Treating the Host Response to Ebola Virus Disease with Generic Statins and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers.

abstract：:Phage therapy is a promising alternative to chemotherapeutic antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections. However, despite recent clinical uses of combinations of phages to treat multidrug-resistant infections, a mechanistic understanding of how bacteria evolve resistance against multiple phages is lacking, ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Wright RCT,Friman VP,Smith MCM,Brockhurst MA

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Promiscuous plasmids replicate in a wide range of bacteria and therefore play a key role in the dissemination of various host-beneficial traits, including antibiotic resistance. Despite the medical relevance, little is known about the evolutionary dynamics through which drug resistance plasmids adapt to new ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Hughes JM,Lohman BK,Deckert GE,Nichols EP,Settles M,Abdo Z,Top EM

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis BCG is the only available vaccine for protection against tuberculosis (TB). While BCG protects children from severe disease, it has little impact on pulmonary disease in adults. A recombinant BCG vaccine BCG ΔureC::hly (strain VPM1002) is in advanced clinical trials and shows promise for improved v...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Fletcher HA

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) has the ability to antagonize host apoptosis during infection through promotion and inhibition of effectors injected by the type III secretion system (T3SS), but the total number of these effectors and the overall functional relationships between these effectors durin...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Serapio-Palacios A,Navarro-Garcia F

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria and eukaryotes alike, proper cellular physiology relies on robust subcellular organization. For the phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria (PNSB), this organization entails the use of a light-harvesting, membrane-bound compartment known as the intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM). Here we show that ICMs are spa...

journal_title：mBio

authors： LaSarre B,Kysela DT,Stein BD,Ducret A,Brun YV,McKinlay JB

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) is an important quorum-sensing molecule in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that also mediates its own packaging and transport by stimulating outer membrane vesicle (OMV) formation. Because OMVs have been implicated in many virulence-associated behaviors, it is critical that we understand ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Florez C,Raab JE,Cooke AC,Schertzer JW

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A voluntary 60-day pause on avian H5N1 influenza virus transmission research was announced in January 2012 by the international community of influenza scientists engaged in this work to provide time to explain the benefits of such work and the risk mitigation measures in place. Subsequently, the pause was extended to ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Fouchier RA,García-Sastre A,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are important human commensals and significant opportunistic pathogens. Biofilm-related enterococcal infections, such as endocarditis, urinary tract infections, wound and surgical site infections, and medical device-associated infections, often become chronic upon the formation of biofilm. The biofilm matr...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Keogh D,Lam LN,Doyle LE,Matysik A,Pavagadhi S,Umashankar S,Low PM,Dale JL,Song Y,Ng SP,Boothroyd CB,Dunny GM,Swarup S,Williams RBH,Marsili E,Kline KA

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An operon comprising two genes, CA_P0037 and CA_P0036, that encode proteins of unknown function that were previously shown to be highly expressed in acidogenic cells and repressed in solventogenic and alcohologenic cells is located on the pSOL1 megaplasmid of Clostridium acetobutylicum upstream of adhE2 A CA_P0037::in...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Nguyen NP,Linder S,Flitsch SK,Schiel-Bengelsdorf B,Dürre P,Soucaille P

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Moraxella catarrhalis is a human respiratory pathogen that causes acute otitis media in children and is associated with exacerbations in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The first step in M. catarrhalis colonization is adherence to the mucosa, epithelial cells, and extrac...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Singh B,Alvarado-Kristensson M,Johansson M,Hallgren O,Westergren-Thorsson G,Mörgelin M,Riesbeck K

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pneumococcal pili have been shown to influence pneumococcal colonization, disease development, and the inflammatory response in mice. The role of the pilus-associated RrgA adhesin in pneumococcal interactions with murine and human macrophages was investigated. Expression of pili with RrgA enhanced the uptake...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Orrskog S,Rounioja S,Spadafina T,Gallotta M,Norman M,Hentrich K,Fälker S,Ygberg-Eriksson S,Hasenberg M,Johansson B,Uotila LM,Gahmberg CG,Barocchi M,Gunzer M,Normark S,Henriques-Normark B

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen whose success is largely attributed to its vast arsenal of virulence factors that facilitate its invasion into, and survival within, the human host. The expression of these virulence factors is controlled by the quorum sensing accessory gene regulator (Agr) system. ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Gor V,Takemura AJ,Nishitani M,Higashide M,Medrano Romero V,Ohniwa RL,Morikawa K

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Enterococcus faecium, natively a gut commensal organism, emerged as a leading cause of multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infection in the 1980s. As the living record of its adaptation to changes in habitat, we sequenced the genomes of 51 strains, isolated from various ecological environments, to understa...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lebreton F,van Schaik W,McGuire AM,Godfrey P,Griggs A,Mazumdar V,Corander J,Cheng L,Saif S,Young S,Zeng Q,Wortman J,Birren B,Willems RJ,Earl AM,Gilmore MS

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) is primarily a commensal of the human oropharynx that sporadically causes septicemia and meningitis. Meningococci adapt to diverse local host conditions differing in nutrient supply, like the nasopharynx, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid, by changing metabolism and protein repe...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Pannekoek Y,Huis In 't Veld RA,Schipper K,Bovenkerk S,Kramer G,Brouwer MC,van de Beek D,Speijer D,van der Ende A

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human antibody repertoire has an exceptionally large capacity to recognize new or changing antigens through combinatorial and junctional diversity established at the time of V(D)J recombination and through somatic hypermutation. Influenza viruses exhibit a relentless capacity to escape the human antibody response ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Crowe JE Jr

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian gut contains a complex assembly of commensal microbes termed microbiota. Although much has been learned about the role of these microbes in health, the mechanisms underlying these functions are ill defined. We have recently shown that the mammalian gut contains thousands of small molecules, most of which...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Antunes LC,McDonald JA,Schroeter K,Carlucci C,Ferreira RB,Wang M,Yurist-Doutsch S,Hira G,Jacobson K,Davies J,Allen-Vercoe E,Finlay BB

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver (Ag+) and copper (Cu+) ions have been used for centuries in industry, as well as antimicrobial agents in agriculture and health care. Nowadays, Ag+ is also widely used in the field of nanotechnology. Yet, the underlying mechanisms driving toxicity of Ag+ ions in vivo are poorly characterized. It is well known t...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Tambosi R,Liotenberg S,Bourbon ML,Steunou AS,Babot M,Durand A,Kebaili N,Ouchane S

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Bacterial transporter proteins are involved in the translocation of many essential nutrients and metabolites. However, many of these key bacterial transport systems remain to be identified, including those involved in the transport of riboflavin (vitamin B(2)). Pathogenic spirochetes lack riboflavin biosynth...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Deka RK,Brautigam CA,Biddy BA,Liu WZ,Norgard MV

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an important diarrheal pathogen and a cause of both acute and chronic diarrhea. It is a common cause of pediatric bacterial diarrhea in developing countries. Despite its discovery in 1987, the intestinal tropism of the pathogen remains unknown. Cell lines used to study EAEC...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Rajan A,Vela L,Zeng XL,Yu X,Shroyer N,Blutt SE,Poole NM,Carlin LG,Nataro JP,Estes MK,Okhuysen PC,Maresso AW

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Coagulase (Coa) and Efb, secreted Staphylococcus aureus proteins, are important virulence factors in staphylococcal infections. Coa interacts with fibrinogen (Fg) and induces the formation of fibrin(ogen) clots through activation of prothrombin. Efb attracts Fg to the bacterial surface and forms a shield to ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Ko YP,Kang M,Ganesh VK,Ravirajan D,Li B,Höök M

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The only tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in use today, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), provides insufficient protection and can cause adverse events in immunocompromised individuals, such as BCGosis in HIV(+) newborns. We previously reported improved preclinical efficacy and safety of the recombinant vaccine candi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Gengenbacher M,Vogelzang A,Schuerer S,Lazar D,Kaiser P,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The nucleus has emerged as a key target for nucleomodulins, a family of effectors produced by bacterial pathogens to control host transcription or other nuclear processes. The virulence factor LntA from Listeria monocytogenes stimulates interferon responses during infection by inhibiting BAHD1, a nuclear pro...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lebreton A,Job V,Ragon M,Le Monnier A,Dessen A,Cossart P,Bierne H

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Exploiting mechanisms of utilizing the sugar d-galactose in Escherichia coli as a model system, we explored the consequences of accumulation of critical intermediates of the d-galactose metabolic pathways by monitoring cell growth, metabolites, and transcript profiles. These studies revealed both metabolic n...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lee SJ,Trostel A,Adhya S

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages are numerically the most abundant DNA-containing entities in the oligotrophic ocean, yet how specific phage populations vary over time and space remains to be fully explored. Here, we conducted a metagenomic time-series survey of double-stranded DNA phages throughout the water column in the North Pacifi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Luo E,Aylward FO,Mende DR,DeLong EF

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages, are highly abundant in the biosphere and have a major impact on microbial populations. Many examples of phage interactions with their hosts, including establishment of dormant lysogenic and active lytic states, have been characterized at the level of the individual cell. However, ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Laganenka L,Sander T,Lagonenko A,Chen Y,Link H,Sourjik V

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A rapid and global emergence of azole resistance has been observed in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus over the past decade. The dominant resistance mechanism appears to be of environmental origin and involves mutations in the cyp51A gene, which encodes a protein targeted by triazole antifungal dr...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Abdolrasouli A,Rhodes J,Beale MA,Hagen F,Rogers TR,Chowdhary A,Meis JF,Armstrong-James D,Fisher MC

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:New drugs are needed to control the current tuberculosis (TB) pandemic caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis We report here on our work with AX-35, an arylvinylpiperazine amide, and four related analogs, which are potent antitubercular agents in vitro All five compounds showed good activity against M. tu...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Foo CS,Lupien A,Kienle M,Vocat A,Benjak A,Sommer R,Lamprecht DA,Steyn AJC,Pethe K,Piton J,Altmann KH,Cole ST

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the presence of prions in biological tissues or fluids rely more and more on cell-free assays. Although protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) has emerged as a valuable, sensitive tool, it is currently hampered by its lack of robustness and rapidity for high-throughput purposes. Here, we made a...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Moudjou M,Sibille P,Fichet G,Reine F,Chapuis J,Herzog L,Jaumain E,Laferrière F,Richard CA,Laude H,Andréoletti O,Rezaei H,Béringue V

更新日期：2013-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The genus Cyanothece comprises unicellular cyanobacteria that are morphologically diverse and ecologically versatile. Studies over the last decade have established members of this genus to be important components of the marine ecosystem, contributing significantly to the nitrogen and carbon cycle. System-lev...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Bandyopadhyay A,Elvitigala T,Welsh E,Stöckel J,Liberton M,Min H,Sherman LA,Pakrasi HB

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We studied the flocculation mechanism at the molecular level by determining the atomic structures of N-Flo1p and N-Lg-Flo1p in complex with their ligands. We show that they have similar ligand binding mechanisms but distinct carbohydrate specificities and affinities, which are determined by the compactness o...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Goossens KV,Ielasi FS,Nookaew I,Stals I,Alonso-Sarduy L,Daenen L,Van Mulders SE,Stassen C,van Eijsden RG,Siewers V,Delvaux FR,Kasas S,Nielsen J,Devreese B,Willaert RG

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00