Playing With Fire: Proinflammatory Virulence Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus

S Wilde, AF Johnson, CN LaRock - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Group A Streptococcus is an obligate human pathogen that is a major cause of infectious
morbidity and mortality. It has a natural tropism for the oropharynx and skin, where it causes …

Kallistatin modulates immune cells and confers anti-inflammatory response to protect mice from group A streptococcal infection

SL Lu, CY Tsai, YH Luo, CF Kuo, WC Lin… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Group A streptococcus (GAS) infection may cause severe life-threatening diseases,
including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Despite the …

Effects of dextromethorphan and oxycodone on treatment of neuropathic pain in mice

PP Yang, GC Yeh, EYK Huang, PY Law… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Neuropathic pain is a very troublesome and difficult pain to treat. Although
opioids are the best analgesics for cancer and surgical pain in clinic, only oxycodone among …

Streptokinase variants from Streptococcus pyogenes isolates display altered plasminogen activation characteristics – implications for pathogenesis

SM Cook, A Skora, CM Gillen, MJ Walker… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
S treptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) secretes streptokinase, a potent
plasminogen activating protein. Among GAS isolates, streptokinase gene sequences (ska) …

Streptolysin S induces mitochondrial damage and macrophage death through inhibiting degradation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β in Streptococcus pyogenes …

N Tsao, CF Kuo, MH Cheng, WC Lin, CF Lin, YS Lin - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection is associated with a variety of human
diseases. Previous studies indicate GAS infection leads to RAW264. 7 cell death, but the …

Regulation of the mammalian SWI/SNF family of chromatin remodeling enzymes by phosphorylation during myogenesis

T Padilla-Benavides, P Reyes-Gutierrez, AN Imbalzano - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Myogenesis is the biological process by which skeletal muscle tissue forms. Regulation of
myogenesis involves a variety of conventional, epigenetic, and epigenomic mechanisms …

Dextromethorphan analgesia in a human experimental model of hyperalgesia.

E Martin, C Narjoz, X Decleves, L Labat, C Lambert… - …, 2019 - europepmc.org
Background Central pain sensitization is often refractory to drug treatment.
Dextromethorphan, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is antihyperalgesic in …

A mouse air pouch model for evaluating the anti-bacterial efficacy of phage MR-5 in resolving skin and soft tissue infection induced by methicillin-resistant …

S Kaur, S Chhibber - Folia Microbiologica, 2021 - Springer
With the alarming rise in antimicrobial resistance, phage therapy represents a new paradigm
for combating antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases that is worth exploring for its clinical …

Dextromethorphan attenuated inflammation and combined opioid use in humans undergoing methadone maintenance treatment

SL Chen, SY Lee, PL Tao, YH Chang, SH Chen… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2012 - Springer
Recent studies show that proinflammatory cytokines might be related to the development of
opioid dependence (physiological, psychological, or both). In a double-blind, randomly …

Dextromethorphan inhibits activations and functions in dendritic cells

DY Chen, PS Song, JS Hong, CL Chu… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in connecting innate and adaptive immunity.
Thus, DCs have been regarded as a major target for the development of immunomodulators …