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Host-Associated Microbial CommunitiesA Role of Epithelial Cells and Virulence Factors in Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus pyogenes In VitroBiofilm formation by Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus [GAS]) in model systems mimicking the respiratory tract is poorly documented. Most studies have been conducted on abiotic surfaces, which poorly represent human tissues. We have previously shown that GAS forms mature and antibiotic-resistant biofilms on physiologically relevant epithelial cells....
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular InteractionsApoptosis Functions in Defense against Infection of Mammalian Cells with Environmental ChlamydiaeApoptotic cell death can be an efficient defense reaction of mammalian cells infected with obligate intracellular pathogens; the host cell dies and the pathogen cannot replicate. While this is well established for viruses, there is little experimental support for such a concept in bacterial infections. All Chlamydiales are obligate intracellular bacteria, and different species infect vastly different hosts....
Host Response and InflammationAspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall Promotes Apical Airway Epithelial Recruitment of Human NeutrophilsAspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous fungal pathogen capable of causing multiple pulmonary diseases, including invasive aspergillosis, chronic necrotizing aspergillosis, fungal colonization, and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Intact mucociliary barrier function and early airway neutrophil responses are critical for clearing fungal conidia from the host...
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular InteractionsToll-Like Receptor 3 Deficiency Leads to Altered Immune Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Human Oviduct Epithelial CellsReproductive tract pathology caused by Chlamydia trachomatis infection is an important global cause of human infertility. To better understand the mechanisms associated with Chlamydia-induced genital tract pathogenesis in humans, we used CRISPR genome editing to disrupt Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) function in the human oviduct epithelial (hOE) cell line OE-E6...
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular InteractionsStenotrophomonas maltophilia Encodes a VirB/VirD4 Type IV Secretion System That Modulates Apoptosis in Human Cells and Promotes Competition against Heterologous Bacteria, Including Pseudomonas aeruginosaStenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging opportunistic and nosocomial pathogen. S. maltophilia is also a risk factor for lung exacerbations in cystic fibrosis patients. S. maltophilia attaches to various mammalian cells, and we...
- Host Response and InflammationRegulation of the Peptidoglycan Amidase PGLYRP2 in Epithelial Cells by Interleukin-36γ
Interleukin-36 (IL-36) cytokines are important regulators of mucosal homeostasis and inflammation. We have previously established that oral epithelial cells upregulate IL-36γ expression in response to the bacterial pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis.
- Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular InteractionsBordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Disrupts Functional Integrity of Bronchial Epithelial Layers
- Fungal and Parasitic Infections | SpotlightCandidalysin Drives Epithelial Signaling, Neutrophil Recruitment, and Immunopathology at the Vaginal Mucosa
- Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular InteractionsThe Gene tia, Harbored by the Subtilase-Encoding Pathogenicity Island, Is Involved in the Ability of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains To Invade Monolayers of Epithelial Cells