Herve Agaisse, PhD
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Bio & Overview
Academic Information
- Department
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
- Academic Title
- Associate Professor
Primary Education
- PhD, Microbiology, Pasteur Institutenull
- Postdoc, Harvard Medical Schoolnull
Other Affiliations
- MSTP
- BIMS
Research Interests
Research Disciplines
- Biophysics & Structural Biology
- Computational Biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases/Biodefense
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
Research Opportunities
- Biophysics & Structural Biology
- Computational Biology
- Immunology
- Molecular Biology
- Physiological Basis of Human Disease
PhD Programs
- Microbiology
Selected Publications
2022
Hall, C. P., Jadeja, N. B., Sebeck, N., & Agaisse, H. (2022). Characterization of MxiE- and H-NS-Dependent Expression of ipaH7.8, ospC1, yccE, and yfdF in Shigella flexneri. MSPHERE, 7(6). doi:10.1128/msphere.00485-22
Weddle, E. A., Koseoglu, V. K., DeVasure, B. A., & Agaisse, H. F. (2022). The type three secretion system effector protein IpgB1 promotes Shigella flexneri cell-to-cell spread through double-membrane vacuole escape. PLOS PATHOGENS, 18(2). doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010380
Koseoglu, V. K., Jones, M. K., & Agaisse, H. (2022). The type 3 secretion effector IpgD promotes S. flexneri dissemination. PLOS PATHOGENS, 18(2). doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010324
2021
Shankman, L. S., Fleury, S. T., Evans, W. B., Penberthy, K. K., Arandjelovic, S., Blumberg, R. S., . . . Ravichandran, K. S. (2021). Efferocytosis by Paneth cells within the intestine. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 31(11), 2469-+. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.055
2020
Leslie, J. L., Weddle, E., Yum, L. K., Lin, Y., Jenior, M. L., Lee, B., . . . Petri, W. A. J. (2021). Lewis Blood-group Antigens Are Associated With Altered Susceptibility to Shigellosis. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 72(11), E868-E871. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1409
2019
Yum, L. K., & Agaisse, H. (2020). Mechanisms of bacillary dysentery: lessons learnt from infant rabbits. GUT MICROBES, 11(3), 597-602. doi:10.1080/19490976.2019.1667726
Koseoglu, V. K., & Agaisse, H. (2019). Evolutionary Perspectives on the Moonlighting Functions of Bacterial Factors That Support Actin-Based Motility. MBIO, 10(4). doi:10.1128/mBio.01520-19
Michard, C., Yum, L. K., & Agaisse, H. (2019). WIPF2 promotes Shigella flexneri actin-based motility and cell-to-cell spread. CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 21(12). doi:10.1111/cmi.13098
Koseoglu, V. K., Hall, C. P., Rodriguez-Lopez, E. M., & Agaisse, H. (2019). The Autotransporter IcsA Promotes Shigella flexneri Biofilm Formation in the Presence of Bile Salts. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 87(7). doi:10.1128/IAI.00861-18
Yum, L. K., Byndloss, M. X., Feldman, S. H., & Agaisse, H. (2019). Critical role of bacterial dissemination in an infant rabbit model of bacillary dysentery. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 10. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09808-4
Medeiros, P. H. Q. S., Ledwaba, S. E., Bolick, D. T., Giallourou, N., Yum, L. K., Costa, D. V. S., . . . Guerrant, R. L. (2019). A murine model of diarrhea, growth impairment and metabolic disturbances with Shigella flexneri infection and the role of zinc deficiency. GUT MICROBES, 10(5), 615-630. doi:10.1080/19490976.2018.1564430
2018
Weddle, E., & Agaisse, H. (2018). Principles of intracellular bacterial pathogen spread from cell to cell. PLOS PATHOGENS, 14(12). doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007380
Weddle, E., & Agaisse, H. (2018). Spatial, Temporal, and Functional Assessment of LC3-Dependent Autophagy in Shigella flexneri Dissemination. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 86(8). doi:10.1128/IAI.00134-18
Anderson, C. J., Satkovich, J., Koeseoglu, V. K., Agaisse, H., & Kendall, M. M. (2018). The Ethanolamine Permease EutH Promotes Vacuole Adaptation of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes during Macrophage Infection. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 86(5). doi:10.1128/IAI.00172-18
2017
Rossi, R. M., Yum, L., Agaisse, H., & Payne, S. M. (2017). Cardiolipin Synthesis and Outer Membrane Localization Are Required for Shigella flexneri Virulence. MBIO, 8(4). doi:10.1128/mBio.01199-17
2016
Alvarez, D. E., & Agaisse, H. (2016). The Metalloprotease Mpl Supports Listeria monocytogenes Dissemination through Resolution of Membrane Protrusions into Vacuoles. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 84(6), 1806-1814. doi:10.1128/IAI.00130-16
Agaisse, H. (2016). Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Shigella flexneri Dissemination. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, 6. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2016.00029
2015
Borinskaya, S., Velle, K. B., Campellone, K. G., Talman, A., Alvarez, D., Agaisse, H., . . . Mayer, B. J. (2016). Integration of linear and dendritic actin nucleation in Nck-induced actin comets. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, 27(2), 247-259. doi:10.1091/mbc.E14-11-1555
Kuehl, C. J., Dragoi, A. -M., Talman, A., & Agaisse, H. (2015). Bacterial spread from cell to cell: beyond actin-based motility. TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 23(9), 558-566. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.010
Agaisse, H. (2015). Shigella flexneri serotype 3a: the rise of a superbug. LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 15(8), 867-+. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00003-1
Dragoi, A. -M., & Agaisse, H. (2015). The Class II Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate Kinase PIK3C2A Promotes Shigella flexneri Dissemination through Formation of Vacuole-Like Protrusions. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 83(4), 1695-1704. doi:10.1128/IAI.03138-14
Alvarez, D. E., & Agaisse, H. (2015). A role for the small GTPase Rac1 in vaccinia actin-based motility.. Small GTPases, 6(2), 119-122. doi:10.1080/21541248.2015.1055182
Agaisse, H., & Derre, I. (2015). STIM1 Is a Novel Component of ER-Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Contact Sites. PLOS ONE, 10(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125671
2014
Heisig, M., Abraham, N. M., Liu, L., Neelakanta, G., Mattessich, S., Sultana, H., . . . Fikrig, E. (2014). Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein. Cell Reports, 9(6), 2344. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2014.12.003
Heisig, M., Abraham, N. M., Liu, L., Neelakanta, G., Mattessich, S., Sultana, H., . . . Fikrig, E. (2014). Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein. CELL REPORTS, 9(2), 417-424. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.034
Dragoi, A. -M., & Agaisse, H. (2014). The Serine/Threonine Kinase STK11 Promotes Shigella flexneri Dissemination through Establishment of Cell-Cell Contacts Competent for Tyrosine Kinase Signaling. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 82(11), 4447-4457. doi:10.1128/IAI.02078-14
Dragoi, A. -M., Swiss, R., Gao, B., & Agaisse, H. (2014). Novel Strategies to Enforce an Epithelial Phenotype in Mesenchymal Cells. CANCER RESEARCH, 74(14), 3659-3672. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-3231
Agaisse, H., & Derre, I. (2014). Expression of the Effector Protein IncD in Chlamydia trachomatis Mediates Recruitment of the Lipid Transfer Protein CERT and the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Resident Protein VAPB to the Inclusion Membrane. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 82(5), 2037-2047. doi:10.1128/IAI.01530-14
Alvarez, D. E., & Agaisse, H. (2014). A role for the small GTPase Rac1 in vaccinia actin-based motility.. Small GTPases, 5(2), e29038. doi:10.4161/sgtp.29038
Kuehl, C. J., Dragoi, A. -M., & Agaisse, H. (2014). The Shigella flexneri Type 3 Secretion System Is Required for Tyrosine Kinase-Dependent Protrusion Resolution, and Vacuole Escape during Bacterial Dissemination. PLOS ONE, 9(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112738
2013
Talman, A. M., Chong, R., Chia, J., Svitkina, T., & Agaisse, H. (2014). Actin network disassembly powers dissemination of Listeria monocytogenes. JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE, 127(1), 240-249. doi:10.1242/jcs.140038
Alvarez, D. E., & Agaisse, H. (2013). The formin FHOD1 and the small GTPase Rac1 promote vaccinia virus actin-based motility. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 202(7), 1075-1090. doi:10.1083/jcb.201303055
Dragoi, A. -M., & Agaisse, H. (2014). Tyrosine kinases, drugs, and Shigella flexneri dissemination. GUT MICROBES, 5(1), 44-47. doi:10.4161/gmic.26523
McDonough, J. A., Newton, H. J., Klum, S., Swiss, R., Agaisse, H., & Roy, C. R. (2013). Host Pathways Important for Coxiella burnetii Infection Revealed by Genome-Wide RNA Interference Screening. MBIO, 4(1). doi:10.1128/mBio.00606-12
Agaisse, H., & Derre, I. (2013). A C-trachomatis Cloning Vector and the Generation of C-trachomatis Strains Expressing Fluorescent Proteins under the Control of a C-trachomatis Promoter. PLOS ONE, 8(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057090
2012
Dragoi, A. -M., Talman, A. M., & Agaisse, H. (2013). Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Shigella flexneri Dissemination in HT-29 Intestinal Cells. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 81(2), 598-607. doi:10.1128/IAI.00853-12
Zhou, F., Rasmussen, A., Lee, S., & Agaisse, H. (2013). The UPD3 cytokine couples environmental challenge and intestinal stem cell division through modulation of JAK/STAT signaling in the stem cell microenvironment. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 373(2), 383-393. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.10.023
2011
Alvarez, D. E., & Agaisse, H. (2012). Casein kinase 2 regulates vaccinia virus actin tail formation. VIROLOGY, 423(2), 143-151. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2011.12.003
Derre, I., Swiss, R., & Agaisse, H. (2011). The Lipid Transfer Protein CERT Interacts with the Chlamydia Inclusion Protein IncD and Participates to ER-Chlamydia Inclusion Membrane Contact Sites. PLOS PATHOGENS, 7(6). doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002092
Chong, R., Squires, R., Swiss, R., & Agaisse, H. (2011). RNAi Screen Reveals Host Cell Kinases Specifically Involved in Listeria monocytogenes Spread from Cell to Cell. PLOS ONE, 6(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023399