Publications

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60- Microbial evasion of the complement system: a continuous and evolving story.

Mariam T Heggi , Hanzada T Nour El-Din, Dina I Morsy, Noha I Abdelaziz, Ahmed S. Attia   

59- Exploring novel aryl/heteroaryl-isosteres of phenylthiazole against multidrug-resistant bacteria

Mariam Omara, Mohamed Hagras , Mohamed M Elsebaie , Nader S Abutaleb, Hanzada T Nour El-Din, Maria O Mekhail , Ahmed S Attia, Mohamed N Seleem, Marwa T Sarg, Abdelrahman S Mayhoub  


58- Expanding the structure-activity relationships of alkynyl diphenylurea scaffold as promising antibacterial agents

Hanzada T. Nour El-Din,   Mohamed M. Elsebaie,   Nader S. AbutalebAhmed M. Kotb Ahmed S. Attia,   Mohamed N. Seleem,  Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub    

57- Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in the United Kingdom versus Egypt: Trends and Potential Natural Products Solutions 

Wafaa H Elwakil, Soha S Rizk, Ali M El-Halawany, Mostafa E Rateb, Ahmed S Attia    

Antibiotics, Jan 2023, vol. 12; 77, doi:10.3390/antibiotics12010077.

56- Silicone Foley catheters impregnated with microbial indole derivatives inhibit crystalline biofilm formation by Proteus mirabilis

Mai A Amer, Mohamed A Ramadan, Ahmed S Attia, Reham Wasfi  


55-  Nanoformulated Recombinant Human Myelin Basic Protein and Rituximab Modulate Neuronal Perturbations in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Mice

Muhammed A Saad, Noha M Eissa, Mohammed A Ahmed, Aliaa N ElMeshad, Götz Laible, Ahmed S Attia, Medhat A Al-Ghobashy, Rania M Abdelsalam, Muhammad Y Al-Shorbagy  


54- Exploring the structure-activity relationships of diphenylurea as an antibacterial scaffold active against methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Mohamed M Elsebaie, Hanzada T Nour El-Din, Nader S Abutaleb, Abdelrahman A Abuelkhir, Hsin-Wen Liang, Ahmed S Attia, Mohamed N Seleem, Abdelrahman S Mayhoub 


53- Rifaximin microbial resistance and its efficacy and safety as a secondary prophylaxis of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis


52- Development of an Immunochromatographic Strip Using Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for the Rapid Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Neonatal Sepsis

Noha M Elhosseiny, Tamer M Samir, Aliaa A Ali, Amani A El-Kholy, Ahmed S Attia 

Pharmaceutics, Aug 2021, vol. 8; 1141, doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13081141. 

51-Staquorsin: A Novel Staphylococcus aureus Agr-Mediated Quorum Sensing Inhibitor Impairing Virulence in vivo Without Notable Resistance Development

Norhan H. Mahdally, Riham F. George, Mona T. Kashef, Medhat Al-Ghobashy, Fathia E. Murad and Ahmed S. Attia 

Frontiers in Microbiology, Jul 2021, vol. 12; 700494, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.700494.  

50-Antibiotic-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Low-Income Countries (2000–2020): Twenty-One Years and Still below the Radar, Is It Not There or Can They Not Afford to Look for It?

Soha S. Rizk, Wafaa H. Elwakil, Ahmed S. Attia

Antibiotics, Jun 2021, vol. 10; 764, doi:10.3390/antibiotics10070764. 

49-Indole Derivatives Obtained from Egyptian Enterobacter sp. Soil Isolates Exhibit Antivirulence Activities against Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis

Mai A. Amer , Reham Wasfi , Ahmed S. Attia, Mohamed A. Ramadan  

Antibiotics, Apr 2021, vol. 10; 363, doi:10.3390/antibiotics10040363. 

48-Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Egyptian Pediatric Cancer Patients Including a Strain with a Rare Gene-Combination of β-Lactamases  

Dina Osama, Hadir El-Mahallawy, Mohamed Tarek Mansour, Abdelgawad Hashem, Ahmed S Attia 

47- Towards the development of a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip for the detection of soluble CD163 as a potential biomarker of neonatal sepsis

Noha M. Elhosseiny, Tamer M. Samir, Amany A. El Kholy, Ahmed S. Attia 

46- A Novel Surface-Exposed Polypeptide Is Successfully Employed as a Target for Developing a Prototype One-Step Immunochromatographic Strip for Specific and Sensitive Direct Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Neonatal Sepsis

Sally A Mohamed, Tamer M Samir, Omneya M Helmy, Noha M Elhosseiny, Aliaa A Ali, Amani A El-Kholy, Ahmed S Attia 

Biomolecules, Nov 2020, vol. 10; 1580, doi:10.3390/biom10111580. 

Mohamed Hagras, Nader S Abutaleb, Noha M Elhosseiny, Tamer M Abdelghany, Mariam Omara, Mohamed M Elsebaei, Marwa Alhashimi, Allison B Norvil, Mark I Gutay, Humaira Gowher, Ahmed S Attia, Mohamed N Seleem, Abdelrahman S Mayhoub

ACS Infectious Diseases, Nov 2020, vol. 6; 2887–2900, doi:10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00137. 

44- γ-Glutamyltransferase as a Novel Virulence Factor of Acinetobacter baumannii Inducing Alveolar Wall Destruction and Renal Damage in Systemic Disease

Noha M Elhosseiny, Nada B Elhezawy, Rehab M Sayed, Marwa S Khattab, Miran Y El Far, Ahmed S Attia 

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Sep 2020, vol. 222;871-879, doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaa262.  

43- A Rapid Lysostaphin Production Approach and a Convenient Novel Lysostaphin Loaded Nano-emulgel; As a Sustainable Low-Cost Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Combating Platform

Hanzada T. Nour El-Din, Noha M. Elhosseiny, Mohamed A. El-Gendy, Azza A. Mahmoud , Manal M.M. Hussein, and Ahmed S. Attia 

Biomolecules Mar 2020, vol. 10;435, doi:10.3390/biom10030435.  

42- The role of α7nAChR in controlling the anti-inflammatory/anti-arthritic action of galantamine

Mennatallah A. Gowayed, Kathrin Rothe, Manuela Rossol, Ahmed S. Attia, Ulf Wagner, Christoph Baerwald, Hanan S. El-Abhar, Rowaida Refaat 

41- Tracing the dissemination of the international clones of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among cancer patients in Egypt using the PCR-based open reading frame typing (POT) method

Miran Y. El Far, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Ahmed S. Attia 

40- Pharmacological Manipulation of Trk, p75NTR, and NGF Balance Restores Memory Deficit in Global Ischemia/Reperfusion Model in Rats 

Ali M. Choucry, Muhammad Y. Al-Shorbagy. Ahmed S. Attia, Hanan Salah El-Abhar


39- Comparative proteomics analyses of Acinetobacter baumannii strains ATCC 17978 and AB5075 reveal the differential role of type II secretion system secretomes in lung colonization and ciprofloxacin resistance

Noha M. Elhosseiny, Nada B. Elhezawy, Ahmed S. Attia 

Microbial Pathogenesis. Mar 2019. vol. 128; 20-27, doi:10.1016/j.micpath.2018.12.039.  

38- Acinetobacter: an emerging pathogen with a versatile secretome

Noha M. Elhosseiny, Ahmed S. Attia

Emerging Microbes & Infections, Jul 2018, vol. 7;33, doi:10.1038/s41426-018-0030-4.  

37- Association of  vitamin D binding protein polymorphisms with response to therapy in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients.

Ahmed M. Kamel, Samar F. Farid, Ahmed S. Attia, Maissa El Raziky 

36- Isogenic mutations in the Moraxella catarrhalis CydDC system display pleiotropic phenotypes and reveal the role of a palindrome sequence in its transcriptional regulation.

Yosra I. Nagy, Manal M.M. Hussien, Yasser M. Ragab, Ahmed S. Attia

35- Development and validation of LC-MS/MS assay for the simultaneous determination of methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine and its active metabolite 6-thioguanine in plasma of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Correlation with genetic polymorphism

Medhat A. Al-Ghobashy, Said A. Hassan, Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Noha M. Elhosseiny, Nirmeen A. Sabry, Ahmed S. Attia, Manal H. El-Sayed

34- Adaptation to potassium-limitation is essential for Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia pathogenesis

Reham Samir, Salma H. Hussein, Noha M. Elhosseiny, Marwa S. Khattab, Alaa E. Shawky, Ahmed S. Attia

33- The secretome of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 Type II secretion system reveals a novel plasmid encoded phospholipase that could be implicated in lung colonization.

Noha M. Elhosseiny, Ossama M. El-Tayeb, Aymen S. Yassin, Stephen Lory, Ahmed S. Attia

32- Accurate diagnosis is paving the road to better clinical outcomes (Editorial).

Ahmed S. Attia

31- The effect of α1-antitrypsin deficiency combined with increased bacterial loads on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pharmacotherapy: A prospective, parallel, controlled pilot study.

Marwa G. Hennawy, Noha M. Elhosseiny, Hussein Sultan, Wael Abdelfattah, Yousry Akl, Nirmeen A. Sabry, and Ahmed S. Attia

30- Association Between Combined Presence of Hepatitis C Virus and Polymorphisms in Different Genes With Toxicities of Methotrexate and 6-Mercaptopurine in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Noha M. Elhosseiny, Sahar A. Khaleel, Nirmeen A. Sabry, Ahmed S. Attia and Manal H. El-Sayed

29- Imunoinformatics identifies a lactoferrin binding protein A peptide as a promising vaccine with a global protective prospective against Moraxella catarrhalis

Gehad M. Yassin, Magdy A. Amin and Ahmed S. Attia  

28- Antidiabetic Effect of Galantamine: Novel Effect for a Known Centrally Acting Drug 

Mennatallah A. Ali, Hanan S. El-Abhar , Maher A. Kamel, Ahmed S. Attia

27- Novel Keratinolytic Activity of Cyberlindnera fabianii Nrc3 Aza as A Plant Growth Promoting Agent (PGPA)

Azza M. Abdel-fattah, Elshahat H. A. Nashy, Eltahir A. Sabiel, , Manal M. Hussein, Ahmed S. Attia

26- Novel Keratinase Enzyme from Cyberlindnera Fabianii NRC3 Aza with Promising Keratin-Biodegradation & Hide-Dehairing Activities

Eltahir A. Sabiel, Azza M. Abdel-fattah, Elshahat H. A. Nashy, Manal M. Hussein, Ahmed S. Attia

25- Mangiferin Mitigates Gastric Ulcer in Ischemia/ Reperfused Rats: Involvement of PPAR-γ, NF-κB and Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathways.

Magdy Mahmoud-Awny, Ahmed S. Attia, Mohamed F. Abd-Ellah, Hanan Salah El-Abhar

24- Antimicrobial resistance pattern of biofilm forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with nasogastric and endotracheal tubes

Mahmoud A. Elfaky, Mahmoud A. Yassien, Ahmed S. Attia, Moselhy S.Mansy, Mohamed S. Ashour 

23- Acinetobacter baumannii universal stress protein A plays a pivotal role in stress response and is essential for pneumonia and sepsis pathogenesis

Noha M. Elhosseiny, Magdy A. Amin, Aymen S. Yassin, Ahmed S. Attia

22- A Moraxella catarrhalis Two-Component Signal Transduction System Necessary for Growth in Liquid Media Affects Production of Two Lysozyme Inhibitors

Stephanie N. Joslin, Christine Pybus, Maria Labandeira-Rey, Amanda S. Evans, Ahmed S. Attia, Chad A. Brautigam, Eric J. Hansen 

21- Microbiological studies on resistance patterns of antimicrobial agents among Gram negative respiratory tract pathogens

Mahmoud A. Elfaky, Mahmoud A .Yassien, Ahmed S. Attia, Moselhy S. Mansy, Mohamed S. Ashour

20- A sensitive colorimetric assay for identification of Acinetobacter baumannii using unmodified gold nanoparticles.

Mahmoud A. Khalil, Hassan H. Azzazy, Ahmed S. Attia,  Abdelgawad M. Hashem

19- Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii harboring the OXA-23 carbapenemase in intensive care units of Egyptian hospitals.

Mahmoud Fouad, Ahmed S. Attia, Wael M. Tawakkol, Abdelgawad M. Hashem

18- Analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus abscess proteome identifies antimicrobial host proteins and bacterial stress responses at the host-pathogen interface.

Ahmed S. Attia, James E. Cassat,Sheg O. Aranmolate, Lisa J. Zimmerman, Kelli L. Boyd, Eric P. Skaar

17- Menaquinone biosynthesis potentiates haem toxicity in Staphylococcus aureus

Catherine A. Wakeman, Neal D. Hammer, Devin L. Stauff, Ahmed S. Attia, Laura L. Anzaldi, Sergey I. Dikalov, M. Wade Calcutt, Eric P. Skaar

16- Monitoring the Inflammatory Response to Infection through the Integration of MALDI IMS and MRI

Ahmed S. Attia, Kaitlin A. Schroeder, Erin H. Seeley, Kevin J. Wilson, Neal D. Hammer, Daniel C. Colvin, M. Lisa Manier, Joshua J. Nicklay, Kristie L. Rose, John C. Gore, Richard M. Caprioli, Eric P. Skaar

15- Expression and purification of hepatitis B surface antigen S from Escherichia coli; a new simple method

Mohamed S Elghanam, Ahmed S. Attia, Hussein A Shoeb, Abd Elgawad M Hashem

14-Characterization of Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Food and Food Products Retailed in the Egyptian Markets

Tamer Elhabibi, Ahmed S. Attia, Abd Elgawad M. Hashem and Mohamed S. Ashour

13- Archives of Clinical Microbiology: New Vision

Ahmed S. Attia

12- Membrane Damage Elicits an Immunomodulatory Program in Staphylococcus aureus

Ahmed S. Attia, Meredith A. Benson, Devin L. Stauff, Victor J. Torres, Eric P. Skaar

11- Staphylococcus aureus Fur regulates the expression of virulence factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of pneumonia

Victor J. Torres, Ahmed S. Attia, William J. Mason, M. Indriati Hood, Brian D. Corbin, Federico C. Beasley, Kelsi L. Anderson, Devin L. Stauff, W. Hayes McDonald, Lisa J. Zimmerman, David B. Friedman, David E. Heinrichs, Paul M. Dunman, and Eric P. Skaar

10- Identification of a Bacteriocin and Its Cognate Immunity Factor Expressed by Moraxella catarrhalis

Ahmed S. Attia, Jennifer L Sedillo, Todd C Hoopman, Wei Liu, Lixia Liu, Chad A Brautigam, Eric J Hansen

9- Comparative Study of TEM and SHV B-Lactamase Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates

Dalia S. Marzouk, Ahmed S. Attia, Hayam M. Hamouda, Abdelgawad M. Hashem

8- Modular Arrangement of Allelic Variants Explains the Divergence in Moraxella catarrhalis UspA Protein Function

Michael J. Brooks, Jennifer L. Sedillo, Nikki Wagner, Cassie A. Laurence, Wei Wang, Ahmed S. Attia, Eric J. Hansen, and Scott D. Gray-Owen 

7- Moraxella catarrhalis Binding to Host Cellular Receptors Is Mediated by Sequence-Specific Determinants Not Conserved among All UspA1 Protein Variants

Michael J. Brooks, Jennifer L. Sedillo, Nikki Wagner, Wei Wang, Ahmed S. Attia, Henry Wong, Cassie A. Laurence, Eric J. Hansen, and Scott D. Gray-Owen

6- Moraxella catarrhalis Expresses an Unusual Hfq Protein

Ahmed S. Attia, Jennifer L. Sedillo, Wei Wang, Wei Liu, Chad A. Brautigam, Wade Winkler, and Eric J. Hansen

5- A UspA2H-Negative Variant of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain O46E Has a Deletion in a Homopolymeric Nucleotide Repeat Common to uspA2H Genes

Wei Wang, Melanie M. Pearson, Ahmed S. Attia, Robert J. Blick, and Eric J. Hansen

4- A Conserved Tetranucleotide Repeat Is Necessary for Wild-Type Expression of the Moraxella catarrhalis UspA2 Protein

Ahmed S. Attia and Eric J. Hansen

3- Binding of Vitronectin by the Moraxella catarrhalis UspA2 Protein Interferes with Late Stages of the Complement Cascade

Ahmed S. Attia, Sanjay Ram, Peter A. Rice, and Eric J. Hansen

2- Development of a Shuttle Vector for Moraxella catarrhalis

Wei Wang, Ahmed S. Attia, Lixia Liu, Thomas Rosche, Nikki J. Wagner and Eric J. Hansen

1- The UspA2 Protein of Moraxella catarrhalis is Directly Involved in the Expression of Serum Resistance

Ahmed S. Attia, Eric R. Lafontaine, Jo L. Latimer, Christoph Aebi, George A. Syrogiannopoulos, and Eric J. Hansen