Production of Membrane Vesicles by Enterococcus faecium Cultured With or Without Subinhibitory Concentrations of Antibiotics and Their Pathological Effects on Epithelial Cells.

abstract：:Intracellular bacterial pathogens (IBPs) invade and replicate in different cell types including immune cells, in particular of the innate immune system (IIS) during infection in the acute phase. However, immune cells primarily function as essential players in the highly effective and integrated host defense systems co...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Eisenreich W,Rudel T,Heesemann J,Goebel W

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) underline the need of "antibiotic-free" strategies for the control of gonorrhea. The aim of this study was to assess the anti-gonococcal activity of 14 vaginal Lactobacillus strains, belonging to different species (L. crispatus, L. gass...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Foschi C,Salvo M,Cevenini R,Parolin C,Vitali B,Marangoni A

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifungal agents for the treatment of Candida albicans infections are limited. We recently discovered a novel antifungal small molecule, SM21, with promising in vivo activity. Herein, we employed the newly developed C. albicans haploid toolbox to uncover the mechanism of action of SM21. Comprehensive RNA-Seq analyses...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Truong T,Suriyanarayanan T,Zeng G,Le TD,Liu L,Li J,Tong C,Wang Y,Seneviratne CJ

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Stapylococcus aureus is a common infectious agent in e.g. sepsis, associated with both high mortality rates and severe long-term effects. The cytolytic protein α-hemolysin has repeatedly been shown to enhance the virulence of S. aureus. Combined with an unhindered spread of multi drug-resistant strains, this has trigg...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Andersson T,Bläckberg A,Lood R,Ertürk Bergdahl G

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation enteritis (RE) is a common complication in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. Although studies have shown the changes of this disease at clinical, pathological and other levels, the dynamic characteristics of local microbiome and metabolomics are hitherto unknown. We aimed to examine the multi-omics fea...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Li Y,Yan H,Zhang Y,Li Q,Yu L,Li Q,Liu C,Xie Y,Chen K,Ye F,Wang K,Chen L,Ding Y

更新日期：2020-10-21 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：:Bacterial persisters are a small proportion of phenotypically heterogeneous variants with the transient capability to survive in high concentrations of antibiotics, causing recurrent infections in both human and aquatic animals. Transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA), which was encoded by the ssrA gene, was identified as a de...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Yu W,Li D,Li H,Tang Y,Tang H,Ma X,Liu Z

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are the first cells recruited to the dermal site of Leishmania infection following injection by needle or sand fly bite. The role of neutrophils in either promoting or suppressing host immunity remains controversial. We discuss the events driving neutrophil recruitment, their interaction with the parasite ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ribeiro-Gomes FL,Sacks D

更新日期：2012-05-04 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：:Macrophages being the connecting link between innate and adaptive immune system plays a crucial role in microbial antigen presentation and orchestrates the subsequent clearance of microorganisms. Microbial invasion of macrophages trigger a plethora of signaling cascades, which interact among them to generate a dynamic...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Saha S,Das P,BoseDasgupta S

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Metagenomic approaches applied to viruses have highlighted their prevalence in almost all microbial ecosystems investigated. In all ecosystems, notably those associated with humans or animals, the viral fraction is dominated by bacteriophages. Whether they contribute to dysbiosis, i.e., the departure from microbiota c...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： De Paepe M,Leclerc M,Tinsley CR,Petit MA

更新日期：2014-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral microbiome can play a role in the instigation and progression of oral diseases that can manifest into other systemic conditions. These associations encourage the exploration of oral dysbiosis leading to the pathogenesis of cancers. In this study, oral rinse was used to characterize the oral microbiome fluctua...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Lim Y,Fukuma N,Totsika M,Kenny L,Morrison M,Punyadeera C

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite ongoing efforts, sub-Saharan Africa faces a higher cervical cancer burden than anywhere else in the world. Besides HPV infection, definitive factors of cervical cancer are still unclear. Particular states of the cervicovaginal microbiota and viral infections are associated with increased cervical cancer risk. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Klein C,Kahesa C,Mwaiselage J,West JT,Wood C,Angeletti PC

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella spp. cause undulant fever in humans and brucellosis in variety of other animals. Both innate and adaptive immunity have been shown to be important in controlling Brucella infection. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) represent a group of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that play critical roles in the host innate...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Pei J,Ding X,Fan Y,Rice-Ficht A,Ficht TA

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a next-generation sequencing strategy on 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene was employed to analyze 70 oral samples from 32 patients with throat cancer, nine patients with vocal cord polyp, and 29 healthy individuals (normal controls). Using this strategy, we demonstrated, for the first time, that the sa...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Wang L,Yin G,Guo Y,Zhao Y,Zhao M,Lai Y,Sui P,Shi T,Guo W,Huang Z

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, has been a focus of study in host-pathogen dynamics since the nineteenth century. While the interaction between anthrax and host macrophages has been extensively modeled, comparatively little is known about the effect of anthrax on the immune function of neutrophils,...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Liu JZ,Ali SR,Bier E,Nizet V

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus elicits gastroenteritis by deploying Type III Secretion Systems (TTSS) to deliver effector proteins into epithelial cells of the human intestinal tract. The bacteria must adhere to the human cells to allow colonization and operation of the TTSS translocation apparatus bridging the bacterium and...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： O'Boyle N,Boyd A

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we determined the in vitro characteristics and binding interactions of chicken PD-1 (chPD-1) and PD-L1 (chPD-L1) and developed a panel of specific monoclonal antibodies against the two proteins. ChPD-1 and chPD-L1 sequence identities and similarities were lower compared with those of humans and o...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Reddy VRAP,Mwangi W,Sadigh Y,Nair V

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have garnered much interest in the cell biology and biomedical research fields. Many studies have reported the existence of EVs in all types of living cells, including in fifteen different fungal genera. EVs play diverse biological roles, from the regulation of physiological events and res...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Rizzo J,Rodrigues ML,Janbon G

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of new effective vaccines strongly depends on adjuvants and formulations able to stimulate not only strong humoral responses against a certain pathogen but also effector as well as memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (Dubensky et al., 2013). However, the majority of vaccines licensed for human use or currentl...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ebensen T,Delandre S,Prochnow B,Guzmán CA,Schulze K

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A Streptococcus (GAS), also called Streptococcus pyogenes, is a Gram-positive beta-hemolytic human pathogen which causes a wide range of mostly self-limiting but also several life-threatening diseases. Innate immune responses are fundamental for defense against GAS, yet their activation by pattern recognition re...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Fieber C,Kovarik P

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent emergence of azole-resistant strains has increasingly led azoles to fail in treating candidiasis. Combination with other drugs is a good option to effectively reduce or retard its incidence of resistance. Natural products are a promising synergist source to assist azoles in treating resistant candidiasis....

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Xu J,Liu R,Sun F,An L,Shang Z,Kong L,Yang M

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a commonly used treatment for patients who cannot receive enteral nutrition, is associated with significant septic complications due in part to a loss of epithelial barrier function (EBF). While the underlying mechanisms of TPN-related epithelial changes are poorly understood, a mouse...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Demehri FR,Barrett M,Ralls MW,Miyasaka EA,Feng Y,Teitelbaum DH

更新日期：2013-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a toxin-producing bacterium that is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The incidence, severity, and costs associated with C. difficile associated disease are substantial and increasing, making C. difficile a significant public health concern. The two prim...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Pruitt RN,Lacy DB

更新日期：2012-03-16 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：: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：: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：:Objectives:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is an AIDS-defining illness. In patients with HIV, the benefit of PCP prophylaxis is well-defined when the CD4 T-cell count decreases below 200 cells/μL. In other immunocompromised patients, the value of PCP prophylaxis is not always as well-established. This study aim...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Dunbar A,Schauwvlieghe A,Algoe S,van Hellemond JJ,Reynders M,Vandecasteele S,Boelens J,Depuydt P,Rijnders B

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are critical for targeting and killing tumor, virus-infected and stressed cells as a member of the innate immune system. Recently, NK cells have also emerged as key regulators of adaptive immunity and have become a prominent therapeutic target for cancer immunotherapy and infection control. N...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Pierce S,Geanes ES,Bradley T

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis, the inflammation of the protective membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord (known as meninges), is a condition associated with high mortality rates and permanent neurological sequelae in a significant proportion of survivors. The opportunistic pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN/pneumococcus) is ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Anil A,Banerjee A

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00