Recent Publications
Pearah AN, John-Lewis Edwards N, Carter RR, Worthington LM, Huszar MR, Domínguez K, Wapshott-Stehli HL, Lindon AK, Darch SE, Ho TTB, Randis TM. Bridging the gap: organotypic models to study late-onset group B streptococcus infection. Microbiol Spectr. 2026;14(6):e0231625. doi:10.1128/spectrum.02316-25
Dominguez K, Pearah AN, Lindon AK, Worthington LM, Carter RR, John-Lewis Edwards N, Ho TTB, Darch SE, Randis TM. The impact of butyrate on group B Streptococcus-induced intestinal barrier disruption. Infect Immun. 2024;92(10):e0020024. doi:10.1128/iai.00200-24
Group B Streptococcus drives major transcriptomic changes in the colonic epithelium.
Dominguez K, Lindon AK, Gibbons J, Darch SE, Randis TM. Infect Immun. 2023 Jun 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00035-23
Host inflammatory dynamics reveal placental immune modulation by GBS during pregnancy.
Kuperwaser F, Avital G, Vaz MJ, Noble, KN, Dammann AN, Randis TM, Aronoff DM, Ratner AJ, Yanai I. Mol Syst Biol. 2023 Mar 9;19(3):e11021.
Vaginal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae in a non-pregnant reproductive-age population
Limaye MA, Brubaker S, Randis TM, Ratner AJ. . BMC Microbiol. 2023 May 19;23(1):141.
Toward the development of a protein-based group B Streptococcus vaccine
Dominguez K, Randis TM. Cell Reports Medicine. 2022 Feb 15;3(2). doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100536. PMID: 35243427
Characteristics of Hospitalized Children With SARS-CoV-2 in the New York City Metropolitan Area.
Verma S, Lumba R, Dapul HM, Gold-von Simson G, Phoon CK, Lighter JL, Farkas JS, Vinci A, Noor A, Raabe VN, Rhee D, Rigaud M, Mally PV, Randis TM, Dreyer B, Ratner AJ, Manno CS, Chopra A.Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Jan;11(1):71-78. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-001917. Epub 2020 Oct 8. PMID: 33033078
Vaz MJ, Purrier SA, Bonakdar, Chamby MAB, Ratner AJ, Randis TM. Infection and immunity. 2020 Dec;89(1). doi: 10.1128/IAI.00348-20. PMID: 33077619
Group B streptococcal transmission rates as determined by PCR.
Cicalese E, Lamousé-Smith E, Randis TM, Ratner AJ.J Perinat Med. 2020 Jun 25;48(5):509-513. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2019-0456. PMID: 32305955
High prevalence of Group B Streptococcus colonization among pregnant women in Amman, Jordan.
Clouse K, Shehabi A, Suleimat AM, Faouri S, Khuri-Bulos N, Al Jammal A, Chappell J, Fortner KB, Chamby AB, Randis TM, Ratner AJ, Aronoff DM, Halasa N.BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 May 20;19(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2317-4. PMID: 31109301
High Rate of Serotype V Streptococcus agalactiae Carriage in Pregnant Women in Botswana.
A'Hearn-Thomas B, Khatami A, Randis TM, Vurayai M, Mokomane M, Arscott-Mills T, Banda FM, Mazhani T, Lepere T, Gaolebale P, Nchingane S, Chamby A, Gegick M, Suzman E, Steenhoff AP, Ratner AJ.Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 May;100(5):1115-1117. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0847. PMID: 30915949
Distribution of Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis Pathogens Differs in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings.
Black CG, Tavares L, Stachel A, Ratner AJ, Randis TM.Am J Perinatol. 2019 Sep;36(11):1136-1141. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1675643. Epub 2018 Dec 14. PMID: 30551230
Vaginal co-colonization with multiple Group B Streptococcus serotypes.
Khatami A, Randis TM, Tavares L, Gegick M, Suzman E, Ratner AJ.Vaccine. 2019 Jan 14;37(3):409-411. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.001. Epub 2018 Dec 8. PMID: 30528847
Decidual stromal cell-derived PGE2 regulates macrophage responses to microbial threat.
Rogers LM, Anders AP, Doster RS, Gill EA, Gnecco JS, Holley JM, Randis TM, Ratner AJ, Gaddy JA, Osteen K, Aronoff DM.Am J Reprod Immunol. 2018 Oct;80(4):e13032. doi: 10.1111/aji.13032. Epub 2018 Aug 7. PMID: 30084522
Khatami A, Randis TM, Chamby A, Hooven TA, Gegick M, Suzman E, A'Hearn-Thomas B, Steenhoff AP, Ratner AJ.Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 7;5(7):ofy164. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy164. eCollection 2018 Jul. PMID: 30038931
Incidence of early-onset sepsis in infants born to women with clinical chorioamnionitis.
Randis TM, Rice MM, Myatt L, Tita ATN, Leveno KJ, Reddy UM, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Dinsmoor MJ, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Samuels P, Sciscione A, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network.J Perinat Med. 2018 Oct 25;46(8):926-933. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2017-0192. PMID: 29791315
Nowak RG, Randis TM, Desai P, He X, Robinson CK, Rath JM, Glover ED, Ratner AJ, Ravel J, Brotman RM.Sex Transm Dis. 2018 Apr;45(4):e14-e17. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000774. PMID: 29465671
Group B Streptococcus and the Vaginal Microbiota.
Rosen GH, Randis TM, Desai PV, Sapra KJ, Ma B, Gajer P, Humphrys MS, Ravel J, Gelber SE, Ratner AJ.J Infect Dis. 2017 Sep 15;216(6):744-751. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix395. PMID: 28934437
Mucosal vaccination promotes clearance of Streptococcus agalactiae vaginal colonization.
Baker JA, Lewis EL, Byland LM, Bonakdar M, Randis TM, Ratner AJ.Vaccine. 2017 Mar 1;35(9):1273-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.029. Epub 2017 Feb 2. PMID: 28162823