Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyBackgroundHoney bees (Apis mellifera) are essential pollinators that support global food production and economic stability. Their health and survival are threatened by diminishing floral resources, pesticide exposure, parasitic mites, and microbial and ...
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Coxiella burnetii Sterol-Modifying Protein Stmp1 Regulates Cholesterol in the Intracellular Niche
mBio, 2022 Coxiella burnetii replicates in a phagolysosome-like vacuole called the Coxiella-containing vacuole (CCV). While host cholesterol readily traffics to the CCV, cholesterol accumulation leads to CCV acidification and bacterial death.
Tatiana M. Clemente +6 more
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Sea anemone model has a single Toll-like receptor that can function in pathogen detection, NF-κB signal transduction, and development [PDF]
, 2017 In organisms from insects to vertebrates, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are primary pathogen detectors that activate downstream pathways, specifically those that direct expression of innate immune effector genes.
Brennan, Joseph J. +5 more
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"Alternative" endocytic mechanisms exploited by pathogens: new avenues for therapeutic delivery? [PDF]
, 2007 Some pathogens utilize unique routes to enter cells that may evade the intracellular barriers encountered by the typical clathrin-mediated endocytic pathway.
Medina-Kauwe, LK
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Animal models for oral transmission of Listeria monocytogenes
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2014 Listeria monocytogenes has been recognized as a food borne pathogen in humans since the 1980s, but we still understand very little about oral transmission of L. monocytogenes or the host factors that determine susceptibility to gastrointestinal infection,
Sarah E F D'Orazio
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Ligand induced cleavage and nuclear localization of the rice XA21 immune receptor [PDF]
, 2012 The rice XA21 receptor confers immunity to the Gram-negative bacterial pathogen, _Xanthomonas oryzae_ pv. _oryzae_ (_Xoo_) upon recognition of the conserved microbial signature AxY^S^22.
Chang-Jin Park, Pamela C. Ronald
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Harnessing Macrophages for Controlled-Release Drug Delivery: Lessons From Microbes
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 With the effectiveness of therapeutic agents ever decreasing and the increased incidence of multi-drug resistant pathogens, there is a clear need for administration of more potent, potentially more toxic, drugs. Alternatively, biopharmaceuticals may hold
Johan Georg Visser +2 more
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Epithelial Haven and Autophagy Breakout in Gonococci Infection
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that in 2016, there were 87 million new cases of gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is caused by the sexually transmitted human-exclusive agent Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus that causes cervicitis ...
Ana Clara Mendes +3 more
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Modulation of Host Lipid Pathways by Pathogenic Intracellular Bacteria
Pathogens, 2020 Lipids are a broad group of molecules required for cell maintenance and homeostasis. Various intracellular pathogens have developed mechanisms of modulating and sequestering host lipid processes for a large array of functions for both bacterial and host ...
Paige E. Allen, Juan J. Martinez
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Astrocyte Apoptosis and HIV Replication Are Modulated in Host Cells Coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
, 2017 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
Burgos, Juan Miguel +5 more
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