Ahmed AbdelKhalek

Genomic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and maturation-dependent adhesion of F18 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains in porcine intestinal cells

This study examines F18 ETEC strains' genomic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and adhesion to porcine intestinal cells across different maturation stages, finding significant variation in virulence factors and receptor expression.

Pro-inflammatory Pathways Contribute to Pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile Infection in a Murine Model - A Spatial Transcriptomics Study

This study uses spatial transcriptomics to compare gene expression in symptomatic and asymptomatic mice infected with C. difficile, identifying upregulated IL-17 pathway genes and layer-specific differences in the intestine.

Reduced Cdc14 phosphatase activity impairs septation, hyphal differentiation and pathogenesis and causes echinocandin hypersensitivity in Candida albicans

This paper shows that reducing Cdc14 phosphatase activity in Candida albicans impairs cell wall integrity, septation, hyphal differentiation, and virulence, making it a potential antifungal drug target.