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Elisabet Bjånes

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0002-2747-7699Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 1

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Victor NizetiD· 2 shared Amelieke J. H. CremersiD· 1 shared Brian J. LiniD· 1 shared Cesia Gonzalez· 1 shared Chih‐Ming TsaiiD· 1 shared Ching-Wen Tseng· 1 shared Clément GallayiD· 1 shared Daniela VollmeriD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Reduced efficacy of an anti-toxin vaccine from senescence-driven attenuation of toxin virulence

Xin Du, Ching-Wen Tseng, Elisabet Bjånes, Hunter Gage, Jaclyn Swan, Chih‐Ming Tsai, Irshad A. Hajam, Cesia Gonzalez, Brian J. Lin, Victor Nizet, George Y. Liu

This study shows that vaccine efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin decreases in aged mice due to reduced ADAM10 activity and myeloid cell dysfunction.

JCI Insight · Jun 8, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A bacterial cell wall repair and modification system to resist host antibacterial factors

Jessica Burnier, Clément Gallay, Kevin E. Bruce, Elisabet Bjånes, Louise Martin, Kin Ki Jim, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, Amelieke J. H. Cremers, Johann Mignolet, Daniela Vollmer, Jacob Biboy, Victor Nizet, Waldemar Vollmer, Malcolm E. Winkler, Jan‐Willem Veening

This paper identifies the pneumococcal S protein as essential for resisting host antimicrobials by coordinating cell wall modification and repair through interactions with PBP1a and PgdA.

Nature Microbiology · Dec 19, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology