Impact of Calcium Signaling during Infection of Neisseria meningitidis to Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

Identification of a Group B Streptococcal Fibronectin Binding Protein, SfbA, That Contributes to Invasion of Brain Endothelium and Development of Meningitis

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Reduced IRE1α mediates apoptotic cell death by disrupting calcium homeostasis via the InsP3 receptor

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Mutation of the Conserved Calcium-Binding Motif in Neisseria gonorrhoeae PilC1 Impacts Adhesion but Not Piliation

(2013) Yuan Cheng et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Cell-type-specific modelling of intracellular calcium signalling: a urothelial cell model

(2013) P. A. Appleby et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Group B Streptococcus Hijacks the Host Plasminogen System to Promote Brain Endothelial Cell Invasion

(2013) Vanessa Magalhães et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Leptospira interrogans Phospholipase C as a Novel Virulence Factor Responsible for Intracellular Free Calcium Ion Elevation during Macrophage Death

(2013) Jing-Fang Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Pathogenesis of Meningococcemia

(2013) M. Coureuil et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Dual Pili Post-translational Modifications Synergize to Mediate Meningococcal Adherence to Platelet Activating Factor Receptor on Human Airway Cells

(2013) Freda E. C. Jen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Calcium Binding Properties of the Kingella kingae PilC1 and PilC2 Proteins Have Differential Effects on Type IV Pilus-Mediated Adherence and Twitching Motility

(2012) E. A. Porsch et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Heterologous expression of pneumococcal virulence factor PspC on the surface of Lactococcus lactis confers adhesive properties

(2012) T. M. Asmat et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Polar Invasion and Translocation of Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus suis in a Novel Human Model of the Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier

(2012) Christian Schwerk et al.   PLoS One

Can we, should we, eradicate the meningococcus?

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Mechanism of meningeal invasion byNeisseria meningitidis

(2012) Mathieu Coureuil et al.   Virulence

Binding of Glycoprotein Srr1 of Streptococcus agalactiae to Fibrinogen Promotes Attachment to Brain Endothelium and the Development of Meningitis

(2012) Ho Seong Seo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Streptococcus pneumoniaeInfection of Host Epithelial Cells via Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor Transiently Induces Calcium Release from Intracellular Stores

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Involvement of Ca2+ signaling in intracellular invasion of non-phagocytic host cells by Orientia tsutsugamushi

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilY1 Binds Integrin in an RGD- and Calcium-Dependent Manner

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The phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 inhibits Ca2+ release from the intracellular sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store by inhibiting Ca2+ pumps in smooth muscle

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Dynamics of gonococcal type IV pili during infection

(2009) Dirk Opitz et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Human brain microvascular endothelial cell traversal by Borrelia burgdorferi requires calcium signaling

(2009) D.J. Grab et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Pathogenic neisseriae: surface modulation, pathogenesis and infection control

(2009) Mumtaz Virji   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal structure analysis reveals Pseudomonas PilY1 as an essential calcium-dependent regulator of bacterial surface motility

(2009) J. Orans et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Meningococcal carriage and disease—Population biology and evolution

(2009) Dominique A. Caugant et al.   VACCINE

Effects of Staphylococcus aureus-hemolysin A on calcium signalling in immortalized human airway epithelial cells

(2008) Stefanie Eichstaedt et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Actin Pedestal Formation by EnteropathogenicEscherichia coliIs Regulated by IQGAP1, Calcium, and Calmodulin

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