The Virulence Regulator Agr Controls the Staphylococcal Capacity to Activate Human Neutrophils via the Formyl Peptide Receptor 2

Role of the Accessory Gene Regulatoragrin Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

(2011) Gordon Y. C. Cheung et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Antimicrobial Activity of Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusIs Caused by Phenol-soluble Modulin Derivatives

(2011) Hwang-Soo Joo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Human Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 Senses Highly Pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Dorothee Kretschmer et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Natural Staphylococcus aureus-derived peptidoglycan fragments activate NOD2 and act as potent costimulators of the innate immune system exclusively in the presence of TLR signals

(2010) Thomas Volz et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Neutrophil responses to staphylococcal pathogens and commensals via the formyl peptide receptor 2 relates to phenol-soluble modulin release and virulence

(2010) Maren Rautenberg et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice

(2010) Rong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

T and B Cells Are Not Required for Clearing Staphylococcus aureus in Systemic Infection Despite a Strong TLR2-MyD88-Dependent T Cell Activation

(2010) M. Schmaler et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis Strategies to Avoid Killing by Human Neutrophils

(2010) Gordon Y. C. Cheung et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Staphylococcus epidermidis — the 'accidental' pathogen

(2009) Michael Otto   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the Formyl Peptide Receptor (FPR) Family

(2009) R. D. Ye et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mobile Genetic Element-Encoded Cytolysin Connects Virulence to Methicillin Resistance in MRSA

(2009) Shu Y. Queck et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Immunological Mechanisms Underlying the Genetic Predisposition to Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infection in the Mouse Model

(2008) Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Foreign body infections due toStaphylococcus epidermidis

(2008) Ilker Uçkay et al.   ANNALS OF MEDICINE

Quorum Sensing in Staphylococci

(2008) Richard P. Novick et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α primes murine neutrophils when triggered via formyl peptide receptor-related sequence 2, the murine orthologue of human formyl peptide receptor-like 1, through a process involving the type I TNF receptor and subcellular granule mobilization

(2008) Karin Önnheim et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Prevalence ofagrDysfunction among ColonizingStaphylococcus aureusStrains

(2008) Bo Shopsin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

RNAIII-Independent Target Gene Control by the agr Quorum-Sensing System: Insight into the Evolution of Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Shu Y. Queck et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The role of virulence determinants in community-associated MRSA pathogenesis

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY