Artemisia and its allied species have been employed for conventional medicine in the
Northern temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia for the treatments of …

Bacteria have developed a wealth of strategies to avoid and resist the action of antibiotics,
one of which involves pathogens invading and forming reservoirs within host cells. Due to …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is a serious complication in patients with cystic fibrosis
and in immunocompromised individuals. Here we show that P. aeruginosa infection triggers …

Recent evidence suggests that ceramide regulates stress signaling via reorganization of the
plasma membrane. The focus of this review will be to discuss the mechanism by which acid …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an important opportunistic pathogen of man, exploits numerous
factors for initial attachment to the host, an event required to establish bacterial infection. In …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important bacterial pathogens encountered by
immunocompromised hosts and patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and the lipopolysaccharide …

The multifunctional human glycoprotein vitronectin (Vn) plays a significant role in cell
migration, tissue repair and regulation of membrane attack complex (MAC) formation. It also …

Immune cells are activated during cellular responses to antigen by two described
mechanisms:(i) direct uptake of antigen and (ii) extraction and internalization of membrane …

Bacterial keratitis is a sight‐threatening corneal disease that is most commonly associated
with the extended wear of soft contact lenses. Over the past decade, we have investigated …

Several Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains are internalized by epithelial cells in vitro and in
vivo, but the host pathways usurped by the bacteria to enter nonphagocytic cells are not …