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The Ballard lab studies fundamental aspect for Clostridioides difficile physiology and mechanisms of pathogenesis. C. difficile is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and routinely infects patients undergoing antibiotic treatments. Though C. difficile is a strict anaerobe, disease is initiated through environmental exposure to inert spores that germinate once within the gastrointestinal tract. After colonization, C. difficile produces bacterial toxins that further promote interations with the colonic epithelium, trigger inflammation, and damage cells. As part of a longstanding project in our lab, we are studying the effects of C. difficile TcdB, a potent cytotoxin. In a more recent project, we’ve studied a peptide-based regulatory system that appears to influence sporulation, motility, and toxin expression in C. difficile.
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Journal of bacteriology (2024)
Kaylee M. Norman,Gillian A. Lang,Tyler M. Shadid, Sydney T. Honold,Jessica M. Reel,Maureen A. Cox,Jimmy D. Ballard,Mark L. Lang
CELL REPORTSno. 5 (2024)
mSphereno. 4 (2024): e0009424-e0009424
PLoS Pathogensno. 3 (2023): e1011272-e1011272
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCEno. 9 (2022): 248
Journal of bacteriologyno. 8 (2022)
The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunologyno. 1_Supplement (2022): 58.25-58.25
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