Listeria monocytogenes

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A common clathrin-mediated machinery co-ordinates cell-cell adhesion and bacterial internalization. 
  • Actin-related protein2/3 complex regulates tight junctions and terminal differentiation to promote epidermal barrier formation. 
  • Analysis of the Rab GTPase Interactome in Dendritic Cells Reveals Anti-microbial Functions of the Rab32 Complex in Bacterial Containment. 
  • Cutting edge: Rapamycin augments pathogen-specific but not graft-reactive CD8+ T cell responses. 
  • Distinct CD4+ helper T cells involved in primary and secondary responses to infection. 
  • Effects of microgravity on the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida albicans, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Exhausted CD8 T cells downregulate the IL-18 receptor and become unresponsive to inflammatory cytokines and bacterial co-infections. 
  • Glutathione activates virulence gene expression of an intracellular pathogen. 
  • Inactivation of LRG-47 and IRG-47 reveals a family of interferon gamma-inducible genes with essential, pathogen-specific roles in resistance to infection. 
  • Intranasal vaccination with the recombinant Listeria monocytogenes ΔactA prfA* mutant elicits robust systemic and pulmonary cellular responses and secretory mucosal IgA. 
  • Irgm1 (LRG-47), a regulator of cell-autonomous immunity, does not localize to mycobacterial or listerial phagosomes in IFN-γ-induced mouse cells. 
  • Listeria monocytogenes endocarditis: a clinical and bacteriological report. 
  • Mapping Hfq-RNA interaction surfaces using tryptophan fluorescence quenching. 
  • MicroRNA-23a Curbs Necrosis during Early T Cell Activation by Enforcing Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Equilibrium. 
  • Pathogen-specific loss of host resistance in mice lacking the IFN-gamma-inducible gene IGTP. 
  • Phospholipase D in TCR-Mediated Signaling and T Cell Activation. 
  • Prime-boost vaccination with heterologous live vectors encoding SIV gag and multimeric HIV-1 gp160 protein: efficacy against repeated mucosal R5 clade C SHIV challenges. 
  • Priming and activation of human ovarian and breast cancer-specific CD8+ T cells by polyvalent Listeria monocytogenes-based vaccines. 
  • Recognition of U-rich RNA by Hfq from the Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. 
  • Regulation of CD8+ T lymphocyte effector function and macrophage inflammatory cytokine production by retinoic acid receptor gamma. 
  • Regulatory B cell (B10 Cell) expansion during Listeria infection governs innate and cellular immune responses in mice. 
  • Role of tumor suppressor TSC1 in regulating antigen-specific primary and memory CD8 T cell responses to bacterial infection. 
  • Safety and survival with GVAX pancreas prime and Listeria Monocytogenes-expressing mesothelin (CRS-207) boost vaccines for metastatic pancreatic cancer. 
  • The Listeria monocytogenes PASTA Kinase PrkA and Its Substrate YvcK Are Required for Cell Wall Homeostasis, Metabolism, and Virulence. 
  • The macrophage as an antineoplastic surveillance cell: biological perspectives. 
  • The prolyl isomerase Pin1 modulates development of CD8+ cDC in mice. 
  • Transfer of CD8+ T cell memory using Bcl-2 as a marker. 
  • Unexpected positive control of NFκB and miR-155 by DGKα and ζ ensures effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Taylor, Gregory Alan, Associate Professor in Medicine, Immunology