Publications

Pidwill, G.R., Pyrah, J.F., Sutton, J.A.F. et al. Clonal population expansion of Staphylococcus aureus occurs due to escape from a finite number of intraphagocyte niches. Sci Rep 13, 1188 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27928-2

Lund, V.A., Gangotra, H., Zhao, Z., Sutton, J.A., Wacnik, K., DeMeester, K., Liang, H., Santiago, C., Leimkuhler Grimes, C., Jones, S. and Foster, S.J., 2022. Coupling Novel Probes with Molecular Localization Microscopy Reveals Cell Wall Homeostatic Mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Chemical Biology, 17(12), pp.3298-3305.

Tinajero-Trejo, M., Carnell, O., Kabli, A.F. et al. The Staphylococcus aureus cell division protein, DivIC, interacts with the cell wall and controls its biosynthesis. Commun Biol 5, 1228 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04161-7

Hull, R.C., Wright, R.C., Sayers, J.R., Sutton, J.A., Rzaska, J., Foster, S.J., Brockhurst, M.A. and Condliffe, A.M., 2022. Antibiotics Limit Adaptation of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Hypoxia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66(12), pp.e00926-22.

Wacnik, K., Rao, V.A., Chen, X., Lafage, L., Pazos, M., Booth, S., Vollmer, W., Hobbs, J.K., Lewis, R.J. and Foster, S.J., 2022. Penicillin-Binding Protein 1 (PBP1) of Staphylococcus aureus Has Multiple Essential Functions in Cell Division. Mbio, 13(4), pp.e00669-22.

Bartłomiej Salamaga, Lingyuan Kong, Laia Pasquina-Lemonche, LuciaLafage, Milena von und zur Muhlen, Josie F. Gibson, Danyil Grybchuk, Amy K. Tooke, Viralkumar Panchal, Elizabeth J. Culp, Elizabeth Tatham, Mary E.O’Kane, Thomas E. Catley, Stephen A. Renshaw, Gerard D. Wright, PavelPlevka, Per A. Bullough, Aidong Han, Jamie K. Hobbs, Simon J. Foster. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2021, 118 (44) e2106022118; DOI:10.1073/pnas.2106022118. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/44/e2106022118?s=09

Gibson, J. F., Pidwill, G. R., Carnell, O. T., Surewaard, B. G. J., Shamarina, D., Sutton, J. A. F., Jeffery, C., Derré-Bobillot, A., Archambaud, C., Siggins, M. K., Pollitt, E. J. G., Johnston, S. A., Serror, P., Sriskandan, S., Renshaw, S. A., & Foster, S. J. (2021). Commensal bacteria augment Staphylococcus aureus infection by inactivation of phagocyte-derived reactive oxygen species. PLOS Pathogens, 17(9), e1009880. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PPAT.1009880

Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Lafage L, Gray J, Biboy J, Gibson JF, et al. (2021) Staphylococcus aureus cell wall structure and dynamics during host-pathogen interaction. PLoS Pathog 17(3): e1009468. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. ppat.1009468

Pidwill, G. R., Gibson, J. F., Cole, J., Renshaw, S. A. & Foster, S. J. The Role of Macrophages in Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Front. Immunol. 11, 3506 (2021).

Uhlig F, Grundy L, Garcia-Caraballo S, Brierley SM, Foster SJ & Grundy D (2020) Identification of a quorum sensing-dependent communication pathway mediating bacteria-gut-brain crosstalk. iScience, 101695-101695.

Panchal VV, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Hornby DP, Green J, Hobbs JK, Kelley WL , Zenkin N et al (2020) Evolving MRSA : high-level β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with RNA Polymerase alterations and fine tuning of gene expression. PLoS Pathogens, 16(7).

Gibson JF, Prajsnar TK, Hill CJ, Tooke AK, Serba JJ, Tonge RD, Foster SJ, Grierson AJ, Ingham PW, Renshaw SA & Johnston SA (2020) Neutrophils use selective autophagy receptor Sqstm1/p62 to target Staphylococcus aureus for degradation in vivo in zebrafish. Autophagy. View this article in WRRO

Fenaroli F, Robertson JD, Scarpa E, Gouveia VM, Di Guglielmo C, De Pace C, Elks PM, Poma A, Evangelopoulos D, Canseco JO , Prajsnar TK et al (2020) Polymersomes eradicating intracellular bacteria. ACS Nano.

Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. Nature. View this article in WRRO

Viljoen A, Foster SJ, Fantner GE, Hobbs JK & Dufrêne YF (2020) Scratching the surface : bacterial cell envelopes at the nanoscale. mBio, 11(1). View this article in WRRO

Hajdamowicz NH, Hull RC, Foster SJ & Condliffe AM (2019) The impact of hypoxia on the host-pathogen interaction between neutrophils and staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(22). View this article in WRRO

Smitten KL, Fairbanks SD, Robertson CC, Bernardino de la Serna J, Foster SJ & Thomas JA (2019) Ruthenium based antimicrobial theranostics – using nanoscopy to identify therapeutic targets and resistance mechanisms in staphylococcus aureus. Chemical Science. View this article in WRRO

Morris PER, Renshaw S, Foster SJ, Peden A & Dockrell D (2019) 2601. Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Genetic Factors Associatiated with the Subversion of Macrophage Phagosomal Acidification. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Supplement_2), S904-S904.

Bojer MS, Wacnik K, Kjelgaard P, Gallay C, Bottomley AL, Cohn MT, Lindahl G, Frees D, Veening J, Foster SJ & Ingmer H (2019) SosA inhibits cell division in Staphylococcus aureus in response to DNA damage. Molecular Microbiology, 112(4), 1116-1130.

Buchan KD, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, van Gent M, Kolata J, Foster SJ, Van Strijp JAGAG & Renshaw SA (2019) A transgenic zebrafish line for in vivo visualisation of neutrophil myeloperoxidase. PLoS ONE. View this article in WRRO

Yang D, Ho YX, Cowell LM, Jilani I, Foster SJ & Prince LR (2019) A genome-wide screen identifies factors involved in S. aureus-induced human neutrophil cell death and pathogenesis. Frontiers in Immunology, 10. View this article in WRRO

Buchan KD, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2019) Staphylococcus aureus: setting its sights on the human innate immune system. Microbiology, 165(4), 367-385.

Boldock E, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Na M, Fei Y, Ali A, Williams A, Pollitt EJG, Szkuta P, Morris P , Prajsnar TK et al (2018) Human skin commensals augment Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis. Nature Microbiology, 3(8), 881-890. View this article in WRRO

Pollitt EJG, Szkuta PT, Burns N & Foster SJ (2018) Staphylococcus aureus infection dynamics. PLOS Pathogens, 14(6). View this article in WRRO

Turner RD, Mesnage S, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2018) Molecular imaging of glycan chains couples cell-wall polysaccharide architecture to bacterial cell morphology. Nature Communications, 9(1). View this article in WRRO

Weihs F, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Culley S, Henriques R & Foster SJ (2018) Heterogeneous localisation of membrane proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, 8(1). View this article in WRRO

Lund VA, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Cotterell BE, Walther CG, Fenn SJ, Grein F, Wollman AJM, Leake MC, Olivier N , Cadby A et al (2018) Molecular coordination of staphylococcus aureus cell division. eLife, 7. View this article in WRRO

Prajsnar TK, McVicker G, Williams A, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2018) Use of Larval Zebrafish Model to Study Within-Host Infection Dynamics. Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 147-156.

McVicker G, Prajsnar TK & Foster SJ (2018) Construction and Use of Staphylococcus aureus Strains to Study Within-Host Infection Dynamics. Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 17-27.

Connolly J, Boldock E, Prince LR, Renshaw SA, Whyte MK & Foster SJ (2017) Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Factors Required for Pathogenicity and Growth in Human Blood. Infection and immunity, 85(11). View this article in WRRO

Thompson AAR, Dickinson RS, Murphy F, Thomson JP, Marriott HM, Tavares A, Willson J, Williams L, Lewis A, Mirchandani A , Coelho PDS et al (2017) Hypoxia determines survival outcomes of bacterial infection through HIF-1α-dependent reprogramming of leukocyte metabolism. Science Immunology, 2(8). View this article in WRRO

Bleiziffer I, Eikmeier J, Pohlentz G, McAulay K, Xia G, Hussain M, Peschel A, Foster S, Peters G & Heilmann C (2017) The Plasmin-Sensitive Protein Pls in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Is a Glycoprotein. PLoS Pathogens, 13(1).

Neumann Y, Bruns SA, Rohde M, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Schmitz I (2016) Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus eludes selective autophagy by activating a host cell kinase. Autophagy, 12(11), 2069-2084. View this article in WRRO

Renzoni AM, Kelley WL, Rosato RR, Martinez MP, Roch M, Fatouraei M, Haeusser DP, Margolin W, Fenn S, Turner RD , Foster SJ et al (2016) Molecular bases determining daptomycin resistance-mediated re-sensitization to β-lactams (“see-saw effect”) in MRSA. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. View this article in WRRO

Turner RD, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2016) Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan Architecture. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1440, 3-9.

McCarthy H, Waters EM, Bose JL, Foster S, Bayles KW, O'Neill E, Fey PD & O'Gara JP (2016) The major autolysin is redundant forStaphylococcus aureusUSA300 LAC JE2 virulence in a murine device-related infection model. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(9), fnw087-fnw087.

Czaplewski L, Bax R, Clokie M, Dawson M, Fairhead H, Fischetti VA, Foster S, Gilmore BF, Hancock REW, Harper D , Henderson IR et al (2016) Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 239-251.

Jubrail J, Morris P, Bewley MA, Stoneham S, Johnston SA, Foster SJ, Peden AA, Read RC, Marriott HM & Dockrell DH (2015) Inability to sustain intraphagolysosomal killing of Staphylococcus aureus predisposes to bacterial persistence in macrophages. Cellular Microbiology, 18(1), 80-96. View this article in WRRO

García-Lara J, Weihs F, Ma X, Walker L, Chaudhuri RR, Kasturiarachchi J, Crossley H, Golestanian R & Foster SJ (2015) Supramolecular structure in the membrane of Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(51), 15725-15730.

Wheeler R, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Salamaga B, Mesnage S, Mohamad SAS, Hayhurst EJ, Horsburgh M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2015) Bacterial Cell Enlargement Requires Control of Cell Wall Stiffness Mediated by Peptidoglycan Hydrolases. mBio, 6(4). View this article in WRRO

Rosado H, Turner R, Foster S & Taylor P (2015) Impact of the β-Lactam Resistance Modifier (−)-Epicatechin Gallate on the Non-Random Distribution of Phospholipids across the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(8), 16710-16727. View this article in WRRO

Messad N, Prajsnar TK, Lina G, O’Callaghan D, Foster SJ, Renshaw SA, Skaar EP, Bes M, Dunyach-Remy C, Vandenesch F , Sotto A et al (2015) Existence of a ColonizingStaphylococcus aureusStrain Isolated in Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Diabetes, 64(8), 2991-2995. View this article in WRRO

Viana D, Comos M, McAdam PR, Ward MJ, Selva L, Guinane CM, González-Muñoz BM, Tristan A, Foster SJ, Fitzgerald JR & Penadés JR (2015) A single natural nucleotide mutation alters bacterial pathogen host tropism. Nature Genetics, 47(4), 361-366. View this article in WRRO

Loof TG, Goldmann O, Naudin C, Mörgelin M, Neumann Y, Pils MC, Foster SJ, Medina E & Herwald H (2015) Staphylococcus aureus-induced clotting of plasma is an immune evasion mechanism for persistence within the fibrin network. Microbiology, 161(3), 621-627.

Neumann Y, Ohlsen K, Donat S, Engelmann S, Kusch H, Albrecht D, Cartron M, Hurd A & Foster SJ (2015) The effect of skin fatty acids on Staphylococcus aureus. Archives of Microbiology, 197(2), 245-267. View this article in WRRO

Foster SJ (2015) Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan Architecture and Dynamics. Biophysical Journal, 108(2), 198a-199a.

Bailey RG, Turner RD, Mullin N, Clarke N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2014) The Interplay between Cell Wall Mechanical Properties and the Cell Cycle in Staphylococcus aureus. Biophysical Journal, 107(11), 2538-2545. View this article in WRRO

Bottomley AL, Kabli AF, Hurd AF, Turner RD, Garcia-Lara J & Foster SJ (2014) Staphylococcus aureus DivIB is a peptidoglycan-binding protein that is required for a morphological checkpoint in cell division. Molecular Microbiology, 94(5), 1041-1064. View this article in WRRO

Hepburn L, Prajsnar TK, Klapholz C, Moreno P, Loynes CA, Ogryzko NV, Brown K, Schiebler M, Hegyi K, Antrobus R , Hammond KL et al (2014) A Spaetzle-like role for nerve growth factor in vertebrate immunity to Staphylococcus aureus. Science, 346(6209), 641-646. View this article in WRRO

Mesnage S, Dellarole M, Baxter NJ, Rouget J-B, Dimitrov JD, Wang N, Fujimoto Y, Hounslow AM, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Fukase K , Foster SJ et al (2014) Molecular basis for bacterial peptidoglycan recognition by LysM domains.. Nat Commun, 5, 4269. View this article in WRRO

Paulin S, Jamshad M, Dafforn TR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Galley NF, Roper DI, Rosado H & Taylor PW (2014) Surfactant-free purification of membrane protein complexes from bacteria: Application to the staphylococcal penicillin-binding protein complex PBP2/PBP2a. Nanotechnology, 25(28).

Cartron ML, England SR, Chiriac AI, Josten M, Turner R, Rauter Y, Hurd A, Sahl H-G, Jones S & Foster SJ (2014) Bactericidal activity of the human skin fatty acid cis-6-hexadecanoic acid on Staphylococcus aureus.. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 58(7), 3599-3609. View this article in WRRO

Reichmann NT, Piçarra Cassona C, Monteiro JM, Bottomley AL, Corrigan RM, Foster SJ, Pinho MG & Gründling A (2014) Differential localization of LTA synthesis proteins and their interaction with the cell division machinery in Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Microbiology, 92(2), 273-286. View this article in WRRO

Turner RD, Vollmer W & Foster SJ (2014) Different walls for rods and balls: the diversity of peptidoglycan.. Mol Microbiol, 91(5), 862-874. View this article in WRRO

McVicker G, Prajsnar TK, Williams A, Wagner NL, Boots M, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2014) Clonal expansion during Staphylococcus aureus infection dynamics reveals the effect of antibiotic intervention.. PLoS Pathog, 10(2), e1003959. View this article in WRRO

Reichmann NT, Cassona CP, Monteiro JM, Bottomley AL, Corrigan RM, Foster SJ, Pinho MG & Gruendling A (2014) Differential localization of LTA synthesis proteins and their interaction with the cell division machinery in Staphylococcus aureus. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 41(1), 273-286.

Prajsnar TK, Renshaw SA, Ogryzko NV, Foster SJ, Serror P & Mesnage S (2013) Zebrafish as a novel vertebrate model to dissect enterococcal pathogenesis.. Infect Immun, 81(11), 4271-4279. View this article in WRRO

Turner RD, Hurd AF, Cadby A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2013) Cell wall elongation mode in Gram-negative bacteria is determined by peptidoglycan architecture.. Nat Commun, 4, 1496. View this article in WRRO

Mesnage SA & Foster SJ (2013) N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase, 1, 1401-1407.

Schindler D, Gutierrez MG, Beineke A, Rauter Y, Rohde M, Foster S, Goldmann O & Medina E (2012) Dendritic Cells Are Central Coordinators of the Host Immune Response to Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. The American Journal of Pathology, 181(4), 1327-1337.

Benachour A, Ladjouzi R, Le Jeune A, Hébert L, Thorpe S, Courtin P, Chapot-Chartier M-P, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Mesnage S (2012) The lysozyme-induced peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase PgdA (EF1843) is required for Enterococcus faecalis virulence.. J Bacteriol, 194(22), 6066-6073.

Prajsnar TK, Hamilton R, Garcia-Lara J, McVicker G, Williams A, Boots M, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2012) A privileged intraphagocyte niche is responsible for disseminated infection of Staphylococcus aureus in a zebrafish model.. Cell Microbiol, 14(10), 1600-1619. View this article in WRRO

Stapleton MR, Wright L, Clarke SR, Moseby H, Tarkowski A, Vendrengh M & Foster SJ (2012) Identification of conserved antigens from staphylococcal and streptococcal pathogens.. J Med Microbiol, 61(Pt 6), 766-779.

Hurd AF, Garcia-Lara J, Rauter Y, Cartron M, Mohamed R & Foster SJ (2012) The iron-regulated surface proteins IsdA, IsdB, and IsdH are not required for heme iron utilization in Staphylococcus aureus.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 329(1), 93-100.

Prince LR, Graham KJ, Connolly J, Anwar S, Ridley R, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MKB (2012) Staphylococcus aureus induces eosinophil cell death mediated by α-hemolysin.. PLoS One, 7(2), e31506. View this article in WRRO

Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria.. Mol Microbiol, 82(5), 1096-1109.

Steele VR, Bottomley AL, Garcia-Lara J, Kasturiarachchi J & Foster SJ (2011) Multiple essential roles for EzrA in cell division of Staphylococcus aureus.. Mol Microbiol, 80(2), 542-555.

Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria. Molecular Microbiology, 82(5), 1096-1109.

Liew ATF, Theis T, Jensen SO, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Firth N, Lewis PJ & Harry EJ (2011) A simple plasmid-based system that allows rapid generation of tightly controlled gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology, 157(Pt 3), 666-676.

Chaibenjawong P & Foster SJ (2011) Desiccation tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus.. Arch Microbiol, 193(2), 125-135.

Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus.. Nat Commun, 1, 26.

Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications, 1(3).

von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Konrad S, Foster S, Gessner JE & Medina E (2010) Protective Role of Complement C5a in an Experimental Model of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Journal of Innate Immunity, 2(1), 87-92.

Cooper EL, García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) YsxC, an essential protein in Staphylococcus aureus crucial for ribosome assembly/stability.. BMC Microbiol, 9, 266. View this article in WRRO

Gill MR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Smythe C, Battaglia G & Thomas JA (2009) A ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex for direct imaging of DNA structure in living cells. NAT CHEM, 1(8), 662-667.

García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) Anti-Staphylococcus aureus immunotherapy: current status and prospects.. Curr Opin Pharmacol, 9(5), 552-557.

Reikeras O, Sun JB, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Bastian D & Aasen AO (2009) Immunmodulation of Serum in Orthopedic Trauma. J TRAUMA, 67(3), 624-627.

Zhao B, Howard-Knight JP, Humphris ADL, Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) Large scan area high-speed atomic force microscopy using a resonant scanner.. Rev Sci Instrum, 80(9), 093707.

Anwar S, Prince LR, Foster SJ, Whyte MKB & Sabroe I (2009) The rise and rise of Staphylococcus aureus: laughing in the face of granulocytes.. Clin Exp Immunol, 157(2), 216-224.

Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Hayhurst EJ, Walker MG, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) Immobilizing live bacteria for AFM imaging of cellular processes.. Ultramicroscopy, 109(7), 775-780.

Clarke SR, Andre G, Walsh EJ, Dufrêne YF, Foster TJ & Foster SJ (2009) Iron-regulated surface determinant protein A mediates adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to human corneocyte envelope proteins.. Infect Immun, 77(6), 2408-2416.

Chaudhuri RR, Allen AG, Owen PJ, Shalom G, Stone K, Harrison M, Burgis TA, Lockyer M, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ , Pleasance SJ et al (2009) Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH).. BMC Genomics, 10, 291. View this article in WRRO

von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Rohde M, Oehmcke S, Miller LS, Cheung AL, Herwald H, Foster S & Medina E (2008) Immunological Mechanisms Underlying the Genetic Predisposition to Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infection in the Mouse Model. The American Journal of Pathology, 173(6), 1657-1668.

Dehlin M, Bokarewa M, Rottapel R, Foster SJ, Magnusson M, Dahlberg LE & Tarkowski A (2008) Intra-Articular Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Expression Is a Driving Force in Induction and Progression of Arthritis. PLOS ONE, 3(11). View this article in WRRO

Prajsnar TK, Cunliffe VT, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2008) A novel vertebrate model of Staphylococcus aureus infection reveals phagocyte-dependent resistance of zebrafish to non-host specialized pathogens.. Cell Microbiol, 10(11), 2312-2325.

Hayhurst EJ, Kailas L, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2008) Cell wall peptidoglycan architecture in Bacillus subtilis.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(38), 14603-14608.

Reikeras O, Sun J, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2008) Differences in LPS and PepG Induced Release of Inflammatory Cytokines in Orthopedic Trauma. J INVEST SURG, 21(5), 255-260.

Myhre AE, Agren J, Dahle MK, Tamburstuen MV, Lyngstadaas SP, Collins JL, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2008) Liver X receptor is a key regulator of cytokine release in human monocytes. SHOCK, 29(4), 468-474.

Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2008) IsdA protects Staphylococcus aureus against the bactericidal protease activity of apolactoferrin.. Infect Immun, 76(4), 1518-1526.

Vollmer W, Joris B, Charlier P & Foster S (2008) Bacterial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32(2), 259-286.

Foster S (2008) S. aureus: A 'superbug'. Microbiology Today, 35(1), 18-21.

Koch A, Boehm O, Zacharowski PA, Loer SA, Weimann J, Rensing H, Foster SJ, Schmidt R, Berkels R, Reingruber S & Zacharowski K (2007) Inducible nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase-1 in the lung during lipopolysaccharide tolerance and cross tolerance. CRIT CARE MED, 35(12), 2775-2784.

Kirdis E, Jonsson IM, Kubica M, Potempa J, Josefsson E, Masalha M, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) Ribonucleotide reductase class III, an essential enzyme for the anaerobic growth of Staphylococcus aureus, is a virulence determinant in septic arthritis. MICROB PATHOGENESIS, 43(5-6), 179-188.

Stapleton MR, Horsburgh MJ, Hayhurst EJ, Wright L, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) Characterization of IsaA and SceD, two putative lytic transglycosylases of Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 189(20), 7316-7325.

Adlesic M, Verdrengh M, Bokarewa M, Dahlberg L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) Histamine in rheumatoid arthritis. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 65(6), 530-537.

Clarke SR, Mohamed R, Bian L, Routh AF, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ, Tarkowski A & Foster SJ (2007) The Staphylococcus aureus surface protein IsdA mediates resistance to innate defenses of human skin.. Cell Host Microbe, 1(3), 199-212.

Hadley JS, Wang JE, Michaels LC, Dempsey CM, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2007) Alterations in inflammatory capacity and TLR expression on monocytes and neutrophils after cardiopulmonary bypass. SHOCK, 27(5), 466-473.

Tiyawisutsri R, Holden MTG, Tumapa S, Rengpipat S, Clarke SR, Foster SJ, Nierman WC, Day NPJ & Peacock SJ (2007) Burkholderia Hep_Hap autotransporter (BuHA) proteins elicit a strong antibody response during experimental glanders but not human melioidosis. BMC MICROBIOL, 7. View this article in WRRO

Reilkeras O, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Utvag SE (2007) Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan impairs fracture healing: An experimental study in rats. J ORTHOP RES, 25(2), 262-266.

Cosgrove K, Coutts G, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) Catalase (KatA) and alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) have compensatory roles in peroxide stress resistance and are required for survival, persistence, and nasal colonization in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 189(3), 1025-1035.

Ruud TE, Gundersen Y, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Aasen AO (2007) Activation of cytokine synthesis by systemic infusions of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan in a porcine model in vivo and in vitro. Surgical Infections, 8(5), 495-503.

Shaw LN, Aish J, Davenport JE, Brown MC, Lithgow JK, Simmonite K, Crossley H, Travis J, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2006) Investigations into sigma(B)-modulated regulatory pathways governing extracellular virulence determinant production in Staphylococcus aureus. J BACTERIOL, 188(17), 6070-6080.

Pourmand MR, Clarke SR, Schuman RF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2006) Identification of antigenic components of Staphylococcus epidermidis expressed during human infection.. Infect Immun, 74(8), 4644-4654.

Agren J, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) Cytokine responses to CpG DNA in human leukocytes. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 64(1), 61-68.

Murch O, Collin M, Sepodes B, Foster SJ, Mota-Filipe H & Thiemermann C (2006) Lysophosphatidylcholine reduces the organ injury and dysfunction in rodent models of Gram-negative and Gram-positive shock. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 148(6), 769-777.

Myhre AE, Lyngstadaas SP, Dahle MK, Stuestol JF, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Lilleaasen P, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) Anti-inflammatory properties of enamel matrix derivative in human blood. J PERIODONTAL RES, 41(3), 208-213.

Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Murch O, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2006) Insulin reduces the multiple organ injury and dysfunction caused by coadministration of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan independently of blood glucose: Role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta inhibition. CRIT CARE MED, 34(5), 1489-1496.

Clarke SR, Brummell KJ, Horsburgh MJ, McDowell PW, Mohamad SAS, Stapleton MR, Acevedo J, Read RC, Day NPJ, Peacock SJ , Mond JJ et al (2006) Identification of in vivo-expressed antigens of Staphylococcus aureus and their use in vaccinations for protection against nasal carriage.. J Infect Dis, 193(8), 1098-1108.

Wang YY, Dahle MK, Agren J, Myhre AE, Reinholt FP, Foster SJ, Collins JL, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2006) Activation of the liver X receptor protects against hepatic injury in endotoxemia by suppressing Kupffer cell activation. SHOCK, 25(2), 141-146.

Masumoto J, Yang K, Varambally S, Hasegawa M, Tomlins SA, Qiu S, Fujimoto Y, Kawasaki A, Foster SJ, Horie Y , Mak TW et al (2006) Nod1 acts as an intracellular receptor to stimulate chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment in vivo. J EXP MED, 203(1), 203-213. View this article in WRRO

Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2006) Surface adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus.. Adv Microb Physiol, 51, 187-224.

Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2005) Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus upregulates monocyte expression of CD14, toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and TLR4 in human blood: Possible implications for priming of lipopolysaccharide signaling. INFECT IMMUN, 73(11), 7613-7619.

Psylinakis E, Boneca IG, Mavromatis K, Deli A, Hayhurst E, Foster SJ, Varum KM & Bouriotis V (2005) Peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylases from Bacillus cereus, highly conserved proteins in Bacillus anthracis. J BIOL CHEM, 280(35), 30856-30863.

Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Patel NSA, Bauer I, Mervaala EMA, Louhelainen M, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2005) GSK-3 beta inhibitors attenuate the organ injury/dysfunction caused by endotoxemia in the rat. CRIT CARE MED, 33(9), 1903-1912.

Wang YY, Myhre AE, Pettersen SJ, Dahle MK, Foster SJ, Thlemermann C, Bjornland K, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2005) Peptidoglycan of Staphyloccus aureus induces enhanced levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in human blood originating from neutrophils. SHOCK, 24(3), 214-218.

Steen A, Buist G, Horsburgh GJ, Venema G, Kuipers OP, Foster SJ & Kok J (2005) AcmA of Lactococcus lactis is an N-acetylglucosaminidase with an optimal number of LysM domains for proper functioning.. FEBS J, 272(11), 2854-2868.

García-Lara J, Masalha M & Foster SJ (2005) Staphylococcus aureus: the search for novel targets.. Drug Discov Today, 10(9), 643-651.

Shaw LN, Golonka E, Szmyd G, Foster SJ, Travis J & Potempa J (2005) Cytoplasmic control of premature activation of a secreted protease zymogen: Deletion of staphostatin B (SspC) in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 yields a profound pleiotropic phenotype. J BACTERIOL, 187(5), 1751-1762.

García-Lara J, Needham AJ & Foster SJ (2005) Invertebrates as animal models for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: a window into host-pathogen interaction.. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 43(3), 311-323.

Wang JE, Agren J, Aasen AO, Foster S & Thiemermann C (2004) SYNTHETIC CPG- AND GPC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES ENHANCE THE TNF? RELEASE INDUCED BY PEPTIDOGLYCAN BUT NOT BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE. Critical Care Medicine, 32(Supplement), A18-A18.

Jonsson I-M, Arvidson S, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2004) Sigma Factor B and RsbU Are Required for Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Arthritis and Sepsis. Infection and Immunity, 72(10), 6106-6111.

Wang JE, Pettersen S, Stuestol JF, Wang YY, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Bjorland K (2004) Peptidoglycan of S-aureus causes increased levels of matrix metalloproteinases in the rat. SHOCK, 22(4), 376-379.

Needham AJ, Kibart M, Crossley H, Ingham PW & Foster SJ (2004) Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for Staphylococcus aureus infection.. Microbiology, 150(Pt 7), 2347-2355.

FOSTER S & CAMILLI A (2004) TechniquesThe age of enlightenment? Developing technologies in the post-genomic era. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7(3), 274-276.

Huard C, Miranda G, Redko Y, Wessner F, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2004) Analysis of the peptidoglycan hydrolase complement of Lactococcus lactis: Identification of a third N-acetylglucosaminidase, AcmC. APPL ENVIRON MICROB, 70(6), 3493-3499.

Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Artymiuk PJ, García-Lara J, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) Analysis of the open and closed conformations of the GTP-binding protein YsxC from Bacillus subtilis.. J Mol Biol, 339(2), 265-278.

Horsburgh MJ, Wiltshire MD, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) PheP, a putative amino acid permease of Staphylococcus aureus, contributes to survival in vivo and during starvation.. Infect Immun, 72(5), 3073-3076.

Myhre AE, Stuestol JF, Dahle MK, Overland G, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Lilleaasen P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2004) Organ injury and cytokine release caused by peptidoglycan are dependent on the structural integrity of the glycan chain. INFECT IMMUN, 72(3), 1311-1317.

Lithgow JK, Hayhurst EJ, Cohen G, Aharonowitz Y & Foster SJ (2004) Role of a cysteine synthase in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 186(6), 1579-1590.

Clarke SR, Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2004) IsdA of Staphylococcus aureus is a broad spectrum, iron-regulated adhesin.. Mol Microbiol, 51(5), 1509-1519.

Calander AM, Jonsson IM, Kanth A, Arvidsson S, Shaw L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2004) Impact of staphylococcal protease expression on the outcome of infectious arthritis. MICROBES INFECT, 6(2), 202-206.

Wang JE, Dahle MK, Yndestad A, Bauer I, McDonald MC, Aukrust P, Foster SJ, Bauer M, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2004) Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus causes inflammation and organ injury in the rat. CRIT CARE MED, 32(2), 546-552.

Lithgow JK, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) Role of the hprT-ftsH locus in Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology, 150(Pt 2), 373-381.

Deutsch S-M, Guezenec S, Piot M, Foster S & Lortal S (2004) Mur-LH, the Broad-Spectrum Endolysin of Lactobacillus helveticus Temperate Bacteriophage φ-0303. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(1), 96-103.

Shaw L, Golonka E, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2004) The role and regulation of the extracellular proteases of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology, 150(Pt 1), 217-228.

Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a putative GTP-binding protein, YsxC, from Bacillus subtilis.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 60(Pt 1), 166-168.

Wang JE, Dahle MK, McDonald M, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2003) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid in gram-positive bacterial sepsis: Receptors, signal transduction, biological effects, and synergism. SHOCK, 20(5), 402-414.

Karavolos MH, Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2003) Role and regulation of the superoxide dismutases of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology, 149(Pt 10), 2749-2758.

Gjertsson I, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2003) Polarization of cytokine responses in B- and T-lymphocytes during Staphylococcus aureus infection. Microbial Pathogenesis, 35(3), 119-124.

Chamaillard M, Hashimoto M, Horie Y, Masumoto J, Qiu S, Saab L, Ogura Y, Kawasaki A, Fukase K, Kusumoto S , Valvano MA et al (2003) An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid. NAT IMMUNOL, 4(7), 702-707.

Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A & Foster SJ (2003) Characterization of LytH, a differentiation-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase of Bacillus subtilis involved in endospore cortex maturation.. J Bacteriol, 185(13), 3813-3820.

Sabroe I, Prince LR, Jones EC, Horsburgh MJ, Foster SJ, Vogel SN, Dower SK & Whyte MKB (2003) Selective roles for Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and TLR4 in the regulation of neutrophil activation and life span.. J Immunol, 170(10), 5268-5275.

Kobayashi K, Ehrlich SD, Albertini A, Amati G, Andersen KK, Arnaud M, Asai K, Ashikaga S, Aymerich S, Bessieres P , Boland F et al (2003) Essential Bacillus subtilis genes. P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 100(8), 4678-4683.

Huard C, Miranda G, Wessner FO, Bolotin A, Hansen J, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2003) Characterization of AcmB, an N-acetylglucosaminidase autolysin from Lactococcus lactis. MICROBIOL-SGM, 149, 695-705.

Inohara N, Ogura Y, Fontalba A, Gutierrez O, Pons F, Crespo J, Fukase K, Inamura S, Kusumoto S, Hashimoto M , Foster SJ et al (2003) Host recognition of bacterial muramyl dipeptide mediated through NOD2. J BIOL CHEM, 278(8), 5509-5512.

Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (2003) LytG of Bacillus subtilis is a novel peptidoglycan hydrolase: the major active glucosaminidase.. Biochemistry, 42(2), 257-264.

Øverland G, Morath S, Yndestad A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Smedsrød B, Mathisen Ø, Aukrust P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2003) Lipoteichoic acid is a potent inducer of cytokine production in rat and human Kupffer cells in vitro. Surgical Infections, 4(2), 181-191.

Bonen DK, Ogura Y, Nicolae DL, Inohara N, Saab L, Tanabe T, Chen FF, Foster SJ, Duerr RH, Brant SR , Cho JH et al (2003) Crohn's disease-associated NOD2 variants share a signaling defect in response to lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 124(1), 140-146.

Mehanni MM, Turnbull AP, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Foster S & Rice DW (2002) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of theytxMgene product fromBacillus subtilis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 58(12), 2138-2140.

Clarke SR, Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2002) Analysis of Ebh, a 1.1-megadalton cell wall-associated fibronectin-binding protein of Staphylococcus aureus.. Infect Immun, 70(12), 6680-6687.

Fukushima T, Yamamoto H, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Sekiguchi J (2002) A polysaccharide deacetylase gene (pdaA) is required for germination and for production of muramic delta-lactam residues in the spore cortex of Bacillus subtilis. J BACTERIOL, 184(21), 6007-6015.

Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Karavolos M & Foster SJ (2002) Manganese: elemental defence for a life with oxygen.. Trends Microbiol, 10(11), 496-501.

Horsburgh MJ, Aish JL, White IJ, Shaw L, Lithgow JK & Foster SJ (2002) sigmaB modulates virulence determinant expression and stress resistance: characterization of a functional rsbU strain derived from Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. J Bacteriol, 184(19), 5457-5467.

Chirakkal H, O'Rourke M, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Moir A (2002) Analysis of spore cortex lytic enzymes and related proteins in Bacillus subtilis endospore germination.. Microbiology, 148(Pt 8), 2383-2392.

Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Cox AG, Ingham E, Peacock S & Foster SJ (2002) MntR modulates expression of the PerR regulon and superoxide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus through control of manganese uptake.. Mol Microbiol, 44(5), 1269-1286.

Ellingsen E, Morath S, Flo T, Schromm A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Espevik T, Golenbock D, Foster D, Solberg R , Aasen A et al (2002) Induction of cytokine production in human T cells and monocytes by highly purified lipoteichoic acid: involvement of Toll-like receptors and CD14.. Med Sci Monit, 8(5), BR149-BR156.

Harris LG, Foster SJ, Richards RG, Lambert P, Stickler D & Eley A (2002) An introduction to Staphylococcus aureus, and techniques for identifyingand quantifying S. aureus adhesins in relation to adhesion to biomaterials:Review. European Cells and Materials, 4, 39-60.

Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) In vivo roles of the germination-specific lytic enzymes of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microbiology, 147(Pt 11), 2925-2932.

Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Hartley A, Foster SJ, Horsburgh MJ, Cox AG, McCleod CW, Mekhalfia A, Blackburn GM , Rice DW et al (2001) The 1.2 A structure of a novel quorum-sensing protein, Bacillus subtilis LuxS.. J Mol Biol, 313(1), 111-122.

Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Ellingsen A, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2001) Peptidoglycan primes for LPS-induced release of proinflammatory cytokines in whole human blood. SHOCK, 16(3), 178-182.

Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster S, Hartley A, Horsburgh MJ & Rice DW (2001) Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis ofBacillus subtilisLuxS. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 57(9), 1324-1325.

Zacharowski K, Berkels R, Olbrich A, Chatterjee PK, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2001) The selective guanylate cyclase inhibitor ODQ reduces multiple organ injury in rodent models of Gram-positive and Gram-negative shock. CRIT CARE MED, 29(8), 1599-1608.

Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2001) Identification and analysis of Staphylococcus aureus components expressed by a model system of growth in serum.. Infect Immun, 69(8), 5198-5202.

Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) Analysis of the role of bacterial endospore cortex structure in resistance properties and demonstration of its conservation amongst species.. J Appl Microbiol, 91(2), 364-372.

Herbert KC & Foster SJ (2001) Starvation survival in Listeria monocytogenes: characterization of the response and the role of known and novel components.. Microbiology, 147(Pt 8), 2275-2284.

Pratten J, Foster SJ, Chan PF, Wilson M & Nair SP (2001) Staphylococcus aureus accessory regulators: expression within biofilms and effect on adhesion. MICROBES INFECT, 3(8), 633-637.

Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2001) Aminoethyl-isothiourea inhibits leukocyte production of reactive oxygen species and proinflammatory cytokines induced by streptococcal cell wall coiviponents in hunian whole blood. SHOCK, 15(6), 455-460.

Horsburgh MJ, Clements MO, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) PerR controls oxidative stress resistance and iron storage proteins and is required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.. Infect Immun, 69(6), 3744-3754.

Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Solberg R & Aasen AO (2001) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid modify monocyte phenotype in human whole blood. CLIN DIAGN LAB IMMUN, 8(3), 515-521.

Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (2001) zur: a Zn(2+)-responsive regulatory element of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology, 147(Pt 5), 1259-1266.

Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Solberg R, Okkenhaug C, Scholz T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2001) Sirolimus interferes with the innate response to bacterial products in human whole blood by attenuation of IL-10 production. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 53(2), 184-191.

Bacher G, Korner R, Atrih A, Foster SJ, Roepstorff P & Allmaier G (2001) Negative and positive ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and positive ion nano-electrospray ionization quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry of peptidoglycan fragments isolated from various Bacillus species. J MASS SPECTROM, 36(2), 124-139.

Wray GM, Foster SJ, Hinds CJ & Thiemermann C (2001) A cell wall component from pathogenic and non-pathogenic gram-positive bacteria (peptidoglycan) synergises with endotoxin to cause the release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, nitric oxide production, shock, and multiple organ injury/dysfunction in the rat. SHOCK, 15(2), 135-142.

Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2001) Staphylococcus aureus surface protein topography. European Cells and Materials, 1(SUPPL. 2), 38-39.

Liu Z-Q, Deng G-M, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2001) . Arthritis Research, 3(6), 375-375. View this article in WRRO

Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) In Staphylococcus aureus, fur is an interactive regulator with PerR, contributes to virulence, and Is necessary for oxidative stress resistance through positive regulation of catalase and iron homeostasis.. J Bacteriol, 183(2), 468-475.

Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid, components of the streptococcal cell wall, have marked and differential effects on adhesion molecule expression and the production of reactive oxygen species in human whole blood leukocytes. SCAND J CLIN LAB INV, 60(4), 311-321.

Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus induce tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and IL-10 production in both T cells and monocytes in a human whole blood model. INFECT IMMUN, 68(7), 3965-3970.

Zacharowski K, Olbrich A, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2000) Membrane-permeable radical scavenger, tempol, reduces multiple organ injury in a rodent model of Gram-positive shock. CRIT CARE MED, 28(6), 1953-1961.

Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (2000) Autolysins of Bacillus subtilis: multiple enzymes with multiple functions.. Microbiology, 146 ( Pt 2), 249-262.

Foster S (2000) Response from Foster. Trends in Microbiology, 8(1), 11-12.

Boland FM, Atrih A, Chirakkal H, Foster SJ & Moir A (2000) Complete spore-cortex hydrolysis during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 requires SleB and YpeB.. Microbiology, 146 ( Pt 1), 57-64.

Clements MO & Foster SJ (1999) Stress resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. TRENDS MICROBIOL, 7(11), 458-462.

Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (1999) Interactive regulatory pathways control virulence determinant production and stability in response to environmental conditions in Staphylococcus aureus.. Mol Gen Genet, 262(2), 323-331.

Clements MO, Watson SP & Foster SJ (1999) Characterization of the major superoxide dismutase of Staphylococcus aureus and its role in starvation survival, stress resistance, and pathogenicity.. J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3898-3903.

Atrih A, Bacher G, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1999) Analysis of peptidoglycan structure from vegetative cells of Bacillus subtilis 168 and role of PBP 5 in peptidoglycan maturation.. J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3956-3966.

Atrih A, Bacher G, Körner R, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1999) Structural analysis of Bacillus megaterium KM spore peptidoglycan and its dynamics during germination.. Microbiology, 145 ( Pt 5), 1033-1041.

Atrih A & Foster SJ (1999) The role of peptidoglycan structure and structural dynamics during endospore dormancy and germination.. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 75(4), 299-307.

Paget MSB, Chamberlin L, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Buttner MJ (1999) Evidence that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor sigma(E) is required for normal cell wall structure in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). J BACTERIOL, 181(1), 204-211.

Clements MO, Watson SP, Poole RK & Foster SJ (1999) CtaA of Staphylococcus aureus is required for starvation survival, recovery, and cytochrome biosynthesis.. J Bacteriol, 181(2), 501-507.

Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) The Staphylococcus aureus alternative sigma factor sigmaB controls the environmental stress response but not starvation survival or pathogenicity in a mouse abscess model.. J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6082-6089.

Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) Role of SarA in virulence determinant production and environmental signal transduction in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6232-6241.

Watson SP, Antonio M & Foster SJ (1998) Isolation and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus starvation-induced, stationary-phase mutants defective in survival or recovery.. Microbiology, 144 ( Pt 11), 3159-3169.

Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) The role of environmental factors in the regulation of virulence-determinant expression in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. Microbiology, 144 ( Pt 9), 2469-2479.

Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1998) Peptidoglycan structural dynamics during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 endospores.. J Bacteriol, 180(17), 4603-4612.

Kengatharan KM, De Kimpe S, Robson C, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1998) Mechanism of gram-positive shock: Identification of peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid moieties essential in the induction of nitric oxide synthase, shock, and multiple organ failure. J EXP MED, 188(2), 305-315. View this article in WRRO

Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) Starvation recovery of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. Microbiology, 144 ( Pt 7), 1755-1763.

McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. Microbiology, 144 ( Pt 5), 1359-1367.

Watson SP, Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) Characterization of the starvation-survival response of Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 180(7), 1750-1758.

Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) The Staphylococcus aureus Alternative Sigma Factor ςB Controls the Environmental Stress Response but Not Starvation Survival or Pathogenicity in a Mouse Abscess Model. Journal of Bacteriology, 180(23), 6082-6089.

McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. Microbiology (Reading, England), 144.

Blackman SA, Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1998) The role of autolysins during vegetative growth of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microbiology, 144 ( Pt 1), 73-82.

Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1997) Autolysins during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis 168. FEMS MICROBIOL LETT, 157(1), 141-147.

McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1997) Characterisation of the peptidoglycan hydrolases of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 152(1), 149-154.

Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1997) Purified Staphylococcus aureus lipoteichoic acid induces nitric oxide synthase activity in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 120, P335-P335.

Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1996) Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis 168 endospore peptidoglycan and its role during differentiation.. J Bacteriol, 178(21), 6173-6183.

Robson CL, Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from various Gram-positive bacteria either alone or in combination with a fragment of peptidoglycan induce nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P243-P243.

Kengatharan M, Robson CL, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from S-aureus, but not from B-subtilis, synergises with B-subtilis peptidoglycan to cause hyporeactivity to noradrenaline and organ injury in rats. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P18-P18.

Kengatharan M, DeKimpe SJ, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Importance of lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan in the induction of nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages by gram-positive organisms. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P62-P62.

Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (1996) Peptidoglycan hydrolases of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microb Drug Resist, 2(1), 113-118.

Foster SJ (1995) Molecular characterization and functional analysis of the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus 8325/4.. J Bacteriol, 177(19), 5723-5725.

Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1995) Characterization of the involvement of two compensatory autolysins in mother cell lysis during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis 168.. J Bacteriol, 177(13), 3855-3862.

Foster SJ (1994) The role and regulation of cell wall structural dynamics during differentiation of endospore-forming bacteria.. Soc Appl Bacteriol Symp Ser, 23, 25S-39S.

Foster SJ (1993) Analysis of Bacillus subtilis 168 prophage-associated lytic enzymes; identification and characterization of CWLA-related prophage proteins.. J Gen Microbiol, 139(12), 3177-3184.

Foster SJ (1993) Purification and characterization of an 'actomyosin' complex from Escherichia coli W3110.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 110(3), 295-298.

Foster SJ (1993) Molecular analysis of three major wall-associated proteins of Bacillus subtilis 168: evidence for processing of the product of a gene encoding a 258 kDa precursor two-domain ligand-binding protein.. Mol Microbiol, 8(2), 299-310.

Foster SJ (1992) Analysis of the autolysins of Bacillus subtilis 168 during vegetative growth and differentiation by using renaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.. J Bacteriol, 174(2), 464-470.

Foster SJ (1991) Cloning, expression, sequence analysis and biochemical characterization of an autolytic amidase of Bacillus subtilis 168 trpC2.. J Gen Microbiol, 137(8), 1987-1998.

Bottomley AL, Liew ATF, Kusuma KD, Peterson E, Seidel L, Foster SJ & Harry EJ () Coordination of Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. View this article in WRRO

Wollman AJM, Miller H, Foster S & Leake MC () An automated image analysis framework for segmentation and division plane detection of single liveStaphylococcus aureuscells which can operate at millisecond sampling time scales using bespoke Slimfield microscopy. Physical Biology, 13(5), 055002-055002.

Schroeder K, Jularic M, Horsburgh SM, Hirschhausen N, Neumann C, Bertling A, Schulte A, Foster S, Kehrel BE, Peters G & Heilmann C () Molecular Characterization of a Novel Staphylococcus Aureus Surface Protein (SasC) Involved in Cell Aggregation and Biofilm Accumulation. PLoS ONE, 4(10), e7567-e7567.