Who Needs a Contractile Actomyosin Ring? The Plethora of Alternative Ways to Divide a Protozoan Parasite.

abstract：:Whole genome sequencing (WGS) methods provide new possibilities in the field of molecular epidemiology. This is particularly true for monomorphic organisms where the discriminatory power of traditional methods (e.g., restriction enzyme length polymorphism typing, multi locus sequence typing etc.) is inadequate to eluc...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Wittwer M,Altpeter E,Pilo P,Gygli SM,Beuret C,Foucault F,Ackermann-Gäumann R,Karrer U,Jacob D,Grunow R,Schürch N

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) remains the most frequent AIDS-defining illness in developed countries. This infection also occurs in non-AIDS immunosuppressed patients, e.g., those who have undergone an organ transplantation. Moreover, mild Pneumocystis jirovecii infections related to low pulmonary fungal burden, freque...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Bonnet P,Le Gal S,Calderon E,Delhaes L,Quinio D,Robert-Gangneux F,Ramel S,Nevez G

更新日期：2020-09-29 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：:An important component in host resistance to malaria infection are inherited mutations that give rise to abnormalities and deficiencies in erythrocyte proteins and enzymes. Understanding how such mutations confer protection against the disease may be useful for developing new treatment strategies. A mouse ENU-induced ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Schnider CB,Yang H,Starrs L,Ehmann A,Rahimi F,Di Pierro E,Graziadei G,Matthews K,De Koning-Ward T,Bauer DC,Foote SJ,Burgio G,McMorran BJ

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Different species inhabit different sensory worlds and thus have evolved diverse means of processing information, learning and memory. In the escalated arms race with host defense, each pathogenic bacterium not only has evolved its individual cellular sensing and behavior, but also collective sensing, interbacterial c...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Steinert M

更新日期：2014-01-31 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：:While microbiome plays key roles in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS), its mechanism remains elusive. Here, we conducted a comprehensive metagenome-wide association study (MWAS) of the relapsing-remitting MS gut microbiome (ncase = 26, ncontrol = 77) in the Japanese population, by using whole-genome shotgun sequ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Kishikawa T,Ogawa K,Motooka D,Hosokawa A,Kinoshita M,Suzuki K,Yamamoto K,Masuda T,Matsumoto Y,Nii T,Maeda Y,Nakamura S,Inohara H,Mochizuki H,Okuno T,Okada Y

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade it has become clear that, similarly to nucleated cells, enucleated red blood cells (RBCs) are susceptible to programmed apoptotic cell death. Erythrocytic apoptosis seems to play a role in physiological clearance of aged RBCs, but it may also be implicated in anemia of different etiological sources ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Totino PR,Daniel-Ribeiro CT,Ferreira-da-Cruz MF

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:With major advances in experimental techniques to track antigen-specific immune responses many basic questions on the kinetics of virus-specific immunity in humans remain unanswered. To gain insights into kinetics of T and B cell responses in human volunteers we combined mathematical models and experimental data from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Le D,Miller JD,Ganusov VV

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytosis is one of the most common human infections affecting both immunocompetent individuals and immunocompromised patients, in whom the disease is more aggressive and can reach deep tissues. Over the last decades, cases of deep dermatophytosis have increased and the dermatophyte-host interplay remains poorly...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Almeida DF,Fraga-Silva TF,Santos AR,Finato AC,Marchetti CM,Golim MA,Lara VS,Arruda MS,Venturini J

更新日期：2017-01-20 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：: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：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major etiological agent in chronic and aggressive forms of periodontal disease. The organism is an asaccharolytic anaerobe and is a constituent of mixed species biofilms in a variety of microenvironments in the oral cavity. P. gingivalis expresses a range of virulence factors over which i...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Hirano T,Beck DA,Demuth DR,Hackett M,Lamont RJ

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease. In immunosuppressed individuals, as it occurs in the coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the central nervous system may be affected. In this regard, reactivation of Chagas disease is severe and often lethal, and it accounts fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Urquiza JM,Burgos JM,Ojeda DS,Pascuale CA,Leguizamón MS,Quarleri JF

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few decades, concepts of protein intrinsic disorder have been implicated in different biological processes. Recent studies have suggested that intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) provide structural plasticity and functional diversity to viral proteins that are involved in rapid replication and immun...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Giri R,Kumar D,Sharma N,Uversky VN

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular pathogens of eukaryotes. The bacteria grow in an intracellular vesicle called an inclusion, the membrane of which is heavily modified by chlamydial proteins called Incs (Inclusion membrane proteins). Incs represent 7-10% of the genomes of Chlamydia and, given their localization at...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Gauliard E,Ouellette SP,Rueden KJ,Ladant D

更新日期：2015-02-11 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：:Ticks are vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health worldwide. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary interactions between ticks, hosts, and pathogens are largely unknown. Here, we integrated a framework to evaluate the associations of the tick Ixodes ricinus with its hosts and environmental niches...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Estrada-Peña A,de la Fuente J,Cabezas-Cruz A

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose: Early life microbiota plays a crucial role in human health by acting as a barrier from pathogens' invasion and maintaining the intestinal immune homoeostasis. Altered fecal microbiota (FM) ecology was reported in newborns affected by intestinal ischemia. Our purpose was to describe, in these pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Romani L,Del Chierico F,Chiriaco M,Foligno S,Reddel S,Salvatori G,Cifaldi C,Faraci S,Finocchi A,Rossi P,Bagolan P,D'Argenio P,Putignani L,Fusaro F

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpartum depressive disorder (PPD) is a unique subtype of major depressive disorder and a substantial contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. However, the pathogenesis of PPD has still remained elusive, and it may associate with genetic and environmental factors. Gut microbiota has already been proved to be...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Zhou Y,Chen C,Yu H,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia mallei (Bm) is a highly infectious intracellular pathogen classified as a category B biological agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After respiratory exposure, Bm establishes itself within host macrophages before spreading into major organ systems, which can lead to chronic infection,...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Bozue JA,Chaudhury S,Amemiya K,Chua J,Cote CK,Toothman RG,Dankmeyer JL,Klimko CP,Wilhelmsen CL,Raymond JW,Zavaljevski N,Reifman J,Wallqvist A

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral malaria is among the major causes of malaria-associated mortality and effective adjunctive therapeutic strategies are currently lacking. Central pathophysiological processes involved in the development of cerebral malaria include an imbalance of pro- and anti-inflammatory responses to Plasmodium infection, en...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Dunst J,Kamena F,Matuschewski K

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated that oral antibiotic (ABX) treatment prior to and during influenza A virus (IAV) infection of adult mice profoundly altered gut microbiota (GM) and was associated with increased susceptibility and impaired immunity to IAV. We examined the impact of ABX during critical times relevant to th...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Fuglsang E,Pizzolla A,Krych L,Nielsen DS,Brooks AG,Frøkiær H,Reading PC

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediculus humanus is an obligate bloodsucking ectoparasite of human that includes two ecotypes, head louse and body louse, which differ slightly in morphology and biology, but have distinct ecologies. Phylogenetically, they are classified on six mitochondrial clades (A, B, C, D, E, and F), head louse encompasses the f...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Amanzougaghene N,Fenollar F,Raoult D,Mediannikov O

更新日期：2020-01-21 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：: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：:Understanding the systems biology approaches for promoting the development of new therapeutic drugs is attaining importance nowadays. The threat of COVID-19 outbreak needs to be vanished for global welfare, and every section of research is focusing on it. There is an opportunity for finding new, quick, and accurate to...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Jaiswal S,Kumar M,Mandeep,Sunita,Singh Y,Shukla P

更新日期：2020-10-28 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：:Eradication of Helicobacter pylori has been found to be effective for gastric cancer prevention, but uncertainties remain about the possible adverse consequences such as the potential microbial dysbiosis. In our study, we investigated the association between gut microbiota and H. pylori-related gastric lesions in 47 s...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Gao JJ,Zhang Y,Gerhard M,Mejias-Luque R,Zhang L,Vieth M,Ma JL,Bajbouj M,Suchanek S,Liu WD,Ulm K,Quante M,Li ZX,Zhou T,Schmid R,Classen M,Li WQ,You WC,Pan KF

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Murid and cricetid rodents were previously believed to be the principal reservoir hosts of hantaviruses. Recently, however, multiple newfound hantaviruses have been discovered in shrews, moles, and bats, suggesting a complex evolutionary history. Little is known about the genetic diversity and geographic distribution ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Kikuchi F,Aoki K,Ohdachi SD,Tsuchiya K,Motokawa M,Jogahara T,Sơn NT,Bawm S,Lin KS,Thwe TL,Gamage CD,Ranorosoa MC,Omar H,Maryanto I,Suzuki H,Tanaka-Taya K,Morikawa S,Mizutani T,Suzuki M,Yanagihara R,Arai S

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00