Lung endothelium, tau, and amyloids in health and disease

R Balczon, MT Lin, S Voth, AR Nelson… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Lung endothelia in the arteries, capillaries, and veins are heterogeneous in structure and
function. Lung capillaries in particular represent a unique vascular niche, with a thin yet …

The battle within: how Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses host-pathogen interactions to infect the human lung

C Mesas Vaz, A Guembe Mülberger… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile Gram-negative pathogen known for its ability to
invade the respiratory tract, particularly in cystic fibrosis patients. This review provides a …

Mechanism of actin-dependent activation of nucleotidyl cyclase toxins from bacterial human pathogens

A Belyy, F Merino, U Mechold, S Raunser - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Bacterial human pathogens secrete initially inactive nucleotidyl cyclases that become potent
enzymes by binding to actin inside eukaryotic host cells. The underlying molecular …

Prevalence of ExoY Activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reference Panel Strains and Impact on Cytotoxicity in Epithelial Cells

H Silistre, D Raoux-Barbot, F Mancinelli… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
ExoY is among the effectors that are injected by the type III secretion system (T3SS) of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa into host cells. Inside eukaryotic cells, ExoY interacts with F-actin …

Bacterial nucleotidyl Cyclases activated by calmodulin or actin in host cells: enzyme specificities and cytotoxicity mechanisms identified to date

M Teixeira-Nunes, P Retailleau, M Comisso… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many pathogens manipulate host cell cAMP signaling pathways to promote their survival
and proliferation. Bacterial Exoenzyme Y (ExoY) toxins belong to a family of invasive …

Functional and structural insights into the multi-step activation and catalytic mechanism of bacterial ExoY nucleotidyl cyclase toxins bound to actin-profilin

M Teixeira Nunes, P Retailleau, D Raoux-Barbot… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
ExoY virulence factors are members of a family of bacterial nucleotidyl cyclases (NCs) that
are activated by specific eukaryotic cofactors and overproduce cyclic purine and pyrimidine …

A Robust and Sensitive Spectrophotometric Assay for the Enzymatic Activity of Bacterial Adenylate Cyclase Toxins

M Davi, M Sadi, I Pitard, A Chenal, D Ladant - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Various bacterial pathogens are producing toxins that target the cyclic Nucleotide
Monophosphate (cNMPs) signaling pathways in order to facilitate host colonization. Among …

[PDF][PDF] A Robust and Sensitive Spectrophotometric Assay for the Enzymatic Activity of Bacterial Adenylate Cyclase Toxins. Toxins 2022, 14, 691

M Davi, M Sadi, I Pitard, A Chenal, D Ladant - 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Various bacterial pathogens are producing toxins that target the cyclic Nucleotide
Monophosphate (cNMPs) signaling pathways in order to facilitate host colonization. Among …