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Quigly Dragotakes

Observed institution: Johns Hopkins University
ORCID: 0000-0003-4068-5828
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-4068-5828
OpenAlex ID: A5033281145
The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans
2018 · Arturo Casadevall, Carolina Coelho, et al. · Virulence · 234
Convalescent plasma use in the USA was inversely correlated with COVID-19 mortality
2021 · Arturo Casadevall, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · eLife · 61
Galleria mellonella immune melanization is fungicidal during infection
2022 · Daniel F. Q. Smith, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · Communications Biology · 60
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The Outcome of the Cryptococcus neoformans–Macrophage Interaction Depends on Phagolysosomal Membrane Integrity
2018 · Carlos M De Leon-Rodriguez, Diego C P Rossi, et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 50
Variation in Cell Surface Hydrophobicity among Cryptococcus neoformans Strains Influences Interactions with Amoebas
2020 · Raghav Vij, Carina Danchik, et al. · mSphere · 41
Macrophages use a bet-hedging strategy for antimicrobial activity in phagolysosomal acidification
2020 · Quigly Dragotakes, Kaitlin Stouffer, et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 40
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Dragotcytosis: Elucidation of the Mechanism for Cryptococcus neoformans Macrophage-to-Macrophage Transfer
2019 · Quigly Dragotakes, Man Shun Fu, et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 39
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Similar evolutionary trajectories in an environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolate after human and murine infection
2023 · Poppy Sephton-Clark, Scott A. McConnell, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 21
Conservation of Intracellular Pathogenic Strategy among Distantly Related Cryptococcal Species
2018 · Joudeh B. Freij, Man Shun Fu, et al. · Infection and Immunity · 21
Melanin protects Cryptococcus neoformans from spaceflight effects
2022 · Radames J. B. Cordero, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · Environmental Microbiology Reports · 19
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Estimates of actual and potential lives saved in the United States from the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma
2024 · Quigly Dragotakes, Patrick W. Johnson, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 17
Automated Measurement of Cryptococcal Species Polysaccharide Capsule and Cell Body
2018 · Quigly Dragotakes, Arturo Casadevall · Journal of Visualized Experiments · 16
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Bet-hedging antimicrobial strategies in macrophage phagosome acidification drive the dynamics of Cryptococcus neoformans intracellular escape mechanisms
2022 · Quigly Dragotakes, Ella Jacobs, et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 15
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Cryptococcus neoformans releases proteins during intracellular residence that affect the outcome of the fungal–macrophage interaction
2022 · Eric H Jung, Yoon-Dong Park, et al. · microLife · 12
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Radiation protection and structural stability of fungal melanin polylactic acid biocomposites in low Earth orbit
2025 · Radames J. B. Cordero, Kim K. de Groh, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 8
The buoyancy of cryptococcal cells and its implications for transport and persistence of Cryptococcus in aqueous environments
2024 · Isabel A. Jimenez, Piotr R. Stempinski, et al. · mSphere · 6
Avoided and Avoidable Deaths with the Use of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Italy during the First Two Years of Pandemic
2024 · Massimo Franchini, Arturo Casadevall, et al. · Life · 4
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Melanization is an important antifungal defense mechanism in Galleria mellonella hosts
2022 · Daniel F. Q. Smith, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 4
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Carbon starvation induces coincident capsule and cell wall remodeling in Cryptococcus neoformans
2025 · Elise Bedford, Leandro Buffoni Roque da Silva, et al. · mBio · 3
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Peroxisomes regulate virulence and cell density sensing in Cryptococcus neoformans
2025 · Ella Jacobs, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2
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Human and murine Cryptococcus neoformans infection selects for common genomic changes in an environmental isolate
2022 · Poppy Sephton-Clark, Scott A. McConnell, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2
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Erratum for Bedford et al., “Carbon starvation induces coincident capsule and cell wall remodeling in Cryptococcus neoformans ”
2026 · Elise Bedford, Leandro Buffoni Roque da Silva, et al. · mBio · 1
A conserved enzymatic toolkit targeting host cell metabolism is associated with Cryptococcus neoformans intracellular survival in protozoal and mammalian phagocytic cells
2025 · Quigly Dragotakes, Ella Jacobs, et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 1
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A food color-based colorimetric assay for Cryptococcus neoformans laccase activity
2024 · Lia Sanchez Ramirez, Quigly Dragotakes, et al. · Microbiology Spectrum · 1
Estimating the size of fields in biomedical sciences
2023 · Quigly Dragotakes, Arturo Casadevall · mSystems · 1
Works count: 33
Citation count: 682
H-index: 13
I10-index: 14
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