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LIST OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

For a full list of the papers by Dr. van Hoek, please see the following link from NCBI:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/monique.van%20hoek.1/bibliography/public/

Alternatively, you can visit my Google Scholar Page. Monique van Hoek‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Recent Publication!

Diverse roles of Low-Molecular Weight Thiol GSH in Francisella’s virulence, location sensing and GSH-stealing from host.Monique van Hoek, Alexander Marchesani, Mamta Rawat.  Current Research in Microbial Sciences, accepted Dec 2023.

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PEPTIDE PAPERS

This list of papers includes most of the antimicrobial peptide papers I have published, including on the Komodo Dragon and Alligator peptides and the Bioprospector particle approach.

  1. Machine Learning Prediction of Antimicrobial Peptides. Wang G, Vaisman II, van Hoek ML.Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2405:1-37. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1855-4_1.PMID: 35298806

  2. Ab initio Designed Antimicrobial Peptides Against Gram-Negative Bacteria. Bobde SS, Alsaab FM, Wang G, Van Hoek ML.Front Microbiol. 2021 Nov 16;12:715246. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.715246. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34867843 Free PMC article.

  3. Komodo-dragon cathelicidin-inspired peptides are antibacterial against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Hitt SJ, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.J Med Microbiol. 2020 Nov;69(11):1262-1272. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001260. Epub 2020 Oct 21.PMID: 33084564

  4. Francisella novicida Two-Component System Response Regulator BfpR Modulates iglC Gene Expression, Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, and Biofilm Production. Dean SN, Milton ME, Cavanagh J, van Hoek ML.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Mar 13;10:82. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00082. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32232010 Free PMC article.

  5. The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) genome and identification of innate immunity genes and clusters. van Hoek ML, Prickett MD, Settlage RE, Kang L, Michalak P, Vliet KA, Bishop BM.BMC Genomics. 2019 Aug 30;20(1):684. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-6029-y.PMID: 31470795 Free PMC article.

  6. Komodo dragon-inspired synthetic peptide DRGN-1 promotes wound-healing of a mixed-biofilm infected wound. Chung EMC, Dean SN, Propst CN, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2017 Apr 11;3:9. doi: 10.1038/s41522-017-0017-2. eCollection 2017.PMID: 28649410 Free PMC article.

  7. Cathelicidin peptide rescues G. mellonella infected with B. anthracis. Blower RJ, Popov SG, van Hoek ML. Virulence. 2018 Jan 1;9(1):287-293. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1293227. Epub 2017 Mar 8.PMID: 28272976 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

  8. Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides from Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) by Large-Scale Analyses and De-Novo-Assisted Sequencing Using Electron-Transfer Dissociation Mass Spectrometry. Bishop BM, Juba ML, Russo PS, Devine M, Barksdale SM, Scott S, Settlage R, Michalak P, Gupta K, Vliet K, Schnur JM, van Hoek ML.J Proteome Res. 2017 Apr 7;16(4):1470-1482. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00857. Epub 2017 Feb 24.PMID: 28164707

  9. Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide from Alligator mississippiensis has antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Barksdale SM, Hrifko EJ, van Hoek ML.Dev Comp Immunol. 2017 May;70:135-144. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.01.011. Epub 2017 Jan 13.PMID: 28089718

  10. Peptides from American alligator plasma are antimicrobial against multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens including Acinetobacter baumannii. Barksdale SM, Hrifko EJ, Chung EM, van Hoek ML.BMC Microbiol. 2016 Aug 19;16(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12866-016-0799-z.PMID: 27542832 Free PMC article.

  11. Francisella philomiragia Infection and Lethality in Mammalian Tissue Culture Cell Models, Galleria mellonella, and BALB/c Mice. Propst CN, Pylypko SL, Blower RJ, Ahmad S, Mansoor M, van Hoek ML.Front Microbiol. 2016 May 24;7:696. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00696. eCollection 2016.PMID: 27252681 Free PMC article.

  12. Antimicrobial activity of mosquito cecropin peptides against Francisella. Kaushal A, Gupta K, Shah R, van Hoek ML.Dev Comp Immunol. 2016 Oct;63:171-80. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2016.05.018. Epub 2016 May 26.PMID: 27235883

  13. Characterization of Cimex lectularius (bedbug) defensin peptide and its antimicrobial activity against human skin microflora. Kaushal A, Gupta K, van Hoek ML.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Feb 19;470(4):955-60. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.01.100. Epub 2016 Jan 21.PMID: 26802465

  14. Large Scale Discovery and De Novo-Assisted Sequencing of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides (CAMPs) by Microparticle Capture and Electron-Transfer Dissociation (ETD) Mass Spectrometry. Juba ML, Russo PS, Devine M, Barksdale S, Rodriguez C, Vliet KA, Schnur JM, van Hoek ML, Bishop BM.J Proteome Res. 2015 Oct 2;14(10):4282-95. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00447. Epub 2015 Sep 23.PMID: 26327436

  15. Snake Cathelicidin NA-CATH and Smaller Helical Antimicrobial Peptides Are Effective against Burkholderia thailandensis. Blower RJ, Barksdale SM, van Hoek ML.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jul 21;9(7):e0003862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003862. eCollection 2015.PMID: 26196513 Free PMC article.

  16. Acyl carrier protein is a bacterial cytoplasmic target of cationic antimicrobial peptide LL-37. Chung MC, Dean SN, van Hoek ML.Biochem J. 2015 Sep 1;470(2):243-53. doi: 10.1042/BJ20150432. Epub 2015 Jul 17.PMID: 26188040

  17. Analysis of mixed biofilm (Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) by laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.Dean SN, Walsh C, Goodman H, van Hoek ML.Biofouling. 2015;31(2):151-61. doi: 10.1080/08927014.2015.1011067.PMID: 25672229

  18. Bioprospecting the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) host defense peptidome. Bishop BM, Juba ML, Devine MC, Barksdale SM, Rodriguez CA, Chung MC, Russo PS, Vliet KA, Schnur JM, van Hoek ML.PLoS One. 2015 Feb 11;10(2):e0117394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117394. eCollection 2015.PMID: 25671663 Free PMC article.

  19. Short, Synthetic Cationic Peptides Have Antibacterial Activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis by Forming Pores in Membrane and Synergizing with Antibiotics. Gupta K, Singh S, van Hoek ML.Antibiotics (Basel). 2015 Aug 24;4(3):358-78. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics4030358.PMID: 27025629 Free PMC article.

  20. Antimicrobial peptides in reptiles. van Hoek ML.Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2014 Jun 10;7(6):723-53. doi: 10.3390/ph7060723.PMID: 24918867 Free PMC article.

  21. The Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 as a Potential Treatment for Polymicrobial Infected Wounds. Duplantier AJ, van Hoek ML.Front Immunol. 2013 Jul 3;4:143. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00143. eCollection 2013.PMID: 23840194 Free PMC article.

  22. Cigarette smoke extract induces differential expression levels of beta-defensin peptides in human alveolar epithelial cells. Pierson T, Learmonth-Pierson S, Pinto D, van Hoek ML.Tob Induc Dis. 2013 Apr 29;11(1):10. doi: 10.1186/1617-9625-11-10.PMID: 23627872 Free PMC article. 

  23. Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm to Alpha-Helical Peptides: D-enantiomer of LL-37. Dean SN, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.Front Microbiol. 2011 Jul 4;2:128. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00128. eCollection 2011. PMID: 21772832 Free PMC article.

  24. Natural and synthetic cathelicidin peptides with anti-microbial and anti-biofilm activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Dean SN, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.BMC Microbiol. 2011 May 23;11:114. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-114.PMID: 21605457 Free PMC article.

  25. Antimicrobial activity of the Naja atra cathelicidin and related small peptides. de Latour FA, Amer LS, Papanstasiou EA, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Jun 11;396(4):825-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.158. Epub 2010 May 10.PMID: 20438706

  26. Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of cathelicidins and short, synthetic peptides against Francisella. Amer LS, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 May 28;396(2):246-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.073. Epub 2010 Apr 23.PMID: 20399752

  27. Role of acetylation and charge in antimicrobial peptides based on human beta-defensin-3. Papanastasiou EA, Hua Q, Sandouk A, Son UH, Christenson AJ, Van Hoek ML, Bishop BM. APMIS. 2009 Jul;117(7):492-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02460.x.PMID: 19594489

  28. Antimicrobial activity of human beta-defensins and induction by Francisella. Han S, Bishop BM, van Hoek ML.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jul 11;371(4):670-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.092. Epub 2008 Apr 29.PMID: 18452706

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