Publications for Susan R. Heimer susan.heimer@tu.edu

Heimer, S. R., Gilmore, M. S., & Morrison, D. (2014). Enterococci. In Y. W. Tang, M. Sussman, D. Liu, I. Poxton, & J. Schwartzman (Eds.), Molecular medical microbiology (2nd ed., pp. 921-936). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Heimer, S. R., Evans, D. J., Mun, J. J., Stern, M. E., & Fleiszig, S. M. (2013). Surfactant protein D contributes to ocular defense against pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine model of dry eye disease. PLoS One, 8(6) [Article e65797].  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065797

Heimer, S. R., Evans, D. J., Stern, M. E., Barbieri, J. T., Yahr, T., & Fleiszig, S. M. J. (2013). Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes the type III secreted toxin ExoS to avoid acidified compartments within epithelial cells. PLoS One, 8(9) [Article e73111].  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073111

Augustin, D. K., Heimer, S. R., Tam, C., Li, W., LeDue, J., Evans, D. J., Fleiszig, S. M. J. (2010). Role of defensins in corneal epithelial barrier function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa traversal. Infection and Immunity, 79(2), 595-605. doi:10.1128/IAI.00854-10

Gilmore, M. S., Heimer, S. R., & Yamada, A. (2010). Infectious keratitis. In: L. Levins & D. Alberts (Eds.), Ocular disease: Mechanisms and management. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc.

Heimer, S. R., Yamada, A., Russell, H., & Gilmore, M. S. (2010). The response of corneal epithelial cells to Staphylococcus aureus. Virulence, 1(4), 223-235. doi:10.4161/viru.1.4.11466

Klocke, J., Barcia, R., Heimer, S. R., Cario, E., Zieske, J., Gilmore, M. S.,...Gregory, M. S. (2010). Spontaneous bacterial corneal keratitis in CD36 Knockout mice. Investigative Opthamology & Visual Science, 52(1), 256-263. PMCID: PMC3053277