Terkko Navigator / Microbes and Infection

IFNL4 rs12979860 polymorphism influences HBV DNA viral loads but not the outcome of HBV infection in Moroccan patients

Cross-reactivity and immunotherapeutic potential of BamA recombinant protein from Acinetobacter baumannii

Lessons from an Ally: Learning from Israel to Vaccinate the American People

The metaeffector MesI regulates the activity of the Legionella effector SidI through direct protein-protein interactions

Identification of defective early immune responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a diet-induced murine model of type 2 diabetes

Combination of colistin and tobramycin inhibits persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii by membrane hyperpolarization and down-regulation of efflux pumps

Personalized Stewardship and Interdisciplinarity: Key Elements of COVID-19

Could targeting immunometabolism be a way to control the burden of COVID-19 infection?

Binding Nemo

COVID-19: disease, or no disease? - that is the question. It's the dose stupid!

It Came from Inner Space

DNA alternate polymerase PolB mediates inhibition of type III secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Characteristics of in vitro infection of human monocytes, by Rickettsia helvetica

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Sending signals - The microbiota's contribution to intestinal epithelial homeostasis

Digging the rabbit hole, COVID-19 edition: anti-vaccine themes and the discourse around COVID-19

Binding Nemo: Article highlight based on "SNW1 interacts with IKKγ to positively regulate antiviral innate immune responses against influenza A virus infection" by Qiao et al

Identification of a large repetitive RTX immunogen in a highly virulent Rodentibacter heylii strain

MiRNAs regulate iron homeostasis in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector

TREM-1 enhances Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced inflammatory responses in macrophages

COVID-19: comparative clinical features and outcome in 114 patients with or without pneumonia (Nord Franche-Comte Hospital, France)

Non-synonymous mutations of SARS-CoV-2 leads epitope loss and segregates its variants

Substantial induction of non-apoptotic CD4 T-cell death during the early phase of HIV-1 infection in a humanized mouse model

Proteins produced by Streptococcus species in the lower respiratory tract can modify antiviral responses against influenza virus in respiratory epithelial cells

Inaugural nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease education and research conference, Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 1-2, 2020

Comparative proteomics in the three major human pathogenic species of the genus Sporothrix

Availability of essential diagnostics at primary care public clinics in Peru

Corrigendum to "Leptospira interrogans infection leads to IL-1β and IL-18 secretion from a human macrophage cell line through reactive oxygen species and cathepsin B mediated-NLRP3 inflammasome activation" [Microbe Infect (2018) 254-260]

Low-impact social distancing interventions to mitigate local epidemics of SARS-CoV-2

Anti-science extremism in America: escalating and globalizing

Vaccines for COVID-19: perspectives from nucleic acid vaccines to BCG as delivery vector system

Trypanosoma cruzi down-regulates adiponectin expression in mouse adipocytes via the NFAT signaling pathway

Transcriptional ups and downs: patterns of gene expression in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 across patients and compared to other respiratory viruses

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa HSP90-like protein HtpG regulates IL-8 expression through NF-κB/p38 MAPK and CYLD signaling triggered by TLR4 and CD91

Improved binding of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope protein to tight junction-associated PALS1 could play a key role in COVID-19 pathogenesis

BFRF1 protein is involved in EBV-mediated autophagy manipulation

N-acetyl-cysteine mediates protection against Mycobacterium avium through induction of humanβ-defensin-2 in a mouse lung infection model

Schistosoma antigens as activators of inflammasome pathway: from an unexpected stimulus to an intriguing role

Clinical bioinformatics for microbial genomics and metagenomics: an ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop

Messages from the Fourth International Conference on Clinical Metagenomics

SNW1 interacts with IKKγ to positively regulate antiviral innate immune responses against influenza A virus infection

Headlines and hashtags: communicating science during an outbreak

Characterization of peripheral blood mononuclear cells gene expression profiles of pediatric Staphylococcus aureus persistent and non-carriers using a targeted assay

Contribution of Complement System pathways to the killing of Leptospira spp

COVID19 in America: an October plan

Streptococcal oddity: Article highlight based on "pspK acquisition contributes to the loss of capsule in pneumococci: molecular characterisation of non-encapsulated pneumococci" by Takeaki Wajima et al

Does the hygiene hypothesis apply to COVID-19 susceptibility?

Coronavirus vaccine-associated lung immunopathology-what is the significance?