Search Results - "PULITI, Manuela"
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Sword and Shield: Linked Group B Streptococcal β-Hemolysin/Cytolysin and Carotenoid Pigment Function to Subvert Host Phagocyte Defense
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-10-2004)“…Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis in neonates and has been found to persist inside host phagocytic cells…”
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Toll-Like Receptor 2 Deficiency Is Associated with Enhanced Severity of Group B Streptococcal Disease
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-04-2009)“…Group B streptococcus (GBS) has been recognized as an ever-growing cause of serious invasive infections in nonpregnant adults, in particular, in association…”
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Variation in the Group B Streptococcus CsrRS Regulon and Effects on Pathogenicity
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-03-2008)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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IL-4 Deficiency Decreases Mortality but Increases Severity of Arthritis in Experimental Group B Streptococcus Infection
Published in Mediators of Inflammation (01-01-2009)“…IL-4 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that inhibits the onset and severity in different experimental arthritis models. Group B streptococci (GBS) have been…”
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Regulatory Role of Interleukin-10 in Experimental Group B Streptococcal Arthritis
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-06-2002)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans, Inhibits the Progression of Group B Streptococcal Arthritis
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-11-2004)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin-1β, and Interleukin-6 in a Mouse Model of Group B Streptococcal Arthritis
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-09-1999)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase Exacerbates Group B Streptococcus Sepsis and Arthritis in Mice
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-08-2004)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Interleukin-15 Activates Proinflammatory and Antimicrobial Functions in Polymorphonuclear Cells
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-06-1998)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Severity of Group B Streptococcal Arthritis in Selected Strains of Laboratory Mice
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-01-2001)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Contribution of matrix metalloproteinase 2 to joint destruction in group B Streptococcus-induced murine arthritis
Published in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-04-2012)“…Objective To assess the role of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP‐2) in the evolution of septic arthritis induced by group B streptococci (GBS) in mice. Methods…”
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Lack of B7-1 and B7-2 costimulatory molecules modulates the severity of group B Streptococcus-induced arthritis
Published in Microbes and infection (01-04-2010)“…Group B streptococci have long been known as a leading cause of life-threatening infection in neonates, young infants and pregnant women, and recently have…”
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Exacerbation of group B streptococcal sepsis and arthritis in diabetic mice
Published in Microbes and infection (01-08-2006)“…Group B streptococci (GBS) have been recognised as an ever-growing cause of serious invasive infections in non-pregnant adults, in particular in association…”
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Experimental model of infection with non-toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and development of septic arthritis
Published in Journal of medical microbiology (01-02-2006)“…1 Microbiology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06122 Perugia, Italy 2…”
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Role of macrophages in experimental group B streptococcal arthritis
Published in Cellular microbiology (01-10-2002)“…Summary Septic arthritis is a clinical manifestation of group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection in both neonates and adults. Because macrophages are known to…”
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Severity of Group B Streptococcal Arthritis Is Correlated with β-Hemolysin Expression
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2000)“…Septic arthritis is a clinical manifestation of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection in neonates and adults. To examine the potential role of GBS β-hemolysin…”
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Severity of group B streptococcal arthritis is correlated with (beta)-hemolysin expression
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2000)“…Septic arthritis is a clinical manifestation of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection in neonates and adults. To examine the potential role of GBS…”
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Role of nitric oxide and melanogenesis in the accomplishment of anticryptococcal activity by the BV-2 microglial cell line
Published in Journal of neuroimmunology (01-04-1995)“…In the present paper, we investigated the involvement of cryptococcal melanogenesis and macrophage nitric oxide (NO) production in the accomplishment of…”
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Differential effector and secretory functions of microglial cell lines derived from BCG-resistant and -susceptible congenic mouse strains
Published in Journal of neuroimmunology (01-11-1999)“…Using congenic strains of mice susceptible ( bcg s) or resistant ( bcg r) to BCG, murine microglial cell lines, RR4.R (BCG-resistant) and RR8.S…”
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Differential microbial clearance and immunoresponse of Balb/c (Nramp1 susceptible) and DBA2 (Nramp1 resistant) mice intracerebrally infected with Mycobacterium bovis BCG (BCG)
Published in FEMS immunology and medical microbiology (14-01-2002)“…In mice, the gene encoding Nramp1 (natural resistance-associated protein 1) exists in two allelic forms, differing for a point mutation. According to Nramp1…”
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