Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection

S Brouwer, T Rivera-Hernandez, BF Curren… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is exquisitely adapted to
the human host, resulting in asymptomatic infection, pharyngitis, pyoderma, scarlet fever or …

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

JR Carapetis, A Beaton, MW Cunningham… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused
by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by …

Disease manifestations and pathogenic mechanisms of group A Streptococcus

MJ Walker, TC Barnett, JD McArthur… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes mild human
infections such as pharyngitis and impetigo and serious infections such as necrotizing …

Discordant congenital Zika syndrome twins show differential in vitro viral susceptibility of neural progenitor cells

LC Caires-Júnior, E Goulart, US Melo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) causes early brain development impairment by affecting
neural progenitor cells (NPCs). Here, we analyze NPCs from three pairs of dizygotic twins …

Post-infectious group A streptococcal autoimmune syndromes and the heart

WJ Martin, AC Steer, PR Smeesters, J Keeble… - Autoimmunity …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a pressing need to reduce the high global disease burden of rheumatic heart
disease (RHD) and its harbinger, acute rheumatic fever (ARF). ARF is a classical example of …

Rheumatic heart disease: a review of the current status of global research activity

LM Dooley, TB Ahmad, M Pandey, MF Good… - Autoimmunity reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a serious and long-term consequence of acute rheumatic
fever (ARF), an autoimmune sequela of a mucosal infection by Streptococcus pyogenes …

Emerging importance of chemokine receptor CXCR3 and its ligands in cardiovascular diseases

R Altara, M Manca, RD Brandão, A Zeidan… - Clinical …, 2016 - portlandpress.com
The CXC chemokines, CXCL4,-9,-10,-11, CXCL4L1, and the CC chemokine CCL21,
activate CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3), a cell-surface G protein-coupled receptor …

Effects of anti-integrin treatment with vedolizumab on immune pathways and cytokines in inflammatory bowel diseases

T Rath, U Billmeier, F Ferrazzi, M Vieth, A Ekici… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Despite proven clinical efficacy of vedolizumab (VDZ) for inducing
and maintaining remission in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) …

Cytokine imbalance in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications

FM Middleton, R McGregor, RH Webb, NJ Wilson… - Autoimmunity …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) are
autoimmune sequelae of Group A Streptococcus infection with significant global disease …

Rheumatic Heart Disease: Molecules Involved in Valve Tissue Inflammation Leading to the Autoimmune Process and Anti-S. pyogenes Vaccine

L Guilherme, J Kalil - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The major events leading to both rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD)
are reviewed. Several genes are involved in the development of RF and RHD. The …