Iron at the Centre of Candida albicans Interactions.

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne's disease, a chronic granulomatous enteritis in ruminants. Furthermore, infections of humans with MAP have been reported and a possible association with Crohn's disease and diabetes type I is currently discussed. MAP owns large sequence polymorphisms (...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Meißner T,Eckelt E,Basler T,Meens J,Heinzmann J,Suwandi A,Oelemann WM,Trenkamp S,Holst O,Weiss S,Bunk B,Spröer C,Gerlach GF,Goethe R

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemorrhagic septicemic disease vibriosis caused by Vibrio anguillarum shows noticeable similarities to invasive septicemia in humans, and in this case, the V. anguillarum-host system has the potential to serve as a model for understanding native eukaryotic host-pathogen interactions. Iron acquisition, as a fierce ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Li Y,Ma Q

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) offers protection from the host immune system but is also a barrier for uptake of nutrients from the host. Previously, we showed that GRA17 mediates the tachyzoite PVM permeability to small molecules. During the conversion from tachyzoites to encysted bradyz...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Paredes-Santos T,Wang Y,Waldman B,Lourido S,Saeij JP

更新日期：2019-09-12 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：:Objectives: The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, especially Klebsiella pneumoniae, has become a major concern in clinic settings. Combination therapy is gaining momentum to counter the secondary resistance and potential suboptimal efficacy of monotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Yu W,Zhou K,Guo L,Ji J,Niu T,Xiao T,Shen P,Xiao Y

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To evaluate metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) as a diagnostic tool in detecting pathogens from osteoarticular infection (OAI) samples. Methods: 130 samples of joint fluid, sonicate fluid, and tissue were prospectively collected from 92 patients with OAI. The performance of mNGS and microbiology...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Huang ZD,Zhang ZJ,Yang B,Li WB,Zhang CJ,Fang XY,Zhang CF,Zhang WM,Lin JH

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia and a Tier I bioterrorism agent. In the 1900s, several vaccines were developed against tularemia including the killed "Foshay" vaccine, subunit vaccines comprising F. tularensis protein(s) or lipoproteins(s) in an adjuvant formulation, and the F. tularensis Li...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Jia Q,Horwitz MA

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiological agent of melioidosis in humans and various animals, is capable of survival and movement within the cytoplasm of host cells by a process known as actin-based motility. The bacterial factor BimA is required for actin-based motility through its direct ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Srinon V,Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan S,Korbsrisate S,Stevens JM

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to increased travel, climatic, and environmental changes, the incidence of tick-borne disease in both humans and animals is increasing throughout Europe. Therefore, extended surveillance tools are desirable. To accurately screen tick-borne pathogens (TBPs), a large scale epidemiological study was conducted on 7050...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Michelet L,Delannoy S,Devillers E,Umhang G,Aspan A,Juremalm M,Chirico J,van der Wal FJ,Sprong H,Boye Pihl TP,Klitgaard K,Bødker R,Fach P,Moutailler S

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacteriaceae cause different types of community- and hospital-acquired infections. Moreover, the spread of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae is a public health problem and the World Health Organization pointed them among the pathogens in which the search of new antibiotics is critical. The objective of this...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Cebrero-Cangueiro T,Álvarez-Marín R,Labrador-Herrera G,Smani Y,Cordero-Matía E,Pachón J,Pachón-Ibáñez ME

更新日期：2018-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this original study, we retrospectively reviewed the cases of nocardiosis diagnosed through culture and next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods between 2014 and 2018 in Huashan Hospital and found out that the latter way can not only improve the detection rate of Nocardia spp. but also greatly reduce the turnaround...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Weng SS,Zhang HY,Ai JW,Gao Y,Liu YY,Xu B,Zhang WH

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Several bacterial pathogens have TIR domain-containing proteins that contribute to their pathogenesis. We identified a second TIR-containing protein in Brucella spp. that we have designated BtpB. We show it is a potent inhibitor of TLR signaling, probably via MyD88. BtpB is a novel Brucella effector that is translocat...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Salcedo SP,Marchesini MI,Degos C,Terwagne M,Von Bargen K,Lepidi H,Herrmann CK,Santos Lacerda TL,Imbert PR,Pierre P,Alexopoulou L,Letesson JJ,Comerci DJ,Gorvel JP

更新日期：2013-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Human coronaviruses, which can cause a range of infectious diseases, have been studied for nearly 60 years. The field has gained renewed interest from researchers around the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019. Despite a large amount of research, little is known about the knowledge structure and developing...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Deng Z,Chen J,Wang T

更新日期：2020-09-23 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：:Antifolate resistance is significant in Kenya and presumed to result from extensive use and cross-resistance between antifolate antimalarials and antibiotics, including cotrimoxazole/Bactrim used for HIV-1 chemotherapy. However, little is known about antifolate-resistant malaria in the context of newly diagnosed HIV-1...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Torrevillas BK,Garrison SM,McKeeken AJ,Patel D,Van Leuven JT,Dizon NI,Rivas KI,Hathaway NJ,Bailey JA,Waitumbi JN,Kifude CM,Oyieko J,Stewart VA,Luckhart S

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sortases function as cysteine transpeptidases that catalyze the covalent attachment of virulence-associated surface proteins into the cell wall peptidoglycan in Gram-positive bacteria. The substrate proteins targeted by sortase enzymes have a cell wall sorting signal (CWSS) located at the C-terminus. Up to date, it is...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Yin JC,Fei CH,Lo YC,Hsiao YY,Chang JC,Nix JC,Chang YY,Yang LW,Huang IH,Wang S

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella is a Gram-negative bacterium that is responsible for shigellosis. Over the years, the study of Shigella has provided a greater understanding of how the host responds to bacterial infection, and how bacteria have evolved to effectively counter the host defenses. In this review, we provide an update on some of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Killackey SA,Sorbara MT,Girardin SE

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between mitis group streptococci (MGS) bacteria in routine laboratory tests has become important for obtaining accurate epidemiological information on the characteristics of MGS and understanding their clinical significance. The most reliable method of MGS species identification is multilocus sequence ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Imai K,Nemoto R,Kodana M,Tarumoto N,Sakai J,Kawamura T,Ikebuchi K,Mitsutake K,Murakami T,Maesaki S,Fujiwara T,Hayakawa S,Hoshino T,Seki M,Maeda T

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cause chronic infections in most warm-blooded animals, including humans. In the USA, strains belonging to four different Toxoplasma clonal lineages (types 1, 2, 3, and 12) are commonly isolated, whereas strains not belonging to these lineages are predominant in other co...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Arranz-Solís D,Cordeiro C,Young LH,Dardé ML,Commodaro AG,Grigg ME,Saeij JPJ

更新日期：2019-11-29 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：:The human-specific pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi causes typhoid, a major public health issue in developing countries. Several aspects of its pathogenesis are still poorly understood. S. Typhi possesses 14 fimbrial gene clusters including 12 chaperone-usher fimbriae (stg, sth, bcf, fim, saf, sef, sta, stb,...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Dufresne K,Saulnier-Bellemare J,Daigle F

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) is the causative agent of pandemic pneumonia among pigs, namely, swine enzootic pneumonia. Although M. hyopneumoniae was first identified in 1965, little is known regarding its metabolic pathways, which might play a pivotal role during disease pathogenesis. Lipoate is an ess...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Zhu K,Chen H,Jin J,Wang N,Ma G,Huang J,Feng Y,Xin J,Zhang H,Liu H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue fever is an Aedes mosquito-borne illness caused by any one of the four different dengue virus (DENV) serotypes (1-4) and manifests in the form of symptoms ranging from mild or asymptomatic to severe disease with vascular leakage, leading to shock, and viral hemorrhagic syndrome. Increased risk of severe disease...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Narayan R,Tripathi S

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased numbers of peripheral blood mononucleocytes (PBMC) and increased IFN-γ secretion following in vitro challenge of blood samples with soluble Leishmania antigen (SLA), have been proposed as biomarkers of specific cell-mediated immunity, indicating that treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been successf...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Botana L,Matía B,San Martin JV,Romero-Maté A,Castro A,Molina L,Fernandez L,Ibarra-Meneses A,Aguado M,Sánchez C,Horrillo L,Chicharro C,Nieto J,Ortega S,Ruiz-Giardin JM,Carrillo E,Moreno J

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Several studies suggested an important role of the gut microbiota in the pathophysiology of neurological disorders, implying that alteration of the gut microbiota might serve as a treatment strategy. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is currently the most effective gut microbiota intervention and an a...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Vendrik KEW,Ooijevaar RE,de Jong PRC,Laman JD,van Oosten BW,van Hilten JJ,Ducarmon QR,Keller JJ,Kuijper EJ,Contarino MF

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：:Streptococcus mutans is an oral species closely associated with dental caries. As an early oral colonizer, S. mutans utilizes interspecies coaggregation to promote the colonization of subsequent species and affect polymicrobial pathogenesis. Previous studies have confirmed several adhering partner species of S. mutans...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Liu T,Liu J,Liu J,Yang R,Lu X,He X,Shi W,Guo L

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Increasing evidence has shown that Helicobacter pylori is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD); however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Methods: The expression of miR-25 and mRNAs was measured using qRT-PCR. Protein levels were detected using western blotting and exosomes were assessed w...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Li N,Liu SF,Dong K,Zhang GC,Huang J,Wang ZH,Wang TJ

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death (PCD) can play a crucial role in tuning the immune response to microbial infection. Although PCD can occur in different forms, all are mediated by a family of proteases called caspases. Caspase-2 is the most conserved caspase, however, its function in cell death is ill-defined. Previously we demo...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Bronner DN,O'Riordan MX,He Y

更新日期：2013-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio alginolyticus is a major cause of Vibriosis in farmed marine aquatic animals and has caused large economic losses to the Asian aquaculture industry in recent years. Therefore, it is necessary to control V. alginolyticus effectively. The virulence mechanism of V. alginolyticus, the Type III secretion system (T3S...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Zhou S,Tu X,Pang H,Hoare R,Monaghan SJ,Luo J,Jian J

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00