Scrub Typhus Pathogenesis: Innate Immune Response and Lung Injury During Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection

B Trent, J Fisher, L Soong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Scrub typhus is an understudied, potentially lethal disease caused by infection with Orientia
tsutsugamushi. Despite causing an estimated 1 million cases per year and an increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Orientia tsutsugamushi: The dangerous yet neglected foe from the East

A Banerjee, S Kulkarni - International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT), the causative agent of the vector-borne Scrub typhus zoonotic
disease in humans, is a unique microorganism that exists in the Asia-Pacific region since a …

Aberrant gut microbiome contributes to intestinal oxidative stress, barrier dysfunction, inflammation and systemic autoimmune responses in MRL/lpr mice

H Wang, G Wang, N Banerjee, Y Liang, X Du… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microbiome composition and function have been implicated as contributing factors in the
pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases (ADs), including systemic lupus erythematosus …

Cell-type apoptosis in lung during SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Liu, TM Garron, Q Chang, Z Su, C Zhou, Y Qiu… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has inspired renewed interest in understanding the
fundamental pathology of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) following infection …

A time-course comparative clinical and immune response evaluation study between the human pathogenic Orientia tsutsugamushi strains: Karp and Gilliam in a rhesus …

M Inthawong, P Sunyakumthorn… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Scrub typhus is a vector-borne febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi
transmitted by the bite of Trombiculid mites. O. tsutsugamushi has a high genetic diversity …

Orientia tsutsugamushi selectively stimulates the C-type lectin receptor Mincle and type 1-skewed proinflammatory immune responses

J Fisher, G Card, Y Liang, B Trent… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligately intracellular bacterium and the etiological agent of
scrub typhus. The lung is a major target organ of infection, displaying type 1-skewed …

Neuroinflammation associated with scrub typhus and spotted fever group rickettsioses

J Fisher, G Card, L Soong - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Scrub typhus and spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) are understudied, vector-borne diseases
of global significance. Over 1 billion individuals are at risk for scrub typhus alone in an …

Orientia tsutsugamushi uses two Ank effectors to modulate NF-κB p65 nuclear transport and inhibit NF-κB transcriptional activation

SM Evans, KG Rodino, HE Adcox, JA Carlyon - PLoS pathogens, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Orientia tsutsugamushi causes scrub typhus, a potentially fatal infection that threatens over
one billion people. Nuclear translocation of the transcription factor, NF-κB, is the central …

Brain transcriptomics reveal the activation of neuroinflammation pathways during acute Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in mice

Y Liang, Aditi, F Onyoni, H Wang, C Gonzales… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Scrub typhus, an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot), is prevalent in
endemic areas with one million new cases annually. Clinical observations suggest central …

Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells improve myocardial fibrosis and restore miRNA-133a expression in diabetic cardiomyopathy

B Liu, Y Wei, J He, B Feng, Y Chen, R Guo… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a serious health-threatening complication of
diabetes mellitus characterized by myocardial fibrosis and abnormal cardiac function …