Differential Activation of Acid Sphingomyelinase and Ceramide Release Determines Invasiveness of Neisseria meningitidis into Brain Endothelial Cells

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

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Establishment of a new conditionally immortalized cell line from human brain microvascular endothelial cells: A promising tool for human blood–brain barrier studies

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Cell Invasion by Neisseria meningitidis Requires a Functional Interplay between the Focal Adhesion Kinase, Src and Cortactin

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Virulence Evolution of the Human Pathogen Neisseria meningitidis by Recombination in the Core and Accessory Genome

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Phagocytosis of IgG-Coated Polystyrene Beads by Macrophages Induces and Requires High Membrane Order

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Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

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DC-SIGN Mediated Sphingomyelinase-Activation and Ceramide Generation Is Essential for Enhancement of Viral Uptake in Dendritic Cells

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Entry of Neisseria meningitidis into Mammalian Cells Requires the Src Family Protein Tyrosine Kinases

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Neisseria meningitidis Opc Invasin Binds to the Sulphated Tyrosines of Activated Vitronectin to Attach to and Invade Human Brain Endothelial Cells

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Pathogenic neisseriae: surface modulation, pathogenesis and infection control

(2009) Mumtaz Virji   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Meningococcal Type IV Pili Recruit the Polarity Complex to Cross the Brain Endothelium

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Ceramide-enriched membrane domains—Structure and function

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Genetics and evolution of Neisseria meningitidis: Importance for the epidemiology of meningococcal disease

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