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Victor J. Torres

Victor J. Torres, PhD

C.V. Starr Associate Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology

Keywords
immunology, microbiology

Phone

212-263-9232

Academic office

430 East 29th Street

3rd Floor, 311

New York, NY 10016

Lab Website
Torres Lab
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Positions

C.V. Starr Associate Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology

Graduate Education

PhD from Vanderbilt University

Residency And Fellowship Training

Fellowship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Understanding the mechanisms of heme utilization by Staphylococcus aureus

Fellowship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Characterization of the immunosuppressive activities of the Heficobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin.

Serologic Detection of Antibodies Targeting the Leukocidin LukAB Strongly Predicts Staphylococcus aureus in Children With Invasive Infection

Wood, James B; Jones, Lauren S; Soper, Nicole R; Xu, Meng; Torres, Victor J; Buddy Creech, C; Thomsen, Isaac P

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2019 May 11; 8(2):128-135

Vasculature-associated fat macrophages readily adapt to inflammatory and metabolic challenges

Silva, Hernandez Moura; Báfica, André; Rodrigues-Luiz, Gabriela Flavia; Chi, Jingyi; Santos, Patricia d'Emery Alves; Reis, Bernardo S; Hoytema van Konijnenburg, David P; Crane, Audrey; Arifa, Raquel Duque Nascimento; Martin, Patricia; Mendes, Daniel Augusto G B; Mansur, Daniel Santos; Torres, Victor J; Cadwell, Ken; Cohen, Paul; Mucida, Daniel; Lafaille, Juan J

Journal of experimental medicine. 2019 Apr 01; 216(4):786-806

Staphylococcus aureus Leukocidins Target Endothelial DARC to Cause Lethality in Mice

Lubkin, Ashira; Lee, Warren L; Alonzo, Francis; Wang, Changsen; Aligo, Jason; Keller, Matthew; Girgis, Natasha M; Reyes-Robles, Tamara; Chan, Rita; O'Malley, Aidan; Buckley, Peter; Vozhilla, Nikollaq; Vasquez, Marilyn T; Su, Johnny; Sugiyama, Michael; Yeung, Stephen T; Coffre, Maryaline; Bajwa, Sofia; Chen, Eric; Martin, Patricia; Kim, Sang Y; Loomis, Cynthia; Worthen, G Scott; Shopsin, Bo; Khanna, Kamal M; Weinstock, Daniel; Lynch, Anthony Simon; Koralov, Sergei B; Loke, P'ng; Cadwell, Ken; Torres, Victor J

Cell host & microbe. 2019 Mar 13; 25(3):463-470.e9

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Secreted Toxins and Extracellular Enzymes

Tam, Kayan; Torres, Victor J

Microbiology spectrum. 2019 03; 7(2):

Manganese Detoxification by MntE Is Critical for Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Virulence of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Grunenwald, Caroline M; Choby, Jacob E; Juttukonda, Lillian J; Beavers, William N; Weiss, Andy; Torres, Victor J; Skaar, Eric P

MBio. 2019 02 26; 10(1):

Sequential evolution of virulence and resistance during clonal spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Copin, Richard; Sause, William E; Fulmer, Yi; Balasubramanian, Divya; Dyzenhaus, Sophie; Ahmed, Jamil M; Kumar, Krishan; Lees, John; Stachel, Anna; Fisher, Jason C; Drlica, Karl; Phillips, Michael; Weiser, Jeffrey N; Planet, Paul J; Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin; Altman, Deena R; Sebra, Robert; van Bakel, Harm; Lighter, Jennifer; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2019 Jan 29; 116(5):1745-1754

Identification of biologic agents to neutralize the bicomponent leukocidins of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Chan, Rita; Buckley, Peter T; O'Malley, Aidan; Sause, William E; Alonzo, Francis; Lubkin, Ashira; Boguslawski, Kristina M; Payne, Angela; Fernandez, Jeffrey; Strohl, William R; Whitaker, Brian; Lynch, Anthony Simon; Torres, Victor J

Science translational medicine. 2019 Jan 16; 11(475):

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Impairs the Function of and Kills Human Dendritic Cells via the LukAB Toxin

Berends, Evelien T M; Zheng, Xuhui; Zwack, Erin E; Ménager, Mickaël M; Cammer, Michael; Shopsin, Bo; Torres, Victor J

MBio. 2019 01 02; 10(1):

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