Escherichia coli adhesion portion FimH functions as an adjuvant for cancer immunotherapy

W Zhang, L Xu, HB Park, J Hwang, M Kwak… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
FimH is the adhesion portion of type 1 fimbriae in … Since FimH stimulates TLR4, we hypothesize
that it may function … LPS is the most well-known TLR4 ligand that induces the maturation …

Escherichia coli adhesion portion FimH polarizes M2 macrophages to M1 macrophages in tumor microenvironment via toll-like receptor 4

W Zhang, L Xu, X Zhang, J Xu, JO Jin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
FimH, the adhesion portion of type I fimbriae, is a highly conserved protein located on the
surface of Escherichia coli (E. coli) (19). As a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) ligand, FimH can …

Design of a chimeric protein composed of FimH, FyuA and CNF-1 virulence factors from uropathogenic Escherichia coli and evaluation its biological activity and …

S Hedayat, M Habibi, RH Doust, MRA Karam - Microbial Pathogenesis, 2023 - Elsevier
… Thus, a novel multi-epitope protein composed of FimH, FyuA, … Molecular docking indicated
that thirty six ligand residues of … of FimH in the protein with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) on Ht29 …

Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14

K Tomasek, A Leithner, I Glatzova, MS Lukesch… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
… like fibrinogen or cellular ligands like ICAM- 1. This integrin gain … TLR4 which was previously
suggested as a receptor for the … of FimH to CD14 is causative for the increase in adhesion of …

Blockage of bacterial FimH prevents mucosal inflammation associated with Crohn's disease

G Chevalier, A Laveissière, G Desachy, N Barnich… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Type 1 pili-mediated adhesion to host cells is a crucial step … the effect of preventing FimH
sensing by TLR4 with TAK-018 … (CRD) of FimH, by mimicking its natural ligand, appears of great …

Expression of E. coli FimH Enhances Trafficking of an Orally Delivered Lactobacillus acidophilus Vaccine to Immune Inductive Sites via Antigen-Presenting Cells

AC Vilander, K Shelton, A LaVoy, GA Dean - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
… domain of FimH did not activate TLR4 in vitro, indicating that FimH may … FimH is a type 1
fimbriae adhesion protein present on certain … FimH has been identified as a TLR4 ligand [10]. To …

Toll-like receptors and integrins crosstalk

F Alhamdan, G Bayarsaikhan, K Yuki - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
… , TLR2 and TLR4 are recognized by various ligands (Table 1). However, … proteins including
invasin and FimH (71, 72). α3β1 binds to … Herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H binds to …

In silico analysis and in vivo assessment of a novel epitope-based vaccine candidate against uropathogenic Escherichia coli

S Hasanzadeh, M Habibi, MA Shokrgozar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… UPEC has several types of fimbriae, among which, type 1 pili and its critical adhesin, FimH,
are … interaction with TLR4 to have the chance to induce the humoral and cellular responses. …

[HTML][HTML] Salmonella fimbrial protein StcD induces cyclooxygenase-2 expression via Toll-like receptor 4

K Uchiya, S Isono, M Yoshimura, T Wajima… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
type 1 fimbriae depend on the adhesion of lectin-like FimH, which is located at the tip of the
fimbrial … induced the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines via TLR4. As StcD may exhibit …

Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli: Mechanisms of Infection and Treatment Options

Y Zhou, Z Zhou, L Zheng, Z Gong, Y Li, Y Jin… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… (TLR4) [34], all of which are expressed in the urine bladder to cause successful UTIs. FimH
as the tip adhesin of type 1 fimbriaeFimH adhesin to the flagellin of UPEC as a TLR5 ligand