[HTML][HTML] Polysaccharides as antioxidants and prooxidants in managing the double-edged sword of reactive oxygen species

FS Zeng, YF Yao, LF Wang, WJ Li - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides, a class of naturally occurring carbohydrates, were widely presented in
animals, plants, and microorganisms. Recently, health benefits of polysaccharides have …

Immune responses to Neisseria gonorrhoeae and implications for vaccine development

T Belcher, CS Rollier, C Dold, JDC Ross… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria gonorrheoae is the causative agent of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection
responsible for a major burden of disease with a high global prevalence. Protective …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Progress toward a gonococcal vaccine: the way forward

MW Russell, AE Jerse, SD Gray-Owen - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The concept of immunizing against gonorrhea has received renewed interest because of the
recent emergence of strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae that are resistant to most currently …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae co-opts C4b-binding protein to enhance complement-independent survival from neutrophils

LM Werner, A Alcott, F Mohlin, JC Ray… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gc) is a human-specific pathogen that causes the sexually
transmitted infection gonorrhea. Gc survives in neutrophil-rich gonorrheal secretions, and …

Vaccine candidates for the control and prevention of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea

EC Haese, VC Thai, CM Kahler - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed N. gonorrhoeae on the global priority list
of antimicrobial resistant pathogens and is urgently seeking the development of new …

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 …

The MtrCDE Efflux Pump Contributes to Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae From Human Neutrophils and Their Antimicrobial Components

JW Handing, SA Ragland, UV Bharathan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The mucosal inflammatory response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gc) is characterized by
recruitment of neutrophils to the site of infection. Gc survives exposure to neutrophils by …

The novel interaction between Neisseria gonorrhoeae TdfJ and human S100A7 allows gonococci to subvert host zinc restriction

S Maurakis, K Keller, CN Maxwell, K Pereira… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually-transmitted infection gonorrhea, a global
disease that is difficult to treat and for which there is no vaccine. This pathogen employs an …