Manipulation of intestinal epithelial cell function by the cell contact-dependent type III secretion systems of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

abstract：:Under unfavorable conditions such as host immune responses and environmental stresses, human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis may acquire the dormancy phenotype characterized by "non-culturability" and a substantial decrease of metabolic activity and global transcription rates. Here, we found that the transition of...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Salina EG,Grigorov AS,Bychenko OS,Skvortsova YV,Mamedov IZ,Azhikina TL,Kaprelyants AS

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenylacetic acid (PA) degradative pathway is the central pathway by which various aromatic compounds (e.g., styrene) are degraded. Upper pathways for different aromatic compounds converge at common intermediate phenylacetyl-CoA (PA-CoA), which is then metabolized to succinyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. We previously made...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Imolorhe IA,Cardona ST

更新日期：2011-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnaporthe oryzae (Mo) is a model pathogen causing rice blast resulting in yield and economic losses world-wide. CK2 is a constitutively active, serine/threonine kinase in eukaryotes, having a wide array of known substrates, and involved in many cellular processes. We investigated the localization and role of MoCK2 d...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Zhang D,Chen Y,Ye W,Lin Q,Lu G,Ebbole DJ,Olsson S,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Schistosomiasis japonica is a widespread human zoonotic disease, and in China, there are many patients with schistosomiasis suffering from liver fibrosis. Many studies have shown that natural killer (NK) cells could reduce the progression of hepatic fibrosis by directly killing hepatic stellate cell...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Hu Y,Wang X,Wei Y,Liu H,Zhang J,Shen Y,Cao J

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is a food-borne pathogen that causes disease ranging from uncomplicated diarrhea to life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and nervous system complications. Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) is the major virulence factor of EHEC and is critical for development of HUS. The genes encoding S...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Iversen H,L' Abée-Lund TM,Aspholm M,Arnesen LP,Lindbäck T

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death plays crucial roles in organismal development and host defense. Recent studies have highlighted mechanistic overlaps and extensive, multifaceted crosstalk between pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis, three programmed cell death pathways traditionally considered autonomous. The growing body of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Christgen S,Zheng M,Kesavardhana S,Karki R,Malireddi RKS,Banoth B,Place DE,Briard B,Sharma BR,Tuladhar S,Samir P,Burton A,Kanneganti TD

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic respiratory pathogen of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). Some strains of B. cenocepacia are highly transmissible and resistant to almost all antibiotics. Approximately one-third of B. cenocepacia infected CF patients go on to develop fatal "cepacia syndrome." During t...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ganesan S,Sajjan US

更新日期：2012-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia are a group of intracellular pathogens causing self-limited and severe diseases in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, respectively. A cellular type 1 adaptive response, mediated by IL-12, IFNγ, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells has been shown to be essential for host resistance, and dendritic cells ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Bernal CE,Zorro MM,Sierra J,Gilchrist K,Botero JH,Baena A,Ramirez-Pineda JR

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes zoonotic infection known as brucellosis which results in abortion and infertility in natural host. Humans, especially in low income countries, can acquire infection by direct contact with infected animal or by consumption of animal products and show high mor...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ahmed W,Zheng K,Liu ZF

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HIGHLIGHTS What is already known about this subject?Celiac disease (CD) has a high clinical and histological diversity and the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain elusive.H. pylori is a bacterium that chronically infect gastric and duodenal mucosa activating both a Th1/Th17 and T-reg pathways.The role of H. p...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Lucero Y,Oyarzún A,O'Ryan M,Quera R,Espinosa N,Valenzuela R,Simian D,Alcalde E,Arce C,Farfán MJ,Vergara AF,Gajardo I,Mendez J,Carrasco J,Errázuriz G,Gonzalez M,Ossa JC,Maiza E,Perez-Bravo F,Castro M,Araya M

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The major Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor ESAT-6 exported by the ESX-1 secretion system has been described as a pro-apoptotic factor by several independent groups in recent years, sustaining a role for apoptosis in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis. This role has been supported by independent studies in which a...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Aguiló N,Marinova D,Martín C,Pardo J

更新日期：2013-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the opportunistic pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, to form biofilms is increasingly being viewed as an important contributor to chronic infections. In vitro methods for analyzing S. aureus biofilm formation have focused on bacterial attachment and accumulation on abiotic surfaces, such as in microtiter ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Walker JN,Horswill AR

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus or GAS) is a hemolytic human pathogen associated with a wide variety of infections ranging from minor skin and throat infections to life-threatening invasive diseases. The cell wall of GAS consists of peptidoglycan sacculus decorated with a carbohydrate comprising a polyrh...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Edgar RJ,Chen J,Kant S,Rechkina E,Rush JS,Forsberg LS,Jaehrig B,Azadi P,Tchesnokova V,Sokurenko EV,Zhu H,Korotkov KV,Pancholi V,Korotkova N

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-optimal vaginal microbiota, as observed in bacterial vaginosis (BV), is typically characterized by a depletion of beneficial lactobacilli and an abundance of numerous anaerobes. These non-optimal conditions are associated with subclinical cervicovaginal inflammation and an increased risk of HIV infection compared ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Delgado-Diaz DJ,Tyssen D,Hayward JA,Gugasyan R,Hearps AC,Tachedjian G

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipophilic yeasts of the genus Malassezia are important skin commensals and opportunistic skin pathogens in a variety of animals. The species M. pachydermatis was first isolated from the skin of a captive Indian rhinoceros with an exfoliative dermatitis in 1925, recognized as an important otic pathogen of dogs in the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Guillot J,Bond R

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state fermentation of feedstuffs by Bacillus subtilis MA139 can reduce insoluble dietary fiber content in vitro and improve growth performance in pigs. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary corn bran (CB) fermented by B. subtilis on growth performance and gut microbiota composition in fi...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Liu P,Zhao J,Guo P,Lu W,Geng Z,Levesque CL,Johnston LJ,Wang C,Liu L,Zhang J,Ma N,Qiao S,Ma X

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. It is hypothesized that CDI develops due to the antibiotic-induced disruption of the intestinal microbial community structure, which allows C. difficile to flourish. Here, we pre-treated weaned pigs with the antibiotics Clindam...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Jurburg SD,Cornelissen JJBWJ,de Boer P,Smits MA,Rebel JMJ

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian species contain an internal circadian (i.e., 24-h) clock that is synchronized to the day and night cycles. Large epidemiological studies, which are supported by carefully controlled studies in numerous species, support the idea that chronic disruption of our circadian cycles results in a number of health iss...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Shivshankar P,Fekry B,Eckel-Mahan K,Wetsel RA

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal microbes are an important system in the human body, with significant effects on behavior. An increasing body of research indicates that intestinal microbes affect brain function and neurogenesis, including sensitivity to stress. To investigate the effects of microbial colonization on behavior, we examined b...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Huo R,Zeng B,Zeng L,Cheng K,Li B,Luo Y,Wang H,Zhou C,Fang L,Li W,Niu R,Wei H,Xie P

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia rickettsii is a tick-borne obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF). In Brazil, two species of ticks in the genus Amblyomma, A. sculptum and A. aureolatum, are incriminated as vectors of this bacterium. Importantly, these two species present remarkable differences in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Martins LA,Galletti MFBM,Ribeiro JM,Fujita A,Costa FB,Labruna MB,Daffre S,Fogaça AC

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli carrying prophage with genes that encode for Shiga toxins are categorized as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) pathotype. Illnesses caused by STEC in humans, which are often foodborne, range from mild to bloody diarrhea with life-threatening complications of renal failure and hemolytic uremic syndr...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ludwig JB,Shi X,Shridhar PB,Roberts EL,DebRoy C,Phebus RK,Bai J,Nagaraja TG

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), which leads to an estimated 1. 5 million deaths worldwide each year. Although the immune correlates of protection against Mtb infection and TB disease have not been well-defined, natural killer (NK) cells are increasingly recognized as a key...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Harris LD,Khayumbi J,Ongalo J,Sasser LE,Tonui J,Campbell A,Odhiambo FH,Ouma SG,Alter G,Gandhi NR,Day CL

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of invasive disease in neonates worldwide. Monitoring data have revealed a continuing trend toward an increase in neonatal GBS infections, despite the introduction of preventive measures. We investigated this trend, by performing the first ever characterization of the proph...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Renard A,Barbera L,Courtier-Martinez L,Dos Santos S,Valentin AS,Mereghetti L,Quentin R,van der Mee-Marquet NL

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying how arthropod-borne viruses interact with their arthropod vectors is critical to understanding how these viruses replicate and are transmitted. Until recently, these types of studies were limited in scale because of the lack of classical tools available to study virus-host interaction for non-model viruses an...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Petit MJ,Shah PS

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is linked to an intricate association of environmental, microbial, and host-related factors. Polysaccharide affects host immunity by regulating the composition and metabolism of gut microbiota is the common mechanism of disease resistance. However, the e...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Su L,Mao C,Wang X,Li L,Tong H,Mao J,Ji,Lu T,Hao M,Huang Z,Fei C,Zhang K,Yan G

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella spp. are intracellular vacuolar pathogens that causes brucellosis, a worldwide zoonosis of profound importance. We previously demonstrated that the activity of host unfolded protein response (UPR) sensor IRE1α (inositol-requiring enzyme 1) and ER-associated autophagy confer susceptibility to Brucella melitens...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Pandey A,Lin F,Cabello AL,da Costa LF,Feng X,Feng HQ,Zhang MZ,Iwawaki T,Rice-Ficht A,Ficht TA,de Figueiredo P,Qin QM

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a life-threatening health condition caused by infectious pathogens of the respiratory tract, and accounts for 28-50% of annual deaths in the US alone. Current treatment regimen advocates the use of corticosteroids as adjunct treatment with antibiotics, for their broad inhibitory effect on the activity and pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ngo Ndjom CG,Kantor LV,Jones HP

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes (Stegomya) albopictus is an invasive species that has spread across the world in the last two decades, showing a great capacity to adapt to contrasting climates and environments. While demonstrated in many insects, the contribution of bacterial symbionts in Aedes ecology is a challenging...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Minard G,Tran FH,Dubost A,Tran-Van V,Mavingui P,Moro CV

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is the leading etiologic agent of orthopedic implant infections. Here a ribocluster of 27 S. aureus strains underwent further molecular characterization and subtyping by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and spa-typing. This cluster had been detected by automated ribotyping (with the EcoRI restri...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Montanaro L,Ravaioli S,Ruppitsch W,Campoccia D,Pietrocola G,Visai L,Speziale P,Allerberger F,Arciola CR

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis can bypass and suppress host immune responses, even to the point of manipulating immune cell phenotypes and intercellular inflammatory networks. Strengthening these responses such that immune cells more readily identify and destroy the bacteria is likely to become a viable (and perhaps necessary...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Gillette DD,Tridandapani S,Butchar JP

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00