Molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with cells of the human blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Comprehensive Identification of Meningococcal Genes and Small Noncoding RNAs Required for Host Cell Colonization

(2016) Elena Capel et al.   mBio

Structure of the Neisseria meningitidis Type IV pilus

(2016) Subramania Kolappan et al.   Nature Communications

The number of Neisseria meningitidis type IV pili determines host cell interaction

(2014) A.-F. Imhaus et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis utilizes CD147 for vascular colonization

(2014) Sandra C Bernard et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

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

(2014) Alexander Simonis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling in the Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with Endothelial Cells

(2013) Heiko Slanina et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Transposon insertion sequencing: a new tool for systems-level analysis of microorganisms

(2013) Tim van Opijnen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Meningococcal Minor Pilin PilX Is Responsible for Type IV Pilus Conformational Changes Associated with Signaling to Endothelial Cells

(2012) Terry Brissac et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Extracellular IgC2 Constant Domains of CEACAMs Mediate PI3K Sensitivity during Uptake of Pathogens

(2012) Maike Voges et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Heiko Slanina et al.   PLoS One

Two Strikingly Different Signaling Pathways Are Induced by Meningococcal Type IV Pili on Endothelial and Epithelial Cells

(2011) Hervé Lécuyer et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Transcriptome Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis in Human Whole Blood and Mutagenesis Studies Identify Virulence Factors Involved in Blood Survival

(2011) Hebert Echenique-Rivera et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells

(2010) Sarfraz A Tunio et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Meningococcus Hijacks a β2-Adrenoceptor/β-Arrestin Pathway to Cross Brain Microvasculature Endothelium

(2010) Mathieu Coureuil et al.   CELL

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

(2010) H. Slanina et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Systematic Functional Analysis Reveals That a Set of Seven Genes Is Involved in Fine-Tuning of the Multiple Functions Mediated by Type IV Pili in Neisseria meningitidis

(2010) D. R. Brown et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The moonlighting protein fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis: surface localization and role in host cell adhesion

(2010) Sarfraz A. Tunio et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Claudia Sa E Cunha et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Neisseria meningitidis Induces Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cell Detachment from the Matrix and Cleavage of Occludin: A Role for MMP-8

(2010) Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mammalian cell transcriptome in response to meningitis-causing pathogens

(2009) Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

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

(2009) Mathieu Coureuil et al.   SCIENCE

Eph-Ephrin Bidirectional Signaling in Physiology and Disease

(2008) Elena B. Pasquale   CELL

Neisseria meningitidisOpc invasin binds to the cytoskeletal protein α-actinin

(2008) Claudia Sa E Cunha et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Brain Endothelial Cell-Cell Junctions: How to “Open” the Blood Brain Barrier

(2008) Svetlana Stamatovic et al.   Current Neuropharmacology

Mechanisms of microbial traversal of the blood–brain barrier

(2008) Kwang Sik Kim   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY