Human listeriosis

MM Koopmans, MC Brouwer… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that can cause
severe invasive infections upon ingestion with contaminated food. Clinically, listerial …

Listeria monocytogenes: towards a complete picture of its physiology and pathogenesis

L Radoshevich, P Cossart - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen responsible for a disease called
listeriosis, which is potentially lethal in immunocompromised individuals. This bacterium, first …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: A trip from environmental to medical microbiology

JJ Quereda, A Morón-García, C Palacios-Gorba… - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Listeria monocytogenes is a saprophytic gram-positive bacterium, and an opportunistic
foodborne pathogen that can produce listeriosis in humans and animals. It has evolved an …

Listeria monocytogenes lineages: Genomics, evolution, ecology, and phenotypic characteristics

RH Orsi, HC den Bakker, M Wiedmann - International Journal of Medical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes consists of at least 4 evolutionary lineages (I, II, III, and IV) with
different but overlapping ecological niches. Most L. monocytogenes isolates seem to belong …

Illuminating the landscape of host–pathogen interactions with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes

P Cossart - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Listeria adhesion protein induces intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction for bacterial translocation

R Drolia, S Tenguria, AC Durkes, JR Turner… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Intestinal epithelial cells are the first line of defense against enteric pathogens, yet bacterial
pathogens, such as Listeria monocytogenes, can breach this barrier. We show that Listeria …

Entry of Listeria monocytogenes in mammalian epithelial cells: an updated view

J Pizarro-Cerdá, A Kühbacher… - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen that promotes its internalization into host
epithelial cells. Interaction between the bacterial surface molecules InlA and InlB and their …

Regulation of Listeria virulence: PrfA master and commander

A de las Heras, RJ Cain, MK Bielecka… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a severe foodborne infection.
These bacteria live as soil saprotrophs on decaying plant matter but also as intracellular …

Carbon metabolism of intracellular bacterial pathogens and possible links to virulence

W Eisenreich, T Dandekar, J Heesemann… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
New technologies such as high-throughput methods and 13C-isotopologue-profiling
analysis are beginning to provide us with insight into the in vivo metabolism of …

Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes

K Ireton, R Mortuza, GC Gyanwali… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Listeria monocytogenes is a food‐borne bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, meningitis, or
abortion. L. monocytogenes induces its internalization (entry) into human cells and either …