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Kirsten Nielsen - Publications

Affiliations: 
2002 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 
 2003-2008 Duke University, Durham, NC 
 2007- Microbiology and Immunology University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 
Website:
https://med.umn.edu/bio/microbiology/kirsten-nielsen
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Year Citation  Score
2023 Jackson KM, Ding M, Nielsen K. Importance of Clinical Isolates in Research. Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland). 9. PMID 36983532 DOI: 10.3390/jof9030364  0.314
2021 Altamirano S, Li Z, Fu MS, Ding M, Fulton SR, Yoder JM, Tran V, Nielsen K. The Cyclin Cln1 Controls Polyploid Titan Cell Formation following a Stress-Induced G Arrest in Cryptococcus. Mbio. e0250921. PMID 34634930 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02509-21  0.37
2019 Gerstein AC, Jackson KM, McDonald TR, Wang Y, Lueck BD, Bohjanen S, Smith KD, Akampurira A, Meya DB, Xue C, Boulware DR, Nielsen K. Identification of Pathogen Genomic Differences That Impact Human Immune Response and Disease during Cryptococcus neoformans Infection. Mbio. 10. PMID 31311883 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01440-19  0.668
2018 Hommel B, Mukaremera L, Cordero RJB, Coelho C, Desjardins CA, Sturny-Leclère A, Janbon G, Perfect JR, Fraser JA, Casadevall A, Cuomo CA, Dromer F, Nielsen K, Alanio A. Titan cells formation in Cryptococcus neoformans is finely tuned by environmental conditions and modulated by positive and negative genetic regulators. Plos Pathogens. 14: e1006982. PMID 29775480 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1006982  0.584
2017 Li Z, Nielsen K. Morphology Changes in Human Fungal Pathogens upon Interaction with the Host. Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland). 3. PMID 29333431 DOI: 10.3390/jof3040066  0.311
2017 Hagen F, Lumbsch HT, Arsic Arsenijevic V, Badali H, Bertout S, Billmyre RB, Bragulat MR, Cabañes FJ, Carbia M, Chakrabarti A, Chaturvedi S, Chaturvedi V, Chen M, Chowdhary A, Colom MF, ... ... Nielsen K, et al. Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the Cryptococcus Genus. Msphere. 2. PMID 28875175 DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00238-17  0.733
2015 Gerstein AC, Fu MS, Mukaremera L, Li Z, Ormerod KL, Fraser JA, Berman J, Nielsen K. Polyploid Titan Cells Produce Haploid and Aneuploid Progeny To Promote Stress Adaptation. Mbio. 6. PMID 26463162 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01340-15  0.578
2015 Smith KD, Achan B, Huppler Hullsiek K, McDonald T, Okagaki LH, Akampurira A, Rhein JR, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Nielsen K. Increased Antifungal Drug Resistance in Ugandan Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. PMID 26324276 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.01299-15  0.74
2015 Evans RJ, Li Z, Hughes WS, Djordjevic JT, Nielsen K, May RC. Cryptococcal phospholipase B1 is required for intracellular proliferation and control of titan cell morphology during macrophage infection. Infection and Immunity. 83: 1296-304. PMID 25605772 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.03104-14  0.305
2014 Janbon G, Ormerod KL, Paulet D, Byrnes EJ, Yadav V, Chatterjee G, Mullapudi N, Hon CC, Billmyre RB, Brunel F, Bahn YS, Chen W, Chen Y, Chow EW, Coppée JY, ... ... Nielsen K, et al. Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation. Plos Genetics. 10: e1004261. PMID 24743168 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pgen.1004261  0.664
2014 Chen Y, Toffaletti DL, Tenor JL, Litvintseva AP, Fang C, Mitchell TG, McDonald TR, Nielsen K, Boulware DR, Bicanic T, Perfect JR. The Cryptococcus neoformans transcriptome at the site of human meningitis. Mbio. 5: e01087-13. PMID 24496797 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.01087-13  0.351
2013 Zaragoza O, Nielsen K. Titan cells in Cryptococcus neoformans: cells with a giant impact. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16: 409-13. PMID 23588027 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.03.006  0.317
2012 Yang DH, Maeng S, Strain AK, Floyd A, Nielsen K, Heitman J, Bahn YS. Pleiotropic roles of the Msi1-like protein Msl1 in Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell. 11: 1482-95. PMID 23042129 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.00261-12  0.664
2012 Crabtree JN, Okagaki LH, Wiesner DL, Strain AK, Nielsen JN, Nielsen K. Titan cell production enhances the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans Infection and Immunity. 80: 3776-3785. PMID 22890995 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00507-12  0.793
2012 Okagaki LH, Nielsen K. Titan cells confer protection from phagocytosis in Cryptococcus neoformans infections. Eukaryotic Cell. 11: 820-6. PMID 22544904 DOI: 10.1128/EC.00121-12  0.773
2012 Morrow CA, Lee IR, Chow EW, Ormerod KL, Goldinger A, Byrnes EJ, Nielsen K, Heitman J, Schirra HJ, Fraser JA. A unique chromosomal rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii type strain enhances key phenotypes associated with virulence. Mbio. 3. PMID 22375073 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.00310-11  0.8
2012 Jung KW, Strain AK, Nielsen K, Jung KH, Bahn YS. Two cation transporters Ena1 and Nha1 cooperatively modulate ion homeostasis, antifungal drug resistance, and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans via the HOG pathway. Fungal Genetics and Biology : Fg & B. 49: 332-45. PMID 22343280 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.02.001  0.552
2012 Song MH, Lee JW, Kim MS, Yoon JK, White TC, Floyd A, Heitman J, Strain AK, Nielsen JN, Nielsen K, Bahn YS. A flucytosine-responsive Mbp1/Swi4-like protein, Mbs1, plays pleiotropic roles in antifungal drug resistance, stress response, and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell. 11: 53-67. PMID 22080454 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.05236-11  0.664
2011 Okagaki LH, Wang Y, Ballou ER, O'Meara TR, Bahn YS, Alspaugh JA, Xue C, Nielsen K. Cryptococcal titan cell formation is regulated by G-protein signaling in response to multiple stimuli. Eukaryotic Cell. 10: 1306-16. PMID 21821718 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.05179-11  0.751
2011 Kim SY, Ko YJ, Jung KW, Strain A, Nielsen K, Bahn YS. Hrk1 plays both Hog1-dependent and -independent roles in controlling stress response and antifungal drug resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans. Plos One. 6: e18769. PMID 21533251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018769  0.606
2011 Jung KW, Kim SY, Okagaki LH, Nielsen K, Bahn YS. Ste50 adaptor protein governs sexual differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans via the pheromone-response MAPK signaling pathway. Fungal Genetics and Biology : Fg & B. 48: 154-65. PMID 20971202 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.10.006  0.769
2010 Desnos-Ollivier M, Patel S, Spaulding AR, Charlier C, Garcia-Hermoso D, Nielsen K, Dromer F. Mixed infections and In Vivo evolution in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Mbio. 1. PMID 20689742 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00091-10  0.321
2010 Okagaki LH, Strain AK, Nielsen JN, Charlier C, Baltes NJ, Chrétien F, Heitman J, Dromer F, Nielsen K. Cryptococcal cell morphology affects host cell interactions and pathogenicity. Plos Pathogens. 6: e1000953. PMID 20585559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000953  0.786
2008 Lin X, Nielsen K, Patel S, Heitman J. Impact of mating type, serotype, and ploidy on the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. Infection and Immunity. 76: 2923-38. PMID 18426889 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00168-08  0.602
2008 Rutherford JC, Lin X, Nielsen K, Heitman J. Amt2 permease is required to induce ammonium-responsive invasive growth and mating in Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell. 7: 237-46. PMID 18055915 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.00079-07  0.617
2007 Lin X, Litvintseva AP, Nielsen K, Patel S, Floyd A, Mitchell TG, Heitman J. alpha AD alpha hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans: evidence of same-sex mating in nature and hybrid fitness. Plos Genetics. 3: 1975-90. PMID 17953489 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pgen.0030186  0.564
2007 Steinbach WJ, Cramer RA, Perfect BZ, Henn C, Nielsen K, Heitman J, Perfect JR. Calcineurin inhibition or mutation enhances cell wall inhibitors against Aspergillus fumigatus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51: 2979-81. PMID 17502415 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.01394-06  0.403
2007 Nielsen K, De Obaldia AL, Heitman J. Cryptococcus neoformans mates on pigeon guano: implications for the realized ecological niche and globalization. Eukaryotic Cell. 6: 949-59. PMID 17449657 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.00097-07  0.465
2007 Nielsen K, Heitman J. Sex and virulence of human pathogenic fungi. Advances in Genetics. 57: 143-73. PMID 17352904 DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(06)57004-X  0.479
2005 Idnurm A, Bahn YS, Nielsen K, Lin X, Fraser JA, Heitman J. Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 3: 753-64. PMID 16132036 DOI: 10.1038/Nrmicro1245  0.789
2005 Nielsen K, Cox GM, Litvintseva AP, Mylonakis E, Malliaris SD, Benjamin DK, Giles SS, Mitchell TG, Casadevall A, Perfect JR, Heitman J. Cryptococcus neoformans {alpha} strains preferentially disseminate to the central nervous system during coinfection. Infection and Immunity. 73: 4922-33. PMID 16041006 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.8.4922-4933.2005  0.457
2005 Nielsen K, Marra RE, Hagen F, Boekhout T, Mitchell TG, Cox GM, Heitman J. Interaction between genetic background and the mating-type locus in Cryptococcus neoformans virulence potential. Genetics. 171: 975-83. PMID 15965241 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.105.045039  0.503
2004 Toffaletti DL, Nielsen K, Dietrich F, Heitman J, Perfect JR. Cryptococcus neoformans mitochondrial genomes from serotype A and D strains do not influence virulence. Current Genetics. 46: 193-204. PMID 15309505 DOI: 10.1007/S00294-004-0521-9  0.459
2004 Marra RE, Huang JC, Fung E, Nielsen K, Heitman J, Vilgalys R, Mitchell TG. A genetic linkage map of Cryptococcus neoformans variety neoformans serotype D (Filobasidiella neoformans). Genetics. 167: 619-31. PMID 15238516 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.103.023408  0.41
2003 Litvintseva AP, Marra RE, Nielsen K, Heitman J, Vilgalys R, Mitchell TG. Evidence of sexual recombination among Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A isolates in sub-Saharan Africa. Eukaryotic Cell. 2: 1162-8. PMID 14665451 DOI: 10.1128/Ec.2.6.1162-1168.2003  0.467
2003 Nielsen K, Cox GM, Wang P, Toffaletti DL, Perfect JR, Heitman J. Sexual cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and virulence of congenic a and alpha isolates. Infection and Immunity. 71: 4831-41. PMID 12933823 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.71.9.4831-4841.2003  0.516
2001 Nielsen K, Boston RS. RIBOSOME-INACTIVATING PROTEINS: A Plant Perspective. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 52: 785-816. PMID 11337416 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.52.1.785  0.638
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