Meningococcal resistance to antimicrobial peptides is mediated by bacterial adhesion and host cell RhoA and Cdc42 signalling

Identification of Cell-Penetrating Peptides That Are Bactericidal to Neisseria meningitidis and Prevent Inflammatory Responses upon Infection

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PKC and RhoA signals cross-talk in Escherichia coli endotoxin induced alterations in brain endothelial permeability

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Loss of Meningococcal PilU Delays Microcolony Formation and Attenuates VirulenceIn Vivo

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A Bacterial Pathogen Co-opts Host Plasmin to Resist Killing by Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptides

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Can we, should we, eradicate the meningococcus?

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Cholesterol Enhances Helicobacter pylori Resistance to Antibiotics and LL-37

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Revisiting the extracellular lifestyle

(2011) Guillaume Dumenil   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial protein toxins that modify host regulatory GTPases

(2011) Klaus Aktories   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Posttranslational Modification of Pili upon Cell Contact Triggers N. meningitidis Dissemination

(2011) J. Chamot-Rooke et al.   SCIENCE

Host-cell lipid rafts: a safe door for micro-organisms?

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Polyamines Can Increase Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to Mediators of the Innate Human Host Defense

(2010) M. Goytia et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Tyrosine-Phosphorylated Caveolin-1 Blocks Bacterial Uptake by Inducing Vav2-RhoA-Mediated Cytoskeletal Rearrangements

(2010) Jan Peter Boettcher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Endotoxin, Capsule, and Bacterial Attachment Contribute to Neisseria meningitidis Resistance to the Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

(2009) A. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Human defensins and LL-37 in mucosal immunity

(2009) Mona Doss et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

The chemistry and biology of LL-37

(2009) Matthew F. Burton et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

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

(2009) Mathieu Coureuil et al.   SCIENCE

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Meningococcal carriage and disease—Population biology and evolution

(2009) Dominique A. Caugant et al.   VACCINE

Extracellular Bacterial Pathogen Induces Host Cell Surface Reorganization to Resist Shear Stress

(2009) Guillain Mikaty et al.   PLoS Pathogens

NMR Structure of the Cathelicidin-Derived Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles†

(2008) Fernando Porcelli et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The ScpC Protease of Streptococcus pyogenes Affects the Outcome of Sepsis in a Murine Model

(2008) H. Sjolinder et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY