Listeria monocytogenes is a human food-borne facultative intracellular pathogen that is
resistant to a wide range of stress conditions. As a consequence, L. monocytogenes is …

Streptococci readily colonize mucosal tissues in the nasopharynx; the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts; and the skin. Each ecological niche presents a …

Significance: The mitochondrial antioxidant manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is
encoded by genomic DNA and its dismutase function is fully activated in the mitochondria to …

Listeria monocytogenes are Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming
bacteria that easily adapt to changing environmental conditions. The ability to grow at a wide …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been reported to exert therapeutic effects on
immunoregulation, tissue repair, and regeneration from the bench to the bedside. Increasing …

Listeria monocytogenes has, in 25 y, become a model in infection biology. Through the
analysis of both its saprophytic life and infectious process, new concepts in microbiology …

Dairy products, in particular soft cheeses, pose a major concern to the dairy industry and
public health authorities as they are the leading source of listeriosis outbreaks, a severe …

In bacteremia the majority of bacterial species are killed by oxidation on the surface of
erythrocytes and digested by local phagocytes in the liver and the spleen. Sepsis-causing …

The majority of bacteremias do not develop to sepsis: bacteria are cleared from the
bloodstream. Oxygen released from erythrocytes and humoral immunity kill bacteria in the …

While loss of antioxidant expression and the resultant oxidant-dependent damage to cellular
macromolecules is key to tumorigenesis, it has become evident that effective oxidant …