Commensal Neisseria species share immune suppressive mechanisms with Neisseria gonorrhoeae

W Zhu, MX Cardenas-Alvarez, J Tomberg, MB Little… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a highly adapted human sexually transmitted pathogen that can
cause symptomatic infections associated with localized inflammation as well as …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Suppresses Dendritic Cell-Induced, Antigen-Dependent CD4 T Cell Proliferation

W Zhu, MS Ventevogel, KJ Knilans, JE Anderson… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most common sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen
worldwide. Diseases associated with N. gonorrhoeae cause localized inflammation of the …

Human Immune Responses and the Natural History of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection

A Lovett, JA Duncan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The intimate relationship between humans and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections span
centuries, which is evidenced in case reports from studies dating back to the late 1700s and …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

GG McSheffrey, SD Gray-Owen - Molecular medical microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial pathogen responsible for gonorrhoea and various
sequelae that tend to occur when asymptomatic infection ascends within the genital tract or …

Properly folded and functional PorB from Neisseria gonorrhoeae inhibits dendritic cell stimulation of CD4+ T cell proliferation

W Zhu, J Tomberg, KJ Knilans, JE Anderson… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an exclusive human pathogen that evades the host immune
system through multiple mechanisms. We have shown that N. gonorrhoeae suppresses the …

Et tu, Neisseria? Conflicts of Interest Between Neisseria Species

R Baerentsen, CM Tang, RM Exley - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are two obligate human pathogens that
have evolved to be uniquely adapted to their host. The meningococcus is frequently carried …

Atypical, Yet Not Infrequent, Infections with Neisseria Species

MV Humbert, M Christodoulides - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neisseria species are extremely well-adapted to their mammalian hosts and they display
unique phenotypes that account for their ability to thrive within niche-specific conditions. The …

A Case for the Evolution from Commensalism to Pathogenicity and Possibly Back Again: Lessons Learned from the Human-Adapted Neisseria Species

LL Priniski, HS Seifert - Molecular mechanisms of microbial evolution, 2018 - Springer
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are human-specific pathogens and the
etiologic agents for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea and bacterial meningitis …

Resistance of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae to Neutrophils

MB Johnson, AK Criss - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Infection with the human-specific bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae triggers a
potent, local inflammatory response driven by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils or …

Mechanisms of host manipulation by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

E Walker, S van Niekerk, K Hanning, W Kelton… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (also known as gonococcus) has been causing gonorrhoea in
humans since ancient Egyptian times. Today, global gonorrhoea infections are rising at an …