Abstract:
:Recognition of bacterial infection is the first key step to the initiation of an inflammatory response and host defense. Transmembrane proteins of the Toll-like receptor family have long been recognized as key detectors of the extracellular presence of pathogens. Recently, much research has identified a variety of intracellular detectors that also mediate innate immune responses following bacterial infection. These cannot only recognize bacteria that invade the cell cytoplasm, but also a variety of bacterial products that are introduced into cells by specialized secretion systems or are secreted toxins. This article will focus on these intracellular detectors and the bacterial components that they recognize. These detectors are particularly well adapted to recognize the presence of pathogenic bacteria as opposed to commensal organisms. Their growing importance suggests that targeting such intracellular pathways may be important in the future for manipulating the immune response to infection as an aid to augmenting host defense and providing more effective vaccines.
journal_name
Future Microbioljournal_title
Future microbiologyauthors
Evans TJdoi
10.2217/17460913.4.1.65subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-02-01 00:00:00pages
65-75issue
1eissn
1746-0913issn
1746-0921pii
10.2217/17460913.4.1.65journal_volume
4pub_type
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.3
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2020-0079
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2016-0158
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
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更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb.15.137
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.12.9
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.89
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.33
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.13.113
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.28
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2017-0147
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.15.120
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.122
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.42
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0275
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0280
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.11.9
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb.15.126
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cryptococcus gattii is an important primary and opportunistic pathogen, predominantly causing meningoencephalitis and pulmonary disease with substantial mortality. Initially considered geographically restricted to immune-competent, highly exposed individuals in the tropics, an apparent epidemic in North America has le...
journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.13.123
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/FMB.15.57
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2018-0012
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.11.73
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb.14.137
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aim: Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates have become a serious concern in clinical microbiology. Antisense strategy, which specifically targets essential genes, could be helpful. Materials & methods:S. aureus cultures were treated with peptide conjugate-peptide nucleic acid (PPNA) specific for the gyrA ...
journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0103
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.10.140
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/FMB.15.54
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2217/fmb.15.40
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2018-0320
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aim: To determine the group of compounds from Chrysopogon zizaniodes root essential oil that have antimicrobial activity. Materials & methods: Thin-layer chromatography coupled to direct bioautography was used to determinate the fraction(s) having antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aur...
journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0167
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background: A major focus of tuberculosis drug discovery is aimed at the development of novel antibiotics with activity against drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Results: We have synthesized ten isoniazid derivatives and investigated for antibacterial activity toward M. tuberculosis H37Rv and isoni...
journal_title:Future microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0085
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00