Kelver ME, Kaul A, Nowicki B, Findley WE, Hutchens TW, Nagamani M. Estrogen Regulation of Lactoferrin Expression in Human Endometrium. Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. (Nov) 1996. 36:243–247.

Goluszko, P, Moseley S, Truong, LD, Kaul A, Nowicki S, Nowicki B. Development of Experimental Model of Chronic Pyelonephritis with Escherichia coli O75:K5:H- bearing Dr Fimbriae: Mutation in the dra Region Prevented Tubulointerstitial Nephritis. J Clin Invest. (Apr) 1997. 99:1–11.

Nowicki, S, Ram, P, Pham, T, Goluszko, P, Morse, S, Anderson, GD, Nowicki B. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Are Distinguished by C1q-Dependent Virulence for Newborn Rats and by the sac

Region. Infect. Immun. (June) 1997. 65:2094–2099. 4. Goluszko P, Popov V, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S, Pham T, Nowicki B. Dr fimbriae Operon of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Mediate Microtubule-Dependent Invasion to the HeLa Epithelial Cell Line. J Infect Dis (July) 1997. 176:158-67.

Pham TQ, Goluszko P, Popov V, Nowicki S, Nowicki B. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Dr-II, a Nonfimbrial Adhesin-Like Adhesin Isolated from Gestational Pyelonephritis-Associated Escherichia coli That Binds to Decay-Accelerating Factor. Infect. Immun. (Oct) 1997. 65(10):4309-4318.

Nowicki B, Fang L, Singhal S, Nowicki S and Yallampalli C. Lethal Outcome of Uterine Infection in Pregnant but Not in Nonpregnant Rats and Increased Death Rate with Inhibition of Nitric Oxide. Am J Reprod. Immun. (Oct) 1997;38:309-312.

B. Nowicki, J. Singhal, L. Fang, S. Nowicki, C. Yalampalli: “Inverse relationship between severity of experimental pyelonephritis and nitric oxide production in C3H/HeJ mice. Infection and Immunity, May 1999 67(5):2421-2427.

Fang L, Nowicki B, Dong YL, Yallampalli C: “Localized increase in nitric oxide production and the expression of nitric oxide isoforms in rat uterus with experimental intrauterine infection” Am J Obstet Gynecol, Sept 1999 18(3):601-609.

Selvarangan R, Goluszko P, Popov V, Singhal J, Pham T, Lublin DM, Nowicki S, and Nowicki B: “Role of Decay-Accelerating Factor domains and anchorage in Internalization of Dr. Fimbriated Escherichia coli” Infect Immun. 2000 68(3);1391-1399.

Nowicki S, Hart A, Nowicki B. Susceptibility to Gonococcal Infection During the Menstrual Cycle JAMA 2000;283(10):1291-1292.

Peiffer I, Guignot J, Barbat A, Carnoy C, Moseley S, Nowicki B, Servin A, Bernet-Camard MF. Structural and functional lesions in brush border of human polarized intestinal Caco-2/TC7 cells infected by members of the Afa/Dr diffusely adhering family of Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 2000,68(10):5979-5990.

Guignot J, Breard J, Bernet-Camard MF, Peiffer I, Nowicki BJ, Servin AL, Blanc-Potard AB. Pyelonephritogenic diffusely adhering Escherichia coli EC7372 harboring Dr-II adhesin carries classical uropathogenic virulence genes and promotes cell lysis and apoptosis in polarized epithelial caco-2/TC7 cells. Infect Immun 2000 68 (12):7018-27.

Fang L, Nowicki B, Yallampalli C. Differential expression of uterine nitric oxide system in pregnant and nonpregnant rats with intrauterine bacterial infection. Am J Physiol. 280:R1363,2001.

Goluszko P, Selvarangan R, Nowicki BJ, Nowicki S, Hart A, Pawelczyk E, Nguyen K. A Rapid Receptor-Clustering Assay to Detect Uropathogenic and Diarrheal Escherichia coli Bearing Adhesins of Dr Family. J Clin Micro 2001 39(6):2317-20.

Goluszko P, Niesel D, Nowicki B, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S, Hart A, Pawelczyk E, Das M Urvil P and Hasan R. Dr operon-associated invasiveness of Escherichia coli from pregnant patients with pyelonephritis. Infect Immun 2001 69(7) 4678-4680.

Le Bouguenec C, Lalioui L, DuMerle L, Jouve M, Courcoux P, Bouzari S, Selvarangan R, Nowicki BJ, Germani Y, Andremont A, Gounon P, and Garcia MI. Characterization of AfaE adhesins produced by extraintestinal and intestinal human Escherichia coli isolates: PCR assays for detection of Afa adhesins that do or do not recognize Dr blood group antigens. J Clin Micro 2001:39(5);1738-1745.

Hart A, Nowicki BJ, Reisner B, Pawelczyk E, Goluszko P, Urvil P, Anderson G, and Nowicki S. Ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli in gestational pyelonephritis: increased occurrence and association with the colonization factor Dr adhesin. J Infect Dis 2001 May 15;183(10):1526-9.

Nowicki S, Nowicki B, Pham T, Hasan R, Nagamani M. Expression of Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF) in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma is Inversely Related to the Stage of Tumor. Am J Reprod Immun 2001; 46:144-148.

Hasan RJ, Pawelczyk E, Urvil P,* Venkatarajan MS, Goluszko P, Kur J, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S, Braun WA, Nowicki BJ. Structure-Function Analysis of Decay Accelerating Factor. Identification of Residues Important for Binding of Escherichia coli Dr-adhesin and Complement Regulation. Infect Immun 2002 Aug; 70(8): 4485-4493.

Zalewska B, Piatek R, Cieslinski H, Nowicki B, and Kur J. Cloning, expression, and purification of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli invasin DraD. Protein Exp Puri 2001 23:476-82.

Young SL, Lessey BA, Fritz MA, Meyer WR, Murray MJ, Speckman PL, and Nowicki BJ. In Vivo and in Vitro evidence suggest that HB-EGF regulates endometrial expression of human decay-accelerating factor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 87: 1368-1375.

Johnson JR, Stell AL, O’Bryan TT, Kuskowski M, Nowicki B, Johnson C, Maslow JN, Kaul A, Kavle J and Prats G. Global Molecular Epidemiology of the O15:K52:H1 Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Clonal Group: Evidence of Distribution Beyond Europe. J Clin Microbiol 2002 40(6):1913-23

Nowicki, B. Urinary Tract Infection in Pregnant Woman : Old Dogmas and Current Concepts Regarding Pathogenesis. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2002 4 :529-535

Zalewska B, Piatek R, Konopa G, Nowicki B., Nowicki, S., Kur, J. Chimeric Dr. Fimbriae With A Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Epitope As A Model For A Recombinant Vaccine. Infection and Immunity 2003 71: 5505-5513