Scientific Papers

2025

Magome TG, Surleac M, Hassim A, Bezuidenhout CC, van Heerden H, Lekota KE, “Decoding the anomalies: a genome-based analysis of Bacillus cereus group strains closely related to Bacillus anthracis”, Front. Microbiol., 16:1527049, 2025. [PMID: 39973926]

Hohan R, Surleac M, Miron VD, Tudor A, Tudor AM,  Sandulescu O, Vlaicu O, Arama V, Pitigoi D, Hristea A, Draganescu AC, Paraskevis D, Banica L, Otelea D, Paraschiv S, “Ongoing measles outbreak in Romania: Clinical investigation and molecular epidemiology performed on whole genome sequences”, PLoS ONE; 20(1): e0317045, 2025. [PMID: 39813269]

Gheorghe-Barbu I, Czobor Barbu I, Dragomir RI, Marinas IC, Stan MS, Pericleanu R, Dumbravă AS, Rotaru LI, Paraschiv S, Banica LM, Pecete, I, Oțelea D, Cristea VC, Popa MI, Tantu MM, Surleac M, “Emerging Resistance and Virulence Patterns in Salmonella enterica: Insights into Silver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Strategy”, Antibiotics; 14, 46, 2025. [PMID: 39858332]

2024

Vlaicu O, Banica L, Hohan R, Surleac M, Florea D, Miron VD, Tudor A, Săndulescu O, Drăgănescu AC, Oțelea D, Paraschiv S, “Antigenic Divergence from the Seasonal Vaccine of the Influenza Virus Strains Circulating in Romania During Three Successive Seasons (2021–2024)”, Microorganisms; 12(11), 2363, 2024. [PMID: 39597751]

Ionete A, Surleac M, Uta M, Varady Z, Bica AM, Jercan CG, Colita A, Coriu D., “Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Pediatric and Adult Patients with Graft-Versus-Host Disease”, J Clin Med.;13(17):5192, 2024. [PMID: 39274405]

Gheorghe-Barbu I, Dragomir RI, Gradisteanu Pircalabioru G, Surleac M, Dinu IA, Gaboreanu MD, Czobor Barbu I., “Tracing Acinetobacter baumannii's Journey from Hospitals to Aquatic Ecosystems”, Microorganisms; 12(8):1703, 2024. [PMID: 39203545]

Gheorghe-Barbu I, Surleac M, Barbu IC, Paraschiv S, Bănică LM, Rotaru LI, Vrâncianu CO, Niță Lazăr M, Oțelea D, Chifiriuc MC., “Decoding the resistome, virulome and mobilome of clinical versus aquatic Acinetobacter baumannii in southern Romania”, Heliyon; 10(13):e33372, 2024. [PMID: 39035534]

2023

Stanciu AM, Florea D, Surleac M, Paraschiv S, Oțelea D, Tălăpan D, Popescu GA., “First report of Candida auris in Romania: clinical and molecular aspects”, Antimicrob Resist Infect Control; 12(1):91, 2023. [PMID: 37674189]

2022

Gheorghe-Barbu I, Barbu IC, Popa LI, Pîrcălăbioru GG, Popa M, Măruțescu L, Niță-Lazar M, Banciu A, Stoica C, Gheorghe Ș, Lucaciu I, Săndulescu O, Paraschiv S, Surleac M, Talapan D, Muntean AA, Preda M, Muntean MM, Dragomirescu CC, Popa MI, Oțelea D, Chifiriuc MC, “Temporo-spatial variations in resistance determinants and clonality of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Romanian hospitals and wastewaters”, Antimicrob Resist Infect Control; 11(1): 15, 2022. [PMID: 36104761]

Streinu-Cercel A, Săndulescu O, Miron VD, Paraschiv S, Casangiu C, Hohan R, Bănică L, Surleac M, Streinu-Cercel A., “Undetected Omicron Transmission in Romania-Report of the First Detected Case of Locally Acquired Omicron Infection and Complete Epidemiological Investigation”, Diagnostics (Basel); 12(2):348, 2022. [PMID: 35204439]

2021

Hohan R, Milu P, Paraschiv S, Casangiu C, Tudor A, Vlaicu O, Banica L, Surleac M, Florea D, Otelea D, "The Predictive Value of Mutation Screening for Anticipating COVID-19 Waves", Pathogens; 10, no. 11: 1464, 2021. [PMID: 34832619]

Miron VD, Bănică L, Săndulescu O, Paraschiv S, Surleac M, Florea D, Vlaicu O, Milu P, Streinu-Cercel A, Bilașco A, Oțelea D, Pițigoi D, Streinu-Cercel A, Drăgănescu AC, “Clinical and molecular epidemiology of influenza viruses from Romanian patients hospitalized during the 2019/20 season”, PLoS One; 16(11):e0258798, 2021. [PMID: 34767579]

Gheorghe I, Barbu IC, Surleac M, Sârbu I, Popa LI, Paraschiv S, Feng Y, Lazăr V, Chifiriuc MC, Oţelea D, Zhiyong Z, “Subtypes, resistance and virulence platforms in extended-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Romanian isolates”, Sci Rep; 11, 13288, 2021. [PMID: 34168184]

Manica G, Ghenea S, Munteanu CVA, Martin EC, Butnaru C, Surleac M, Chiritoiu GN, Alexandru PR, Petrescu AJ, Petrescu SM, „EDEM3 Domains Cooperate to Perform Its Overall Cell Functioning”, Int. J. Mol. Sci.; 22(4):2172, 2021. [PMID: 33671632]

Popa LI, Gheorghe I, Barbu IC, Surleac M, Paraschiv S, Măruţescu L, Popa M, Pîrcălăbioru GG, Talapan D, Niţă M, Streinu-Cercel A, Streinu-Cercel A, Oţelea D, Chifiriuc MC, „Multidrug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101 Clone Survival Chain From Inpatients to Hospital Effluent After Chlorine Treatment”, Frontiers in Microbiology; 11:610296, 2021. [PMID: 33584574]

Surleac M, Casangiu C, Banica L, Milu P, Florea D, Sandulescu O, Streinu-Cercel A, Vlaicu O, Tudor A, Hohan R, Paraschiv S, Otelea D., “Evidence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants circulation in Romania”, AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 37(4):329-332, 2021. [PMID: 33544010]

2020

Surleac M, Banica L, Casangiu C, Cotic M, Florea D, Sandulescu O, Milu P, Streinu-Cercel A, Vlaicu O, Paraskevis D, Paraschiv S, Otelea D, ”Molecular Epidemiology Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Strains Circulating in Romania during the First Months of the Pandemic”, Life; 10(8):152, 2020. [PMID: 32823907]

Surleac M, Czobor Barbu I, Paraschiv S, Popa LI, Gheorghe I, Marutescu L, et al., „Whole genome sequencing snapshot of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from hospitals and receiving wastewater treatment plants in Southern Romania”, PLoS One; 15(1): e0228079, 2020. [PMID: 31999747]

2019

Mușat MG, Nițulescu GM, Surleac M, Tsatsakis A, Spandidos DA, Margină D, „HIV‑1 integrase inhibitors targeting various DDE transposases: Retroviral integration versus RAG‑mediated recombination”, Molecular Medicine Reports; 20(6):4749-4762, 2019. [PMID: 31702817]

Zhang Y, Cheng TC, Huang G, Lu Q, Surleac MD, Mandell JD, Pontarotti P, Petrescu AJ, Xu A, Xiong Y, Schatz DG, „Transposon Molecular Domestication and the Evolution of the RAG Recombinase”, Nature; 569(79-84), 2019. [PMID: 30971819]

Ciubotaru M, Musat MG, Surleac M, Ionita E, Petrescu AJ, Abele E, Abele R, “The Design of New HIV-IN Tethered Bifunctional Inhibitors using Multiple Microdomain Targeted Docking”, Curr Med Chem.; 26(15):2574-2600, 2019. [PMID: 29623824]

2018

Norris EJ, Jones WD, Surleac MD, Petrescu AJ, Destephanis D, Zhang Q, Hamadeh I, Kneisl JS, Livasy CA, Ganapathi RN, Tait DL, Ganapathi MK, "Clonal lineage of high grade serous ovarian cancer in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1", Gynecologic Oncology Reports; 23:41-44, 2018. [PMID: 29892687]

2017

Kozuki T, Chikamori K, Surleac MD, Micluta MA, Petrescu AJ, Norris EJ, Elson P, Hoeltge GA, Grabowski DR, Porter ACG, Ganapathi RN, Ganapathi MK., "Roles of the C-terminal domains of topoisomerase IIα and topoisomerase IIβ in regulation of the decatenation checkpoint.", Nucleic Acids Res.; 45(10), 5995-6010, 2017. [PMID: 28472494]

2015

Ciubotaru M, Surleac MD, Metskas LA, Koo P, Rhoades E, Petrescu AJ, Schatz DG, "The architecture of the 12RSS in V(D)J recombination signal and synaptic complexes", Nucleic Acids Research; 43(2):917-931, 2015. [PMID: 25550426]

Zhang YH, Shetty K, Surleac MD, Petrescu AJ, Schatz DG, "Mapping and Quantitation of the Interaction Between the Recombination Activating Gene Proteins RAG1 and RAG2", J Biol Chem; 290(19):11802-17, 2015. [PMID: 25745109]

2013 

Wypijewska del Nogal A, Surleac MD, Kowalska J, Lukaszewicz M, Jemielity J, Bisaillon M, Darzynkiewicz E, Milac AL, Bojarska E, “Analysis of Decapping Scavenger (DcpS)-cap complex using modified cap analogs reveals molecular determinants for efficient cap binding“, FEBS Journal; Volume 280, Issue 24, pages 6508–6527, 2013. [PMID: 24119043]

Ciubotaru M, Trexler AJ, Spiridon LN, Surleac MD, Rhoades E, Petrescu AJ and Schatz DG, “RAG and HMGB1 create a large bend in the 23RSS in the V(D)J recombination synaptic complex”, Nucleic Acids Research; 41(4):2437-2454, 2013. [PMID: 23293004]

2012 

Surleac MD, Spiridon LN, Tacutu R, Milac AL, Petrescu SM, Petrescu AJ, “The Structural Assessment of Glycosylation Sites Database – SAGS – An Overall View on N-Glycosylation”, Glycosylation; Chap. 1, 1-22, 2012. [DOI: 10.5772/51690]