Human neutrophils≠ murine neutrophils: Does it matter?

WM Nauseef - Immunological reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human and murine neutrophils differ with respect to representation in blood, receptors,
nuclear morphology, signaling pathways, granule proteins, NADPH oxidase regulation …

Genetic mechanisms of bacterial antigenic variation

HS Seifert, M So - Microbiological reviews, 1988 - Am Soc Microbiol
* Corresponding author. process which ultimately allows the expression of one flagellin
gene while preventing the expression of the other (68, 94). DNA inversion events also …

Analysis of the genetic differences between Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: two closely related bacteria expressing two different pathogenicities.

CR Tinsley, X Nassif - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
We have investigated genetic differences between the closely related pathogenic Neisseria
species, Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, as a novel approach to the …

Human deficiency of the eighth component of complement. The requirement of C8 for serum Neisseria gonorrhoeae bactericidal activity.

BH Petersen, JA Graham… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1976 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The serum of a 23-yr-old woman with prolonged disseminated gonococcal infection
syndrome failed to normally promote hemolysis of sensitized sheep red blood cells (RBC) …

Variable expression of opa proteins by Neisseria gonorrhoeae influences bacterial association and phagocytic killing by human neutrophils

AM Alcott, LM Werner, CM Baiocco… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is characterized by local and abundant recruitment of
neutrophils. Despite neutrophils' antimicrobial activities, viable N. gonorrhoeae is recovered …

Defining the roles of human carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecules during neutrophil responses to Neisseria gonorrhoeae

H Sarantis, SD Gray-Owen - Infection and immunity, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Symptomatic infection of humans with Neisseria gonorrhoeae is characterized by a
neutrophil-rich cervical or urethral exudate, suggesting that neutrophils are important both …

The attachment of bacteria to the surfaces of animal cells

GW Jones - Microbial interactions, 1977 - Springer
It has been known for some time that bacteria possess adhesive properties, but it is only
within the last few years that this ubiquitous phenomenon has become widely known and …

Phagocytosis via complement receptor 3 enables microbes to evade killing by neutrophils

A Smirnov, KP Daily, MC Gray… - Journal of Leukocyte …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract CR3 (CD11b/CD18; αmβ2 integrin) is a conserved phagocytic receptor. The active
conformation of CR3 binds the iC3b fragment of complement C3 as well as many host and …

Growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid inhibits nonopsonic (opacity-associated outer membrane protein-mediated) interactions with …

RF Rest, JV Frangipane - Infection and immunity, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gonococci possessing certain opacity-associated (Opa) outer membrane proteins adhere to
and are phagocytosed by human neutrophils in the absence of serum. Recently, it has been …

Phagocyte strategy vs. microbial tactics

P Densen, GL Mandell - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1980 - JSTOR
We are constantly in contact with a vast array of microorganisms living in our external
environ-ment as well as on our own mucosal surfaces. The overwhelming majority of these …