期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (1)
Mouse alpha-defensins, better known as cryptdins, are host protective antimicrobial peptides produced in the intestinal crypt by Paneth cells. To date......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (2)
beta-Lactams are the most widely prescribed antibiotics used for the control and treatment of bacterial infections. The direct effect of beta-lactams ......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (4)
Among the unfavorable conditions bacteria encounter within the host is restricted access to essential trace metals such as iron. To overcome iron defi......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; ()
Trueperella pyogenes can cause severe pulmonary disease in swine, but the mechanism of pathogenesis is not well defined. T. pyogenes-induced damage to......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (1)
The NIeGs are the largest family of type 3 secreted effectors in attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogens, such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (3)
Many obligate intracellular bacteria, including members of the genus Chlamydia, cannot synthesize a variety of amino acids de novo and acquire these f......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (3)
Almost all spirochetes in the genus Borrelia (sensu lato) naturally contain multiple variants of closely related prophages. In the Lyme disease borrel......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (4)
Pneumococcal Ser/Thr kinase (StkP) and its cognate phosphatase (PhpP) play a crucial role in bacterial cytokinesis. However, their individual and reci......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (5)
C. albicans transitions between budding yeast and filamentous hyphal forms in a process that is tightly associated with its virulence. This transition......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (8)
Patients receiving the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib have an increased likelihood of fungal infections. The objectives of this st......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (2)
Both Helicobacter pylori infection and a high-salt diet are risk factors for gastric cancer. We previously showed that a mutation in fur (encoding the......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (2)
Chlamydia is an obligate intracellular pathogen with a highly reduced genome devoid of major stress response genes like relA and spoT, which mediate t......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (4)
The regulation of membrane protein activity for cellular functions is critically dependent on the composition of phospholipid membranes. Cardiolipin, ......
期刊： INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2023; 91 (6)
Salmonella invades host cells and replicates inside acidified, remodeled vacuoles that are exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by the i......
