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Tomas Maira-Litran, PH.D.

TitleAssistant Professor of Medicine
InstitutionBrigham and Women's Hospital
DepartmentMedicine
AddressBrigham & Women's
MCP Bldg
181 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/525-0732
Fax617/525-2510

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  1. Maira-Litrán T, Bentancor LV, Bozkurt-Guzel C, O'Malley JM, Cywes-Bentley C, Pier GB. Synthesis and evaluation of a conjugate vaccine composed of Staphylococcus aureus poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine and clumping factor A. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e43813.
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  2. Bentancor LV, Routray A, Bozkurt-Guzel C, Camacho-Peiro A, Pier GB, Maira-Litrán T. Evaluation of the trimeric autotransporter Ata as a vaccine candidate against Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Infect Immun. 2012 Oct; 80(10):3381-8.
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  3. Bentancor LV, Camacho-Peiro A, Bozkurt-Guzel C, Pier GB, Maira-Litrán T. Identification of Ata, a multifunctional trimeric autotransporter of Acinetobacter baumannii. J Bacteriol. 2012 Aug; 194(15):3950-60.
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  4. Skurnik D, Davis MR, Benedetti D, Moravec KL, Cywes-Bentley C, Roux D, Traficante DC, Walsh RL, Maira-Litràn T, Cassidy SK, Hermos CR, Martin TR, Thakkallapalli EL, Vargas SO, McAdam AJ, Lieberman TD, Kishony R, Lipuma JJ, Pier GB, Goldberg JB, Priebe GP. Targeting pan-resistant bacteria with antibodies to a broadly conserved surface polysaccharide expressed during infection. J Infect Dis. 2012 Jun; 205(11):1709-18.
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  5. Bentancor LV, O'Malley JM, Bozkurt-Guzel C, Pier GB, Maira-Litrán T. Poly-N-acetyl-ß-(1-6)-glucosamine is a target for protective immunity against Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Infect Immun. 2012 Feb; 80(2):651-6.
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  6. Campodónico VL, Llosa NJ, Bentancor LV, Maira-Litran T, Pier GB. Efficacy of a conjugate vaccine containing polymannuronic acid and flagellin against experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in mice. Infect Immun. 2011 Aug; 79(8):3455-64.
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  7. Skurnik D, Merighi M, Grout M, Gadjeva M, Maira-Litran T, Ericsson M, Goldmann DA, Huang SS, Datta R, Lee JC, Pier GB. Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice. J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep; 120(9):3220-33.
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  8. Campodónico VL, Llosa NJ, Grout M, Döring G, Maira-Litrán T, Pier GB. Evaluation of flagella and flagellin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as vaccines. Infect Immun. 2010 Feb; 78(2):746-55.
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  9. Gening ML, Maira-Litrán T, Kropec A, Skurnik D, Grout M, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE, Pier GB. Synthetic {beta}-(1->6)-linked N-acetylated and nonacetylated oligoglucosamines used to produce conjugate vaccines for bacterial pathogens. Infect Immun. 2010 Feb; 78(2):764-72.
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  10. Choi AH, Slamti L, Avci FY, Pier GB, Maira-Litrán T. The pgaABCD locus of Acinetobacter baumannii encodes the production of poly-beta-1-6-N-acetylglucosamine, which is critical for biofilm formation. J Bacteriol. 2009 Oct; 191(19):5953-63.
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  11. Pérez MM, Prenafeta A, Valle J, Penadés J, Rota C, Solano C, Marco J, Grilló MJ, Lasa I, Irache JM, Maira-Litran T, Jiménez-Barbero J, Costa L, Pier GB, de Andrés D, Amorena B. Protection from Staphylococcus aureus mastitis associated with poly-N-acetyl beta-1,6 glucosamine specific antibody production using biofilm-embedded bacteria. Vaccine. 2009 Apr 14; 27(17):2379-86.
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  12. Vergara-Irigaray M, Maira-Litrán T, Merino N, Pier GB, Penadés JR, Lasa I. Wall teichoic acids are dispensable for anchoring the PNAG exopolysaccharide to the Staphylococcus aureus cell surface. Microbiology. 2008 Mar; 154(Pt 3):865-77.
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  13. Cerca N, Jefferson KK, Maira-Litrán T, Pier DB, Kelly-Quintos C, Goldmann DA, Azeredo J, Pier GB. Molecular basis for preferential protective efficacy of antibodies directed to the poorly acetylated form of staphylococcal poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine. Infect Immun. 2007 Jul; 75(7):3406-13.
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  14. Cerca N, Maira-Litrán T, Jefferson KK, Grout M, Goldmann DA, Pier GB. Protection against Escherichia coli infection by antibody to the Staphylococcus aureus poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 1; 104(18):7528-33.
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  15. Kropec A, Maira-Litran T, Jefferson KK, Grout M, Cramton SE, Götz F, Goldmann DA, Pier GB. Poly-N-acetylglucosamine production in Staphylococcus aureus is essential for virulence in murine models of systemic infection. Infect Immun. 2005 Oct; 73(10):6868-76.
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  16. Maira-Litrán T, Kropec A, Goldmann DA, Pier GB. Comparative opsonic and protective activities of Staphylococcus aureus conjugate vaccines containing native or deacetylated Staphylococcal Poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine. Infect Immun. 2005 Oct; 73(10):6752-62.
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  17. Maira-Litran T, Kropec A, Goldmann D, Pier GB. Biologic properties and vaccine potential of the staphylococcal poly-N-acetyl glucosamine surface polysaccharide. Vaccine. 2004 Feb 17; 22(7):872-9.
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  18. Joyce JG, Abeygunawardana C, Xu Q, Cook JC, Hepler R, Przysiecki CT, Grimm KM, Roper K, Ip CC, Cope L, Montgomery D, Chang M, Campie S, Brown M, McNeely TB, Zorman J, Maira-Litrán T, Pier GB, Keller PM, Jansen KU, Mark GE. Isolation, structural characterization, and immunological evaluation of a high-molecular-weight exopolysaccharide from Staphylococcus aureus. Carbohydr Res. 2003 Apr 22; 338(9):903-22.
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  19. Maira-Litrán T, Kropec A, Abeygunawardana C, Joyce J, Mark G, Goldmann DA, Pier GB. Immunochemical properties of the staphylococcal poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug; 70(8):4433-40.
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  20. Gilbert P, Maira-Litran T, McBain AJ, Rickard AH, Whyte FW. The physiology and collective recalcitrance of microbial biofilm communities. Adv Microb Physiol. 2002; 46:202-56.
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  21. Maira-Litrán T, Allison DG, Gilbert P. An evaluation of the potential of the multiple antibiotic resistance operon (mar) and the multidrug efflux pump acrAB to moderate resistance towards ciprofloxacin in Escherichia coli biofilms. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000 Jun; 45(6):789-95.
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  22. Maira-Litrán T, Allison DG, Gilbert P. Expression of the multiple antibiotic resistance operon (mar) during growth of Escherichia coli as a biofilm. J Appl Microbiol. 2000 Feb; 88(2):243-7.
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  23. Maira-Litran T, Allison DG, and Gilbert P . Role of MAR operon in biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents. Wimpenny J. ed. Biofilms: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 1999; 317-25 .
  24. Allison D, Maira-Litran T, Gilbert P. Perfused biofilm fermenters. Methods Enzymol. 1999; 310:232-48.
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  25. Gilbert, P., Jones, M.V., Allison, D.G., Heys, S., Maira-Litran, T. and Wood, P. . The use of poloxamer hydrogels for the assessment of biofilm susceptibility towards biocide treatments. J Appl Microb. 1998; 85:985-90.
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