Publications
Scroll down for a list of Dr. Lakshmi Rajagopal’s selected publications, organized by research area. You can also see a complete list of Rajagopal’s publications on PubMed.
- Vornhagen J, Adams Waldorf KM, Rajagopal L. Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Infections: Virulence Factors, Immunity, and Prevention Strategies. Trends Microbiol 2017 Nov;25(11):919-931. PMID28633864. PMC5650539.
- Harrell MI, Burnside K, Whidbey C, Vornhagen J, Adams Waldorf KM, Rajagopal L. Exploring the Pregnant Guinea Pig as a Model for Group B Streptococcus Intrauterine Infection. J Infect Dis Med JIDM-17-431 2017;2(2). PMID29034376. PMC5635843.
- Gendrin C, Shubin NJ, Boldenow E, Merillat S, Clauson M, Power D, Doran KS, Abrink M, Pejler G, Rajagopal L*, Piliponsky AM. Mast Cell Chymase Decreases the Severity of Group B Streptococcus Infections. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017, Epub 9/12/2017, in press. PMID28916188. PMC5847414. *Co-Corresponding Author
- Gendrin C, Vornhagen J, Armistead B, Singh P, Whidbey C, Merillat S, Knupp D, Parker R, Rogers LM, Quach P, Iyer LM, Aravind L, Manning SD, Aronoff DM, Rajagopal L. A Nonhemolytic Group B Streptococcus Strain Exhibits Hypervirulence. J Infect Dis 2018 Mar 5;217(6):983-987. PMID29244079. PMC5853813.
- Gendrin C, Merillat S, Vornhagen J, Coleman M, Armistead B, Ngo L, Aggarwal A, Quach P, Berrigan J and Rajagopal L. Diminished capsule exacerbates virulence, blood brain barrier penetration, intracellular persistence and antibiotic evasion of hyperhemolytic Group B Streptococcus. J Infect Dis 2018 Jan 2, in press. PMID29301010. PMCID Journal – In Progress.
- Adams Waldorf KM*, Nelson BR, Stencel-Baerenwald JE, Studholme C, Kapur RP, Armistead B, Walker CL, Merillat S, Vornhagen J, Tisoncik-Go J, Baldessari A, Coleman M, Dighe MK, Shaw DWW, Roby JA, Santana-Ufret V, Boldenow E, Li J, Gao X, Davis MA, Swanstrom JA, Jensen K, Widman DG, Baric RS, Medwid JT, Hanley KA, Ogle J, Gough GM, Lee W, English C, Durning WM, Thiel J, Gatenby C, Dewey EC, Fairgrieve MR, Hodge RD, Grant RF, Kuller L, Dobyns WB, Hevner RF, Gale M, Jr. and Rajagopal L*. Congenital Zika virus infection as a silent pathology with loss of neurogenic output in the fetal brain. Nat Med 2018 Mar;24(3):368-374. PMID29400709. PMC5839998. *Co-corresponding authors
- Mitchell T, MacDonald JW, Srinouanpranchanh S, Bammler TK, Merillat S, Boldenow E, Coleman M, Agnew K, Baldessari A, Stencel-Baerenwald JE, Tisoncik-Go J, Green RR, Gale MJ, Jr., Rajagopal L*, Adams Waldorf KM*. Evidence of cardiac involvement in the fetal inflammatory response syndrome: disruption of gene networks programming cardiac development in nonhuman primates. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Feb 21, in press. PMID29475580. PMCID Journal – In Progress. *Co-corresponding authors
- Vornhagen J, Quach P, Santana-Ufret V, Alishetti V, Brokaw A, Armistead B, Qing Tang H, MacDonald JW, Bammler TK, Adams Waldorf KM, Uldbjerg N, Rajagopal L. Human cervical mucus plugs exhibit insufficiencies in antimicrobial activity towards Group B Streptococcus. J Infect Dis, 2018 Feb 7. PMID29425317. PMCID Journal – In Progress.
- Lannon SMR, Adams Waldorf KM, Fiedler T, Kapur RP, Agnew K, Rajagopal L, Gravett MG and Fredricks DN. Parallel detection of lactobacillus and bacterial vaginosis-associated bacterial DNA in the chorioamnion and vagina of pregnant women at term. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 2018 Mar 12:1-9. PMID29478370. PMCID Journal – In Progress.