam N*, Abdulrahman I. Almansour, Kumar R ,  Thangamani S*. Dispiropyrrolidine Tethered Piperidone Heterocyclic Hybrids With Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Activity Against Candida Albicans and Cryptococcus Neoformans. Bioorganic Chemistry (* Corresponding authors) 
•  Gutierrez D, Weinstock A, Antharam VC, Gu H, Jasbi P, Shi X, Dirks B, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Maldonado J, Guinan J, Thangamani S*.  Antibiotic-induced gut metabolome and microbiome alterations increase the susceptibility to Candida albicans colonization in the gastrointestinal tract.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology(* Corresponding author)