Rapid Detection of Nocardia by Next-Generation Sequencing.

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：:The cell surface mucin MUC1 is an important host factor limiting Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) pathogenesis in both humans and mice by providing a protective barrier and modulating mucosal epithelial and leukocyte responses. The aim of this study was to establish the time-course of molecular events in MUC1-modulated...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Sheng YH,Ng GZ,Summers KM,Every AL,Price G,Hasnain SZ,Sutton P,McGuckin MA

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm infants are exposed to major perinatal, post-natal, and early infancy events that could impact on the gut microbiome. These events include infection, steroid and antibiotic exposure, parenteral nutrition, necrotizing enterocolitis, and stress. Studies have shown that there are differences in the gut microbiome...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Jayasinghe TN,Vatanen T,Chiavaroli V,Jayan S,McKenzie EJ,Adriaenssens E,Derraik JGB,Ekblad C,Schierding W,Battin MR,Thorstensen EB,Cameron-Smith D,Forbes-Blom E,Hofman PL,Roy NC,Tannock GW,Vickers MH,Cutfield WS,O'Sul

更新日期：2020-06-16 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：: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 major Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor ESAT-6 exported by the ESX-1 secretion system has been described as a pro-apoptotic factor by several independent groups in recent years, sustaining a role for apoptosis in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis. This role has been supported by independent studies in which a...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Aguiló N,Marinova D,Martín C,Pardo J

更新日期：2013-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To discern if there was a particular genotype associated with clinical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) strains isolated from deployed military personnel (DMP) with travelers' diarrhea (TD), we characterized a collection of EAEC from DMP deployed to Afghanistan, Djibouti, Kenya, or Honduras. Although we did n...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Petro CD,Duncan JK,Seldina YI,Allué-Guardia A,Eppinger M,Riddle MS,Tribble DR,Johnson RC,Dalgard CL,Sukumar G,Connor P,Boisen N,Melton-Celsa AR

更新日期：2020-05-20 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：: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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. Given the critical role of dendritic cells (DCs) in regulating and modulating the immune response to pathogens, we investigated here the role of DCs in S. pneumoniae lung infections. Using a well-established transgenic mouse line which allow...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Rosendahl A,Bergmann S,Hammerschmidt S,Goldmann O,Medina E

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) is a common childhood disease characterized by an accumulation of fluid behind the eardrum. COME often requires surgical intervention and can also lead to significant hearing loss and subsequent learning disabilities. Recent characterization of the middle ear fluid (MEF) micro...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Kolbe AR,Castro-Nallar E,Preciado D,Pérez-Losada M

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

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：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), which leads to an estimated 1. 5 million deaths worldwide each year. Although the immune correlates of protection against Mtb infection and TB disease have not been well-defined, natural killer (NK) cells are increasingly recognized as a key...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Harris LD,Khayumbi J,Ongalo J,Sasser LE,Tonui J,Campbell A,Odhiambo FH,Ouma SG,Alter G,Gandhi NR,Day CL

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota serves as a critical indicator for gut health during treatment of pathogenic bacterial infection. Both Pulsatilla Decoction (abbreviated to PD, a traditional Chinese medicine compound) and Levofloxacin Hydrochloride (LVX) were known to have therapeutic effects to intestinal infectious disease. However, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Liu X,He S,Li Q,Mu X,Hu G,Dong H

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular bacterial pathogens have evolved distinct lifestyles inside eukaryotic cells. Some pathogens coexist with the infected cell in an obligate intracellular state, whereas others transit between the extracellular and intracellular environment. Adaptation to these intracellular lifestyles is regulated in both...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Ortega AD,Quereda JJ,Pucciarelli MG,García-del Portillo F

更新日期：2014-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), acting as an endocrine disruptor, disturbed reproductive health. Here, we evaluated the effects of Lactobacillus plantarum TW1-1 (L. plantarum TW1-1) on DEHP-induced testicular damage in adult male mice. Results showed that oral supplementation of L. plantarum TW1-1 significantly increase...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Tian X,Yu Z,Feng P,Ye Z,Li R,Liu J,Hu J,Kakade A,Liu P,Li X

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella spp. are intracellular vacuolar pathogens that causes brucellosis, a worldwide zoonosis of profound importance. We previously demonstrated that the activity of host unfolded protein response (UPR) sensor IRE1α (inositol-requiring enzyme 1) and ER-associated autophagy confer susceptibility to Brucella melitens...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Pandey A,Lin F,Cabello AL,da Costa LF,Feng X,Feng HQ,Zhang MZ,Iwawaki T,Rice-Ficht A,Ficht TA,de Figueiredo P,Qin QM

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida species are known to differ in their ability to cause infection and have been shown to display varied susceptibilities to antifungal drugs. Treatment with the echinocandin, caspofungin, leads to compensatory alterations in the fungal cell wall. This study was performed to compare the structure and composition ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Walker LA,Munro CA

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular bacterial pathogen Francisella tularensis causes serious infectious disease in humans and animals. Moreover, F. tularensis, a highly infectious pathogen, poses a major concern for the public as a bacterium classified under Category A of bioterrorism agents. Unfortunately, research has so far failed t...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Krocova Z,Macela A,Kubelkova K

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Overwhelming cardiac inflammation has been reported to be the pathogenic mechanism of Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced viral myocarditis (VMC), while the detailed molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Membrane-bound dipeptidases (MBD, also known as Dpep) have been shown to be involved in inflammatory diseases. However,...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Yang X,Yue Y,Xiong S

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecium is a clinically important pathogen associated with opportunistic infection and multi-drug resistance. E. faecium has been shown to produce membrane vesicles (MVs), but MV production by E. faecium under antibiotic stress conditions and the pathogenic traits thereof have yet to be determined. This s...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Kim MH,Kim SY,Son JH,Kim SI,Lee H,Kim S,Shin M,Lee JC

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans can cause life-threatening infections in immune compromised individuals. This pathogen is typically acquired via inhalation, and enters the respiratory tract. Innate immune cells such as macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) are the first host cells that encounter C. neoform...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Nelson BN,Hawkins AN,Wozniak KL

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the parameters associated with post-treatment recurrence of bacterial vaginosis (BV), clinical factors and vaginal microbiota were examined and analyzed for BV patients who received standard metronidazole therapy. The variables associated with BV recurrence included clinical factors of past BV history, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Xiao B,Wu C,Song W,Niu X,Qin N,Liu Z,Xu Q

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a common human fungal pathogen capable of causing serious systemic infections that can progress to become lethal. Current therapeutic approaches have limited effectiveness, especially once a systemic infection is established, in part due to the lack of an effective immune response. Boosting the imm...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Carpino N,Naseem S,Frank DM,Konopka JB

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, mass drug treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) has been utilized to treat schistosomiasis, yet reinfection and the risk of drug resistance are among the various factors precluding successful elimination of schistosomiasis. Tractable models that replicate "real world" field conditions are crucial to effective...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Melkus MW,Le L,Siddiqui AJ,Molehin AJ,Zhang W,Lazarus S,Siddiqui AA

更新日期：2020-02-24 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：:During chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, upregulation of inhibitory molecules contributes to effector cell dysfunction and exhaustion. This, in combination with the ability of HIV-1 to reside dormant in cellular reservoirs and escape immune recognition, makes the pathway to HIV-1 cure part...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Holder KA,Grant MD

更新日期：2020-05-05 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：:The hemostatic system comprises platelet aggregation, coagulation and fibrinolysis and is a host defense mechanism that protects the integrity of the vascular system after tissue injury. During bacterial infections, the coagulation system cooperates with the inflammatory system to eliminate the invading pathogens. How...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Loof TG,Deicke C,Medina E

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pet and EspC are toxins secreted by enteroaggregative (EAEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes, respectively. Both toxins are members of the Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATEs) family. Pet and EspC are important virulence factors that produce cytotoxic an...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

authors： Sanchez-Villamil JI,Navarro-Garcia F,Castillo-Romero A,Gutierrez-Gutierrez F,Tapia D,Tapia-Pastrana G

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00