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Rajendar K. Deora, Ph.D.

Rajendar K. Deora, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-2011
Email: rdeora@wakehealth.edu
Education & Training
  BSc Calcutta University Medical College-India 1989
  MSc Calcutta University Natl Medical Institute-India 1991
  PhD University of Illinois-Chicago 1997
Fellowship University of California Sch of Med-Los Angeles 2003
Rajendar K. Deora, Ph.D.

Rajendar K. Deora, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-2011
Email: rdeora@wakehealth.edu
Research Interests
genomics and proteomics , immunology/allergy/inflammatio , infectious diseases , molecular biology/molecular me , vaccines
Recent Publications
Conover MS, Redfern CJ, Ganguly T, Sukumar N, Sloan G, Mishra M, Deora R. BpsR modulates Bordetella biofilm formation by negatively regulating the expression of the Bps polysaccharide. J Bacteriol. 2012; 194(2):233-242.

Conover MS, Mishra M, Deora R. Extracellular DNA is essential for maintaining Bordetella biofilm integrity on abiotic surfaces and in the upper respiratory tract of mice. PLoS ONE. 2011; 6(2):e16861.

Serra DO, Conover MS, Arnal L, Sloan GP, Rodriguez ME, Yantorno OM, Deora R. FHA-mediated cell-substrate and cell-cell adhesions are critical for Bordetella pertussis biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces and in the mouse nose and the trachea. PLoS ONE. 2011; 6(12):e28811.

Sukumar N, Sloan GP, Conover MS, Love CF, Mattoo S, Kock ND, Deora R. Cross-species protection mediated by a Bordetella bronchiseptica strain lacking antigenic homologs present in acellular pertussis vaccines. Infect Immun. 2010; 78(5):2008-2016.

Conover MS, Sloan GP, Love CF, Sukumar N, Deora R. The Bps polysaccharide of Bordetella pertussis promotes colonization and biofilm formation in the nose by functioning as an adhesin. Mol Microbiol. 2010; 77(6):1439-1455.

Waligora EA, Ramsey DM, Pryor EE Jr, Lu H, Hollis T, Sloan GP, Deora R, Wozniak DJ. AmrZ beta-sheet residues are essential for DNA binding and transcriptional control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes. J Bacteriol. 2010; 192(20):5390-5401.

Sukumar N, Love CF, Conover MS, Kock ND, Dubey P, Deora R. Active and passive immunization with Bordetella colonization factor A protects mice against respiratory challenge with Bordetella bronchiseptica. Infect Immun. 2009; 77(2):885-895.

Matthysse AG, Deora R, Mishra M, Torres AG. The polysaccharides cellulose, poly-beta-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and colanic acid are required for optimal binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains to alfalfa sprouts and K12 strains to plastic but not for binding to epithelial cells. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008; 74(8):2384-2390.

Parise G, Mishra M, Itoh Y, Romeo T, Deora R. Role of a putative polysaccharide locus in Bordetella biofilm development. J Bacteriol. 2007; 189(3):750-760.

Sukumar N, Mishra M, Sloan GP, Ogi T, Deora R. Differential Bvg phase-dependent regulation and combinatorial role in pathogenesis of two Bordetella paralogs, BipA and BcfA. J Bacteriol. 2007; 189(10):3695-3704.

Huigens RW III, Richards JJ, Parise G, Ballard TE, Zeng W, Deora R, Melander C. Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation with bromoageliferin analogues. J Am Chem Soc. 2007; 129(22):6966-6967.

Sloan GP, Love CF, Sukumar N, Mishra M, Deora R. The Bordetella Bps polysaccharide is critical for biofilm development in the mouse respiratory tract. J Bacteriol. 2007; 189(22):8270-8276.
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