Bartonella species, an emerging cause of blood-culture-negative endocarditis

U Okaro, A Addisu, B Casanas… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
… host with deprivation of access to heme and iron (4). The ability of these … to enhance its
capacity to cause chronic infection and … bacilliformis infection shows evidence of endothelial cell

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of lactoferrin on the ocular surface

U Regueiro, M López-López, R Varela-Fernández… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Remarkably, this iron-binding glycoprotein promotes iron retention, restricting free … infectious
processes. Several studies have highlighted the activity of LF against cytomegalovirus (CMV

Basics of Microbiology for Ophthalmology Board Exams

SAS AlRyalat, SAS AlRyalat - Eye Yield: Ophthalmology Basics for Board …, 2021 - Springer
Chlamydia trachomatis may be further divided into Serotypes … but only causes infections
under acidic, high iron conditions. … The retinal endothelial cells are infected in preference to the …

[HTML][HTML] … —Laboratory and Clinical Implications: A Champion of Host Defense: A Generic Large-Scale Cause for Platelet Dysfunction and Depletion in Infection

MJ Page, E Pretorius - Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… the endothelium with a proinflammatory phenotype, enhancing … The adhesion of platelets
activates endothelial cells, and … can bind cytomegalovirus, which triggers platelet activation, …

Pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm–the role of inflammation and proteolysis

A Siennicka, M Adamowicz, N Grzesch - Pomeranian Journal of Life …, 2021 - sciendo.com
… Moreover, MPO may increase apoptosis of endothelium cells … Aortic iron overload with
oxidative stress and inflammation in … The relation between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and …

Biological activity of algal derived carrageenan: A comprehensive review in light of human health and disease

B Pradhan, JS Ki - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
… blood vessel endothelial cell development in … enhanced humoral responses to different
antigens. The processing of antigen and its presentation to B cells, the production of helper T cells

Mitochondria as a cellular hub in infection and inflammation

P Andrieux, C Chevillard, E Cunha-Neto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… an induction of a TH1 response with an increase in cytotoxic activity … Chlamydia trachomatis
is the most common sexually … to primary vascular endothelial cells, where exposed cells had …

Activation mechanisms of monocytes/macrophages in adult-onset Still disease

H Tsuboi, S Segawa, M Yagishita, H Toko… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, … Ferritin is an intracellular iron
storage protein including 24 … by macrophages and endothelial cells in response to various …

Cerebrovascular disease in children with HIV‐1 infection

CK Hammond, B Eley, N Wieselthaler… - … Medicine & Child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… survival, leading to an increase in complications previously … , such as varicella zoster virus
and cytomegalovirus, or … suggested as a mechanism for the endothelial cell injury, the ensuing …

The role of inflammation and inflammatory mediators in the development, progression, metastasis, and chemoresistance of epithelial ovarian cancer

SS Savant, S Sriramkumar, HM O'Hagan - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
… virus such as Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, … RBCs, resulting in an increase
in iron accumulation in the … in ovarian endothelial cells thereby enhancing their migratory …