Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: the influence of genomics

B Adler, M Lo, T Seemann, GL Murray - Veterinary microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis worldwide and is caused by serovars of
pathogenic Leptospira species. The understanding of leptospiral pathogenesis lags far …

Leptospiral pathogenomics

JS Lehmann, MA Matthias, JM Vinetz, DE Fouts - Pathogens, 2014 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic spirochetes belonging to the genus Leptospira, is a
zoonosis with important impacts on human and animal health worldwide. Research on the …

Modeling seasonal leptospirosis transmission and its association with rainfall and temperature in Thailand using time–series and ARIMAX analyses

S Chadsuthi, C Modchang, Y Lenbury… - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To study the number of leptospirosis cases in relations to the seasonal pattern,
and its association with climate factors. METHODS: Time series analysis was used to study …

Leptospiral hemolysins induce proinflammatory cytokines through Toll-like receptor 2-and 4-mediated JNK and NF-κB signaling pathways

H Wang, Y Wu, DM Ojcius, XF Yang, C Zhang, S Ding… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Infection with pathogenic Leptospira species causes serious systemic
inflammation in patients. Although a few leptospiral proinflammatory molecules have been …

A Model System for Studying the Transcriptomic and Physiological Changes Associated with Mammalian Host-Adaptation by Leptospira interrogans Serovar …

MJ Caimano, SK Sivasankaran, A Allard… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution, is caused by
spirochetes belonging to the genus Leptospira. More than 500,000 cases of severe …

Histones and histone variant families in prokaryotes

S Schwab, Y Hu, B van Erp, MKM Cajili… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Histones are important chromatin-organizing proteins in eukaryotes and archaea. They form
superhelical structures around which DNA is wrapped. Recent studies have shown that …

Leptospira interrogans Catalase Is Required for Resistance to H2O2 and for Virulence

A Eshghi, K Lourdault, GL Murray, T Bartpho… - Infection and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogenic Leptospira spp. are likely to encounter higher concentrations of reactive oxygen
species induced by the host innate immune response. In this study, we characterized …

The lipoprotein LipL32, an enigma of leptospiral biology

GL Murray - Veterinary microbiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Spirochetes of the genus Leptospira are responsible for the widespread, but neglected,
zoonotic disease leptospirosis. In recent years there have been major advances in the …

Leptospiral structure, physiology, and metabolism

CE Cameron - Leptospira and Leptospirosis, 2015 - Springer
Members of the family Leptospiraceae are thin, spiral, highly motile bacteria that are best
visualized by darkfield microscopy. These characteristics are shared with other members of …

The mammalian cell entry (Mce) protein of pathogenic Leptospira species is responsible for RGD motif‐dependent infection of cells and animals

L Zhang, C Zhang, DM Ojcius, D Sun… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian cell entry proteins (Mces) contribute to Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence. A
mce homologue has been identified in the Leptospira interrogans genome, but its function …