Theo N Kirkland
Overview
Explore the profile of Theo N Kirkland including associated specialties, affiliations and a list of published articles.
Author names and details appear as published. Due to indexing inconsistencies, multiple individuals may share a name, and a single author may have variations. MedLuna displays this data as publicly available, without modification or verification
Snapshot
Snapshot
Articles
25
Citations
853
Followers
0
Related Specialties
Related Specialties
Top 10 Co-Authors
Top 10 Co-Authors
Published In
Published In
Affiliations
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Recent Articles
1.
Kirkland T, Hung C, Shubitz L, Beyhan S, Fierer J
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2024 Mar;
10(3).
PMID: 38535182
Coccidioidomycosis is an important fungal disease that is found in many desert regions of the western hemisphere. The inhaled organisms are highly pathogenic, but only half of infected, immunologically intact...
2.
Kirkland T, Beyhan S, Stajich J
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2023 Nov;
9(11).
PMID: 37998899
Gene prediction is required to obtain optimal biologically meaningful information from genomic sequences, but automated gene prediction software is imperfect. In this study, we compare the original annotation of the...
3.
Kirkland T, Stevens D, Hung C, Beyhan S, Taylor J, Shubitz L, et al.
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2022 Aug;
8(8).
PMID: 36012847
and are closely related fungal species that cause coccidioidomycosis. These dimorphic organisms cause disease in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised individuals and as much as 40% of the population is...
4.
Duttke S, Beyhan S, Singh R, Neal S, Viriyakosol S, Fierer J, et al.
mSystems
. 2022 Jan;
7(1):e0140421.
PMID: 35076277
New or emerging infectious diseases are commonly caused by pathogens that cannot be readily manipulated or studied under common laboratory conditions. These limitations hinder standard experimental approaches and our abilities...
5.
Carlin A, Beyhan S, Pena J, Stajich J, Viriyakosol S, Fierer J, et al.
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2021 Jun;
7(5).
PMID: 34067070
and are dimorphic fungi that transform from mycelia with internal arthroconidia in the soil to a tissue form known as a spherule in mammals. This process can be recapitulated...
6.
Kirkland T, Fierer J
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2020 Jun;
8(2).
PMID: 32545735
The innate immune system is critical for natural resistance to all pathogenic microorganisms, including fungi. The innate response plays a vital role in resistance to infections before the antigen-specific immune...
7.
Kirkland T, Fierer J
Virulence
. 2018 Sep;
9(1):1426-1435.
PMID: 30179067
Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii are two highly pathogenic dimorphic fungal species that are endemic in the arid areas of the new world, including the region from west Texas to...
8.
Kirkland T
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2018 Mar;
4(1).
PMID: 29558447
This special issue, "Genomic Data in Pathogenic Fungi," focuses on the genomics of human and plant pathogens. Efforts like this are important because so little information about these organisms is...
9.
Kirkland T
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2018 Jan;
2(4).
PMID: 29376949
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) is a disease caused by inhalation of spp. This neglected disease has substantial public health impact despite its geographic restriction to desert areas of the southwestern U.S.,...
10.
Kirkland T, Muszewska A, Stajich J
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2018 Jan;
4(1).
PMID: 29371508
and are primary pathogenic fungi that cause disease in immunologically-normal animals and people. The organism is found exclusively in arid regions of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America,...