Helen Wang
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Docent at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Infection and Immunity; Helen Wang
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 552 95 68
- E-mail:
- helen.wang@imbim.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA
Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
- infectious diseases
- host-pathogen interaction
- plasmid copy number
- type iii secretion system
- bacterial infections

Publications
Recent publications
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Plasmid copy number as a modulator in bacterial pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance
Part of npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, 2025
- DOI for Plasmid copy number as a modulator in bacterial pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance
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Heterogeneity and metabolic diversity among Enterococcus species during long-term colonization
Part of Microbiology Spectrum, 2025
- DOI for Heterogeneity and metabolic diversity among Enterococcus species during long-term colonization
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Highly viable gastrointestinal Chlamydia trachomatis in women abstaining from receptive anal intercourse
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Part of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, p. 287-300, 2025
- DOI for Liquid crystal nanoparticles for oral combination antibiotic therapies: A strategy towards protecting commensal gut bacteria during treatment
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The polyadenylase PAPI is required for virulence plasmid maintenance in pathogenic bacteria
Part of PLoS Pathogens, 2025
- DOI for The polyadenylase PAPI is required for virulence plasmid maintenance in pathogenic bacteria
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Heterogeneity and metabolic diversity among Enterococcus species during long-term colonization
Part of Microbiology Spectrum, 2025
- DOI for Heterogeneity and metabolic diversity among Enterococcus species during long-term colonization
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Highly viable gastrointestinal Chlamydia trachomatis in women abstaining from receptive anal intercourse
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Part of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, p. 287-300, 2025
- DOI for Liquid crystal nanoparticles for oral combination antibiotic therapies: A strategy towards protecting commensal gut bacteria during treatment
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The polyadenylase PAPI is required for virulence plasmid maintenance in pathogenic bacteria
Part of PLoS Pathogens, 2025
- DOI for The polyadenylase PAPI is required for virulence plasmid maintenance in pathogenic bacteria
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YmoA functions as a molecular stress sensor in Yersinia
Part of Communications Biology, 2025
- DOI for YmoA functions as a molecular stress sensor in Yersinia
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Bacteriuria and antibiotic use during the third wave of COVID-19 intensive care in Sweden
Part of Infectious Diseases, p. 284-293, 2024
- DOI for Bacteriuria and antibiotic use during the third wave of COVID-19 intensive care in Sweden
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Part of Nature Communications, 2024
- DOI for Three concurrent mechanisms generate gene copy number variation and transient antibiotic heteroresistance
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Part of Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Antibiotic use during coronavirus disease 2019 intensive care unit shape multidrug resistance bacteriuria: A Swedish longitudinal prospective study
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Antimicrobial Peptides Incorporating Halogenated Marine-Derived Amino Acid Substituents
Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 802-809, 2023
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
- DOI for Intestinal colonization with Campylobacter jejuni affects broiler gut microbiota composition but is not inhibited by daily intake of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
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Enhanced Bacteriostatic Properties of Ti Alloys by Surface Nitriding
Part of Biomedical Materials & Devices, p. 760-771, 2023
- DOI for Enhanced Bacteriostatic Properties of Ti Alloys by Surface Nitriding
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Part of Plasmid, 2023
- DOI for Calcium-responsive plasmid copy number regulation is dependent on discrete YopD domains in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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Part of Anticancer Research, p. 1415-1426, 2023
- DOI for Phenotypic Switch and Growth of Melanoma Spheroids in the Presence of Mast Cells: Potential Impact of Nutrient-starvation Effects
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Part of Fitoterapia, 2023
- DOI for Antibacterial eremophilane sesquiterpenoids from Xylaria feejeensis, an endophytic fungi of the medicinal plant Geophila repens
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Heparanase Modulates Chromatin Accessibility
Part of Cells, 2023
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The Assessment on Synergistic Activity of Ebselen and Silver Ion Against Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
- DOI for The Assessment on Synergistic Activity of Ebselen and Silver Ion Against Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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Quantitative proteomics approach reveals novel biomarkers and pathological mechanism of keloid
Part of PROTEOMICS - Clinical Applications, 2022
- DOI for Quantitative proteomics approach reveals novel biomarkers and pathological mechanism of keloid
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Part of Infection and Immunity, 2021
- DOI for Spatiotemporal Variations in Growth Rate and Virulence Plasmid Copy Number during Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection
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Part of American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2021
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
- DOI for Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Yersinia enterocolitica From Foodborne Outbreaks in Sweden
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Complete Genome Assembly of Multidrug-Resistant Yersinia enterocolitica Y72, Isolated in Sweden
Part of Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2021
- DOI for Complete Genome Assembly of Multidrug-Resistant Yersinia enterocolitica Y72, Isolated in Sweden
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Part of Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
- DOI for Hippocampal Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Reveals Correlations Between Impaired Glutamatergic Synapse Pathway and Age-Related Hearing Loss in BXD-Recombinant Inbred Mice
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Part of British Poultry Science, p. 433-441, 2020
- DOI for Silage and haylage as forage in slow and fast-growing broilers - effects on performance in Campylobacter jejuni infected birds
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Part of Microbes and infection, p. 356-359, 2020
- DOI for Chlamydia psittaci in Fulmars on The Faroe Islands: A Causative Link to South American Psittacines Eight Decades After a Severe Epidemic
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Part of FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2018
- DOI for Energy shifts induce membrane sequestration of DraG in Rhodospirillum rubrum independent of the ammonium transporters and diazotrophic conditions.
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
- DOI for Muramyl Endopeptidase Spr Contributes to Intrinsic Vancomycin Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
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Part of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
- DOI for An experimental pipeline for initial characterization of bacterial type III secretion system inhibitor mode of action using enteropathogenic Yersinia
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Increased plasmid copy number is essential for Yersinia T3SS function and virulence
Part of Science, p. 492-495, 2016
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Part of Microbiology, p. 1834-1840, 2011
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Translocation of surface-localized effectors in type III secretion
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 1639-1644, 2011
- DOI for Translocation of surface-localized effectors in type III secretion
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Part of Research in Microbiology, p. 651-659, 2010
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Part of Journal of Bacteriology, p. 1463-1466, 2010
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 14247-14252, 2009
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Part of Microbiology, p. 2336-2347, 2008
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Part of FEMS Microbiology Letters, p. 273-279, 2005
Articles, review/survey
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Plasmid copy number as a modulator in bacterial pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance
Part of npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, 2025
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Ebselen, a multi-target compound: its effects on biological processes and diseases
Part of Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 2021
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Metabolic regulation of nitrogen fixation in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Part of Biochemical Society Transactions, p. 160-161, 2006
Chapters in book
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Part of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Methods in Molecular Biology, p. 101-115, Springer, 2023