Control of phagocytosis by microbial pathogens

E Uribe-Querol, C Rosales - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phagocytosis is a fundamental process of cells to capture and ingest foreign particles. Small
unicellular organisms such as free-living amoeba use this process to acquire food. In …

Meningococcal disease

NE Rosenstein, BA Perkins, DS Stephens… - New England journal …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Reports of illness resembling meningococcal disease date back to the 16th century. The
description reported by Vieusseux in 1805 is generally thought to be the first definitive …

Formation and maturation of the phagosome: a key mechanism in innate immunity against intracellular bacterial infection

HJ Lee, Y Woo, TW Hahn, YM Jung, YJ Jung - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phagocytosis is an essential mechanism in innate immune defense, and in maintaining
homeostasis to eliminate apoptotic cells or microbes, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

The Molecular Mechanisms Used by Neisseria gonorrhoeae To Initiate Infection Differ between Men and Women

JL Edwards, MA Apicella - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

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 …

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] Gonorrhea-an evolving disease of the new millennium

SA Hill, TL Masters, J Wachter - Microbial cell, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Etiology, transmission and protection: Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) is the
etiological agent for the strictly human sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Infections …

Polyphosphate is an extracellular signal that can facilitate bacterial survival in eukaryotic cells

R Rijal, LA Cadena, MR Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Polyphosphate is a linear chain of phosphate residues and is present in organisms ranging
from bacteria to humans. Pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis accumulate …

Functional role (s) of phagosomal Rab GTPases

MG Gutierrez - Small GTPases, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Rab GTPases are at the central node of the machinery that regulates trafficking of
organelles, including phagosomes. Thanks to the unique combination of high quality …

Is gonococcal disease preventable? The importance of understanding immunity and pathogenesis in vaccine development

JL Edwards, MP Jennings, MA Apicella… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Gonorrhea is a major, global public health problem for which there is no vaccine. The
continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains raises concerns that untreatable …