The urogenital tract is a complex environment composed of many different types of epithelial
tissues and innate immune cells that sample the surrounding milieu. As a host-adapted …

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by several pathogens, including bacteria,
viruses and protozoa, and can induce male infertility through multiple pathophysiological …

The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

Declining birth rates are one of the problems facing society today. Male counterparts are
responsible for about half of the infertility cases, and genitourinary tract infections may play a …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that causes mucosal surface
infections of male and female reproductive tracts, pharynx, rectum, and conjunctiva …

Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global health problem. Monoclonal antibody
(mAb) 2C7 recognizes a gonococcal lipooligosaccharide epitope that is expressed by> 95 …

The diffuse adherence of Escherichia coli strain 2787 (O126: H27) is mediated by the
autotransporter adhesin AIDA‐I (a dhesin‐i nvolved‐in‐d iffuse‐a dherence) encoded by the …

Many glycans show remarkably discontinuous distribution across evolutionary lineages.
These differences play major roles when organisms belonging to different lineages interact …

Phase variation is the adaptive process by which bacteria undergo frequent and reversible
phenotypic changes resulting from genetic alterations in specific loci of their genomes. This …

In mimicry with human gastric epithelial cells, the lipopolysaccharide of Helicobacter pylori
expresses Lewis blood group antigens. Recent data suggest that molecular mimicry does …