Evolutionary landscape of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from the viewpoint of PhoPR: implications for virulence regulation and application to vaccine development.

abstract：:Influenza A viruses cause an annual contagious respiratory disease in humans and are responsible for periodic high-mortality human pandemics. Pandemic influenza A viruses usually result from the reassortment of gene segments between human and avian influenza viruses. These avian influenza virus gene segments need to a...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Smith BL,Chen G,Wilke CO,Krug RM

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms play a critical role in the colonization, persistence, and pathogenesis of many human pathogens. Multiple mucosa-associated pathogens have evolved a mechanism of rapid adaptation, termed the phasevarion, which facilitates a coordinated regulation of numerous genes throughout the bacterial genome. This epigene...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Brockman KL,Azzari PN,Branstool MT,Atack JM,Schulz BL,Jen FE,Jennings MP,Bakaletz LO

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B. thuringiensis Differentiating organisms capable of causing illness or death from those used in industry is essential for risk assessment and outbreak prepar...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Carroll LM,Wiedmann M,Kovac J

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Exudative cutaneous ulcers (CU) in yaws-endemic areas are associated with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TP) and Haemophilus ducreyi (HD), but one-third of CU cases are idiopathic (IU). Using mass drug administration (MDA) of azithromycin, a yaws eradication campaign on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea reduced bu...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Griesenauer B,González-Beiras C,Fortney KR,Lin H,Gao X,Godornes C,Nelson DE,Katz BP,Lukehart SA,Mitjà O,Dong Q,Spinola SM

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence has indicated that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are related to the susceptibility of sepsis and might provide potential evidence for the mechanisms of sepsis. Our recent preliminary study showed that the ADAM10 genetic polymorphism was clinically associated with the development of sepsis,...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Chen F,Wang Y,Zhang W,Cai Y,Zhao T,Mai H,Tao S,Wei W,Li J,Chen X,Li X,Tang P,Fan W,Yang J,Ou M,Lu F,Lai Z,Chen H,Zou T,Sun F,Shao Y,Cui L

更新日期：2019-08-06 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：:The diversity of the genetic code systems used by microbes on earth is yet to be elucidated. It is known that certain methanogenic archaea employ an alternative system for cysteine (Cys) biosynthesis and encoding; tRNACys is first acylated with phosphoserine (Sep) by O-phosphoseryl-tRNA synthetase (SepRS) and then con...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Mukai T,Crnković A,Umehara T,Ivanova NN,Kyrpides NC,Söll D

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The prominent host muramidase lysozyme cleaves bacterial peptidoglycan (PG), and the enzyme is abundant in mucosal secretions. The lytic enzyme susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria and mechanisms they use to thwart lytic enzyme activity are poorly studied. We previously characterized a Helicobacter pylor...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Wang G,Lo LF,Forsberg LS,Maier RJ

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) is a reactive oxygen species generated by energy transfer from one or more excited donors to molecular oxygen. Many biomolecules are prone to oxidation by (1)O(2), and cells have evolved systems to protect themselves from damage caused by this compound. One way that the photosyntheti...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Nam TW,Ziegelhoffer EC,Lemke RA,Donohue TJ

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (M1PDH) is a key enzyme in Staphylococcus aureus mannitol metabolism, but its roles in pathophysiological settings have not been established. We performed comprehensive structure-function analysis of M1PDH from S. aureus USA300, a strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Nguyen T,Kim T,Ta HM,Yeo WS,Choi J,Mizar P,Lee SS,Bae T,Chaurasia AK,Kim KK

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cryptococcus neoformans is a human fungal pathogen and a major cause of fungal meningitis in immunocompromised individuals. Treatment options for cryptococcosis are limited. Of the two major antifungal drug classes, azoles are active against C. neoformans but exert a fungistatic effect, necessitating long tr...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Huang W,Liao G,Baker GM,Wang Y,Lau R,Paderu P,Perlin DS,Xue C

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (T3SS) forms the functional core of injectisomes, protein transporters that allow bacteria to deliver virulence factors into their hosts for infection, and flagella, which are critical for many pathogens to reach the site of infection. In spite of intensive genetic and biochemical studies...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Terashima H,Kawamoto A,Tatsumi C,Namba K,Minamino T,Imada K

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lassa virus (LASV) infection is a major public health concern due to high fatality rates and limited effective treatment. The interferon-stimulated gene cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H) encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the production of 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC). 25HC is involved in regulating cholesterol biosynt...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Shrivastava-Ranjan P,Bergeron É,Chakrabarti AK,Albariño CG,Flint M,Nichol ST,Spiropoulou CF

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase R (PKR) plays a major role in activating host immunity during infection by sensing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced by viruses. Once activated by dsRNA, PKR phosphorylates the translation factor eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), halting cellular translation. Many viruses have methods of inhib...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Goodman DE,Pretto CD,Krepostman TA,Carnahan KE,Spindler KR

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite their high genomic diversity, all known viruses are structurally constrained to a limited number of virion morphotypes. One morphotype of viruses infecting bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes is the tailless icosahedral morphotype with an internal membrane. Although it is considered an abundant morphot...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Demina TA,Pietilä MK,Svirskaitė J,Ravantti JJ,Atanasova NS,Bamford DH,Oksanen HM

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of airway infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa employs several hierarchically arranged and interconnected quorum sensing (QS) regulatory circuits to produce a battery of virulence factors such as elastase, phenazines, and rhamnol...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Cruz RL,Asfahl KL,Van den Bossche S,Coenye T,Crabbé A,Dandekar AA

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen, a major female sex steroid hormone, has been shown to promote the selection of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the airways of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis. This results in long-term persistence, poorer clinical outcomes, and limited therapeutic options. In this study...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Vidaillac C,Yong VFL,Aschtgen MS,Qu J,Yang S,Xu G,Seng ZJ,Brown AC,Ali MK,Jaggi TK,Sankaran J,Foo YH,Righetti F,Nedumaran AM,Mac Aogáin M,Roizman D,Richard JA,Rogers TR,Toyofuku M,Luo D,Loh E,Wohland T,Czarny

更新日期：2020-09-29 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：:Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, is a global public health concern due to increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Characterization of S Typhi genomes for AMR and the evolution of different lineages, especially in countries where typhoid fever is endemic such as Bangladesh, will help publi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Tanmoy AM,Westeel E,De Bruyne K,Goris J,Rajoharison A,Sajib MSI,van Belkum A,Saha SK,Komurian-Pradel F,Endtz HP

更新日期：2018-11-13 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：:Distinct mammalian RNA viruses trigger Dicer-mediated production of virus-derived small-interfering RNAs (vsiRNA) and encode unrelated proteins to suppress vsiRNA biogenesis. However, the mechanism and function of the mammalian RNA interference (RNAi) response are poorly understood. Here, we characterized antiviral RN...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Han Q,Chen G,Wang J,Jee D,Li WX,Lai EC,Ding SW

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet influences health in multiple ways. One important effect of diet is on the gut microbiota. The effects of diet are often related to an individual's specific microbiota composition. The close links between health, diet, and gut microbiota are illustrated in a new mouse model of sepsis where the combination of a hi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Bassis CM

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis strains resistant to penicillin and ampicillin are rare and have been associated with increases in quantities of low-affinity penicillin-binding protein 4 (PBP4) or with amino acid substitutions in PBP4. We report an E. faecalis strain (LS4828) isolated from a prosthetic knee joint that was subje...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Rice LB,Desbonnet C,Tait-Kamradt A,Garcia-Solache M,Lonks J,Moon TM,D'Andréa ÉD,Page R,Peti W

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean viruses are ubiquitous and abundant and play important roles in global biogeochemical cycles by means of their mortality, horizontal gene transfer, and manipulation of host metabolism. However, the obstacles involved in linking viruses to their hosts in a high-throughput manner bottlenecks our ability to underst...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Deng L,Gregory A,Yilmaz S,Poulos BT,Hugenholtz P,Sullivan MB

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies on Streptococcus pneumoniae show that rates of carriage are highest in early childhood and that the major benefit of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is a reduction in the incidence of nasopharyngeal colonization through decreased transmission within a population. In this study, we soug...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Zangari T,Wang Y,Weiser JN

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in August 2012, NIH has been examining its origins, its history, and the visionary men and women whose research have contributed to the saving and/or improving the quality of life of millions of people throughout the world. This minireview...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Morens DM,Fauci AS

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellar motor can spin in both counterclockwise (CCW) and clockwise (CW) directions. The flagellar motor consists of a rotor and multiple stator units, which act as a proton channel. The rotor is composed of the transmembrane MS ring made of FliF and the cytoplasmic C ring consisting of FliG, FliM, and FliN. The...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Sakai T,Miyata T,Terahara N,Mori K,Inoue Y,Morimoto YV,Kato T,Namba K,Minamino T

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Elegance is a prized quality in science that is associated with simplicity and explanatory power. This essay considers the qualities that make a scientific model, experiment, method, or theory "elegant," with a focus on the life sciences. We propose a definition of elegance that includes clarity, cleverness, correctne...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Casadevall A,Fang FC

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis worldwide, has the nasopharynges of small children as its main ecological niche. Depletion of pneumococci from this niche would reduce the disease burden and could be achieved using small molecules with narrow-spectrum antibacterial activity....

journal_title：mBio

authors： Reithuber E,Nannapaneni P,Rzhepishevska O,Lindgren AEG,Ilchenko O,Normark S,Almqvist F,Henriques-Normark B,Mellroth P

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritogenic alphaviruses such as Ross River and Chikungunya viruses cause debilitating muscle and joint pain and pose significant challenges in the light of recent outbreaks. How host immune responses are orchestrated after alphaviral infections and lead to musculoskeletal inflammation remains poorly understood. Her...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Zaid A,Tharmarajah K,Mostafavi H,Freitas JR,Sheng KC,Foo SS,Chen W,Vider J,Liu X,West NP,Herrero LJ,Taylor A,Mackay LK,Getts DR,King NJC,Mahalingam S

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00