The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Involved in Stress Response and Virulence in Neisseria meningitidis and Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Protein Expression L Fantappiè, MME Metruccio, KL Seib, F Oriente, E Cartocci, F Ferlicca, ... Infection and immunity 77 (5), 1842-1853, 2009 | 119* | 2009 |
Contact lens-related corneal infection: Intrinsic resistance and its compromise SMJ Fleiszig, AR Kroken, V Nieto, MR Grosser, SJ Wan, MME Metruccio, ... Progress in retinal and eye research 76, 100804, 2020 | 113 | 2020 |
A novel phase variation mechanism in the meningococcus driven by a ligand-responsive repressor and differential spacing of distal promoter elements MME Metruccio, E Pigozzi, D Roncarati, F Berlanda Scorza, N Norais, ... PLoS pathogens 5 (12), e1000710, 2009 | 105 | 2009 |
The Hfq-Dependent Small Noncoding RNA NrrF Directly Mediates Fur-Dependent Positive Regulation of Succinate Dehydrogenase in Neisseria meningitidis MME Metruccio, L Fantappie, D Serruto, A Muzzi, D Roncarati, C Donati, ... Journal of bacteriology 191 (4), 1330-1342, 2009 | 85 | 2009 |
OxyR tightly regulates catalase expression in Neisseria meningitidis through both repression and activation mechanisms R Ieva, D Roncarati, MME Metruccio, KL Seib, V Scarlato, I Delany Molecular microbiology 70 (5), 1152-1165, 2008 | 71 | 2008 |
Analysis of Two-Component Systems in Group B Streptococcus Shows That RgfAC and the Novel FspSR Modulate Virulence and Bacterial Fitness C Faralla, MM Metruccio, M De Chiara, R Mu, KA Patras, A Muzzi, ... MBio 5 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 00870-14, 2014 | 63* | 2014 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Vesicles Triggered by Human Mucosal Fluid and Lysozyme Can Prime Host Tissue Surfaces for Bacterial Adhesion MME Metruccio, DJ Evans, MM Gabriel, JL Kadurugamuwa, SMJ Fleiszig Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 871, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
Propionibacterium acnes host cell tropism contributes to vimentin‐mediated invasion and induction of inflammation TN Mak, N Fischer, B Laube, V Brinkmann, MME Metruccio, KS Sfanos, ... Cellular microbiology 14 (11), 1720-1733, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
Mucosal fluid glycoprotein DMBT1 suppresses twitching motility and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa J Li, MME Metruccio, DJ Evans, SMJ Fleiszig PLoS Pathogens 13 (5), e1006392, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
Genomic Analysis Reveals the Molecular Basis for Capsule Loss in the Group B Streptococcus Population R Rosini, E Campisi, M De Chiara, H Tettelin, D Rinaudo, C Toniolo, ... PLoS One 10 (5), e0125985, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
Adaptive response of group B Streptococcus to high glucose conditions: new insights on the CovRS regulation network B Di Palo, V Rippa, I Santi, C Brettoni, A Muzzi, MME Metruccio, ... PLoS One 8 (4), e61294, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
Type IV pili can mediate bacterial motility within epithelial cells V Nieto, AR Kroken, MR Grosser, BE Smith, MME Metruccio, P Hagan, ... MBio 10 (4), 10.1128/mbio. 02880-18, 2019 | 33 | 2019 |
The importance of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system in epithelium traversal depends upon conditions of host susceptibility AB Sullivan, KPC Tam, MME Metruccio, DJ Evans, SMJ Fleiszig Infection and immunity 83 (4), 1629-1640, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
A novel murine model for contact lens wear reveals clandestine IL-1R dependent corneal parainflammation and susceptibility to microbial keratitis upon inoculation with … MME Metruccio, SJ Wan, H Horneman, AR Kroken, AB Sullivan, ... The ocular surface 17 (1), 119-133, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
Contributions of MyD88-dependent receptors and CD11c-positive cells to corneal epithelial barrier function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa MME Metruccio, C Tam, DJ Evans, AL Xie, ME Stern, SMJ Fleiszig Scientific reports 7 (1), 13829, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
IL-1R and MyD88 contribute to the absence of a bacterial microbiome on the healthy murine cornea SJ Wan, AB Sullivan, P Shieh, MME Metruccio, DJ Evans, CR Bertozzi, ... Frontiers in microbiology 9, 1117, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa can diversify after host cell invasion to establish multiple intracellular niches NG Kumar, V Nieto, AR Kroken, E Jedel, MR Grosser, ME Hallsten, ... MBio 13 (6), e02742-22, 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
DMBT1 inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa twitching motility involves its N-glycosylation and cannot be conferred by the Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich … J Li, SJ Wan, MME Metruccio, S Ma, K Nazmi, FJ Bikker, DJ Evans, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 13146, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
Corneal surface glycosylation is modulated by IL-1R and Pseudomonas aeruginosa challenge but is insufficient for inhibiting bacterial binding AL Jolly, P Agarwal, MME Metruccio, DR Spiciarich, DJ Evans, ... The FASEB Journal 31 (6), 2393, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
Epithelial cell lysates induce ExoS expression and secretion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa V Hritonenko, M Metruccio, D Evans, S Fleiszig FEMS microbiology letters 365 (8), fny053, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |