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Lisa A Lewis PhD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
364 Plantation Street, LRB
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-856-8587
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    InstitutionUMMS - School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionInfectious Diseases And Immunology


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    Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United StatesBSMicrobiology
    State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United StatesMAMicrobiology
    State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United StatesPHDMicrobiology

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    1. Lewis LA, Ram S. Complement interactions with the pathogenic Neisseriae: clinical features, deficiency states and evasion mechanisms. FEBS Lett. 2020 Feb 14. PMID: 32058583.
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    2. Lewis LA, Panicker S, DeOliveira RB, Parry GC, Ram S. Effect of a C1s Inhibitor on the Efficacy of Anti-Capsular Antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Immunohorizons. 2019 Nov 05; 3(11):519-530. PMID: 31690560.
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    3. Beernink PT, Vianzon V, Lewis LA, Moe GR, Granoff DM. A Meningococcal Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine with Overexpressed Mutant FHbp Elicits Higher Protective Antibody Responses in Infant Rhesus Macaques than a Licensed Serogroup B Vaccine. MBio. 2019 Jun 18; 10(3). PMID: 31213564.
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    4. Lewis LA, Rice PA, Ram S. The role of gonococcal Neisserial surface protein A (NspA) in serum resistance and comparison of its factor H binding properties with that of its meningococcal counterpart. Infect Immun. 2018 Dec 03. PMID: 30510105.
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    5. Beernink PT, Ispasanie E, Lewis LA, Ram S, Moe GR, Granoff DM. A meningococcal native outer membrane vesicle vaccine with attenuated endotoxin and overexpressed Factor H binding protein elicits gonococcal bactericidal antibodies. J Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 20. PMID: 30346576.
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    6. Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Zheng B, Carr C, Bass I, Gulati S, DeOliveira RB, Gose S, Reed GW, Botto M, Rice PA, Ram S. Human Factor H Domains 6 and 7 Fused to IgG1 Fc Are Immunotherapeutic against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol. 2018 Sep 28. PMID: 30266769.
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    7. Ram S, Gulati S, Lewis LA, Chakraborti S, Zheng B, DeOliveira RB, Reed GW, Cox AD, Li J, St Michael F, Stupak J, Su XH, Saha S, Landig CS, Varki A, Rice PA. A novel sialylation site on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide links heptose II lactose expression with pathogenicity. Infect Immun. 2018 May 29. PMID: 29844237.
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    8. Ram S, Shaughnessy J, de Oliveira RB, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA. Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide sialylation: virulence factor and target for novel immunotherapeutics. Pathog Dis. 2017 Jun 01; 75(4). PMID: 28460033.
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    9. Ram S, Shaughnessy J, DeOliveira RB, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA. Utilizing complement evasion strategies to design complement-based antibacterial immunotherapeutics: Lessons from the pathogenic Neisseriae. Immunobiology. 2016 Oct; 221(10):1110-23. PMID: 27297292.
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    10. Chakraborti S, Lewis LA, Cox AD, St Michael F, Li J, Rice PA, Ram S. Phase-Variable Heptose I Glycan Extensions Modulate Efficacy of 2C7 Vaccine Antibody Directed against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide. J Immunol. 2016 Jun 1; 196(11):4576-86. PMID: 27183633.
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    11. Shaughnessy J, Gulati S, Agarwal S, Unemo M, Ohnishi M, Su XH, Monks BG, Visintin A, Madico G, Lewis LA, Golenbock DT, Reed GW, Rice PA, Ram S. A Novel Factor H-Fc Chimeric Immunotherapeutic Molecule against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 15; 196(4):1732-40. PMID: 26773149.
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    12. Gulati S, Schoenhofen IC, Whitfield DM, Cox AD, Li J, St Michael F, Vinogradov EV, Stupak J, Zheng B, Ohnishi M, Unemo M, Lewis LA, Taylor RE, Landig CS, Diaz S, Reed GW, Varki A, Rice PA, Ram S. Utilizing CMP-Sialic Acid Analogs to Unravel Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide-Mediated Complement Resistance and Design Novel Therapeutics. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Dec; 11(12):e1005290. PMID: 26630657.
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    13. Lewis LA, Gulati S, Burrowes E, Zheng B, Ram S, Rice PA. a-2,3-sialyltransferase expression level impacts the kinetics of lipooligosaccharide sialylation, complement resistance, and the ability of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to colonize the murine genital tract. MBio. 2015 Feb 03; 6(1). PMID: 25650401.
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    14. Alm RA, Lahiri SD, Kutschke A, Otterson LG, McLaughlin RE, Whiteaker JD, Lewis LA, Su X, Huband MD, Gardner H, Mueller JP. Characterization of the novel DNA gyrase inhibitor AZD0914: low resistance potential and lack of cross-resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Mar; 59(3):1478-86. PMID: 25534723.
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    15. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Granoff DM, Ram S. Inhibition of the alternative pathway of nonhuman infant complement by porin B2 contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis in the infant rat model. Infect Immun. 2014 Jun; 82(6):2574-84. PMID: 24686052.
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    16. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Vasudhev S, Shaughnessy J, Granoff DM, Ram S. Factor H-dependent alternative pathway inhibition mediated by porin B contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis. MBio. 2013 Oct 15; 4(5):e00339-13. PMID: 24129254.
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    17. Lewis LA, Ram S. Meningococcal disease and the complement system. Virulence. 2014 Jan 1; 5(1):98-126. PMID: 24104403.
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    18. Gulati S, Zheng B, Reed GW, Su X, Cox AD, St Michael F, Stupak J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA. Immunization against a saccharide epitope accelerates clearance of experimental gonococcal infection. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(8):e1003559. PMID: 24009500.
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    19. Lewis LA, Shafer WM, Dutta Ray T, Ram S, Rice PA. Phosphoethanolamine residues on the lipid A moiety of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide modulate binding of complement inhibitors and resistance to complement killing. Infect Immun. 2013 Jan; 81(1):33-42. PMID: 23071134.
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    20. Toussi DN, Carraway M, Wetzler LM, Lewis LA, Liu X, Massari P. The amino acid sequence of Neisseria lactamica PorB surface-exposed loops influences Toll-like receptor 2-dependent cell activation. Infect Immun. 2012 Oct; 80(10):3417-28. PMID: 22825445.
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    21. Lewis LA, Carter M, Ram S. The relative roles of factor H binding protein, neisserial surface protein A, and lipooligosaccharide sialylation in regulation of the alternative pathway of complement on meningococci. J Immunol. 2012 May 15; 188(10):5063-72. PMID: 22504643.
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    22. Vu DM, Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA, Granoff DM. Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 2012 Feb; 80(2):643-50. PMID: 22104107.
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    23. Ray TD, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA, Ram S. Novel blocking human IgG directed against the pentapeptide repeat motifs of Neisseria meningitidis Lip/H.8 and Laz lipoproteins. J Immunol. 2011 Apr 15; 186(8):4881-94. PMID: 21402895.
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    24. Ram S, Lewis LA, Agarwal S. Meningococcal group W-135 and Y capsular polysaccharides paradoxically enhance activation of the alternative pathway of complement. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 11; 286(10):8297-307. PMID: 21245150.
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    25. Ram S, Lewis LA, Rice PA. Infections of people with complement deficiencies and patients who have undergone splenectomy. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Oct; 23(4):740-80. PMID: 20930072.
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    26. Lewis LA, Ngampasutadol J, Wallace R, Reid JE, Vogel U, Ram S. The meningococcal vaccine candidate neisserial surface protein A (NspA) binds to factor H and enhances meningococcal resistance to complement. PLoS Pathog. 2010 Jul 29; 6(7):e1001027. PMID: 20686663.
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    27. Serruto D, Spadafina T, Ciucchi L, Lewis LA, Ram S, Tontini M, Santini L, Biolchi A, Seib KL, Giuliani MM, Donnelly JJ, Berti F, Savino S, Scarselli M, Costantino P, Kroll JS, O'Dwyer C, Qiu J, Plaut AG, Moxon R, Rappuoli R, Pizza M, Aricò B. Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23; 107(8):3770-5. PMID: 20133713.
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    28. Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Jarva H, Ram S. Functional comparison of the binding of factor H short consensus repeat 6 (SCR 6) to factor H binding protein from Neisseria meningitidis and the binding of factor H SCR 18 to 20 to Neisseria gonorrhoeae porin. Infect Immun. 2009 May; 77(5):2094-103. PMID: 19273554.
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    29. Lewis LA, Choudhury B, Balthazar JT, Martin LE, Ram S, Rice PA, Stephens DS, Carlson R, Shafer WM. Phosphoethanolamine substitution of lipid A and resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to cationic antimicrobial peptides and complement-mediated killing by normal human serum. Infect Immun. 2009 Mar; 77(3):1112-20. PMID: 19114544.
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    30. Lewis LA, Ram S, Prasad A, Gulati S, Getzlaff S, Blom AM, Vogel U, Rice PA. Defining targets for complement components C4b and C3b on the pathogenic neisseriae. Infect Immun. 2008 Jan; 76(1):339-50. PMID: 17984207.
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    31. Ram S, Ngampasutadol J, Cox AD, Blom AM, Lewis LA, St Michael F, Stupak J, Gulati S, Rice PA. Heptose I glycan substitutions on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide influence C4b-binding protein binding and serum resistance. Infect Immun. 2007 Aug; 75(8):4071-81. PMID: 17526744.
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    32. Madico G, Welsch JA, Lewis LA, McNaughton A, Perlman DH, Costello CE, Ngampasutadol J, Vogel U, Granoff DM, Ram S. The meningococcal vaccine candidate GNA1870 binds the complement regulatory protein factor H and enhances serum resistance. J Immunol. 2006 Jul 1; 177(1):501-10. PMID: 16785547.
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    33. Gulati S, Cox A, Lewis LA, Michael FS, Li J, Boden R, Ram S, Rice PA. Enhanced factor H binding to sialylated Gonococci is restricted to the sialylated lacto-N-neotetraose lipooligosaccharide species: implications for serum resistance and evidence for a bifunctional lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase in Gonococci. Infect Immun. 2005 Nov; 73(11):7390-7. PMID: 16239538.
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    34. Harrison A, Dyer DW, Gillaspy A, Ray WC, Mungur R, Carson MB, Zhong H, Gipson J, Gipson M, Johnson LS, Lewis L, Bakaletz LO, Munson RS. Genomic sequence of an otitis media isolate of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: comparative study with H. influenzae serotype d, strain KW20. J Bacteriol. 2005 Jul; 187(13):4627-36. PMID: 15968074.
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    35. Munson RS, Harrison A, Gillaspy A, Ray WC, Carson M, Armbruster D, Gipson J, Gipson M, Johnson L, Lewis L, Dyer DW, Bakaletz LO. Partial analysis of the genomes of two nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae otitis media isolates. Infect Immun. 2004 May; 72(5):3002-10. PMID: 15102813.
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    36. Williams WA, Hendrickson A, Gillaspy AF, Dyer DW, Lewis LA. Oligonucleotide analysis by sequential injection before analysis (SIBA) capillary electrophoresis. Anal Biochem. 2003 Feb 1; 313(1):183-5. PMID: 12576078.
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    37. Rohde KH, Gillaspy AF, Hatfield MD, Lewis LA, Dyer DW. Interactions of haemoglobin with the Neisseria meningitidis receptor HpuAB: the role of TonB and an intact proton motive force. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Jan; 43(2):335-54. PMID: 11985713.
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    38. Lewis LA, Gipson M, Hartman K, Ownbey T, Vaughn J, Dyer DW. Phase variation of HpuAB and HmbR, two distinct haemoglobin receptors of Neisseria meningitidis DNM2. Mol Microbiol. 1999 Jun; 32(5):977-89. PMID: 10361300.
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    39. Lewis LA, Sung MH, Gipson M, Hartman K, Dyer DW. Transport of intact porphyrin by HpuAB, the hemoglobin-haptoglobin utilization system of Neisseria meningitidis. J Bacteriol. 1998 Nov; 180(22):6043-7. PMID: 9811666.
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    40. Lewis LA, Rohde K, Gipson M, Behrens B, Gray E, Toth SI, Roe BA, Dyer DW. Identification and molecular analysis of lbpBA, which encodes the two-component meningococcal lactoferrin receptor. Infect Immun. 1998 Jun; 66(6):3017-23. PMID: 9596785.
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    41. Lewis LA, Gray E, Wang YP, Roe BA, Dyer DW. Molecular characterization of hpuAB, the haemoglobin-haptoglobin-utilization operon of Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Microbiol. 1997 Feb; 23(4):737-49. PMID: 9157245.
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    42. Chen CJ, Sparling PF, Lewis LA, Dyer DW, Elkins C. Identification and purification of a hemoglobin-binding outer membrane protein from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infect Immun. 1996 Dec; 64(12):5008-14. PMID: 8945539.
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    43. Lewis LA, Dyer DW. Identification of an iron-regulated outer membrane protein of Neisseria meningitidis involved in the utilization of hemoglobin complexed to haptoglobin. J Bacteriol. 1995 Mar; 177(5):1299-306. PMID: 7868605.
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    44. Quinn ML, Weyer SJ, Lewis LA, Dyer DW, Wagner PM. Insertional inactivation of the gene for the meningococcal lactoferrin binding protein. Microb Pathog. 1994 Oct; 17(4):227-37. PMID: 7715421.
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