Neisserial surface lipoproteins: structure, function and biogenesis

Y Hooda, HE Shin, TJ Bateman… - Pathogens and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The surface of many Gram-negative bacteria contains lipidated protein molecules referred to
as surface lipoproteins or SLPs. SLPs play critical roles in host immune evasion, nutrient …

Identification of Putative Vaccine and Drug Targets against the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Reverse Vaccinology and Subtractive Genomics …

RS Naorem, BD Pangabam, SS Bora, G Goswami… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an opportunistic pathogen and
responsible for causing life-threatening infections. The emergence of hypervirulent and …

Update on the Neisseria Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator-Like PPIase Protein

M Christodoulides - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria pathogens express a Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator Protein (MIP), which
belongs to the FK506 binding protein (FKBP) family of proteins that exhibit peptidyl-prolyl …

Investigation of cross-opsonic effect leads to the discovery of PPIase-domain containing protein vaccine candidate to prevent infections by Gram-positive ESKAPE …

O Sadones, E Kramarska, D Laverde, R Berisio… - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are the Gram-
positive pathogens of the ESKAPE group, known to represent a great threat to human health …

High Affinity Inhibitors of the Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator Protein from Trypanosoma cruzi, Burkholderia pseudomallei, and Legionella pneumophila─A …

T Lohr, C Herbst, NM Bzdyl, C Jenkins… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Since Chagas disease, melioidosis, and Legionnaires' disease are all potentially life-
threatening infections, there is an urgent need for new treatment strategies. All causative …

Genetic variants linked to the phenotypic outcome of invasive disease and carriage of Neisseria meningitidis

L Eriksson, TB Johannesen, B Stenmark… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Neisseria meningitidis can be a human commensal in the upper respiratory tract but is also
capable of causing invasive diseases such as meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia …

The macrophage infectivity potentiator of Trypanosoma cruzi induces innate IFN-γ and TNF-α production by human neonatal and adult blood cells through TLR2/1 …

S Ait Djebbara, S Mcheik, P Percier, N Segueni… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
We previously identified the recombinant (r) macrophage (M) infectivity (I) potentiator (P) of
the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc)(rTcMIP) as an immuno-stimulatory protein …

Inhibitors of macrophage infectivity potentiator-like PPIases affect neisserial and chlamydial pathogenicity

A Reimer, F Seufert, M Weiwad, J Ebert… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The pathogenic bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria
meningitidis express the surface-exposed macrophage infectivity potentiator (MIP)-like …

Peptidyl isomerase PrsA is surface-associated on Streptococcus suis and offers cross-protection against serotype 9 strain

X Jiang, Y Yang, J Zhou, H Liu, X Liao… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
PrsA, a peptidyl isomerase encoded by the prsA gene, plays pleiotropic roles in bacterial
physiology and pathogenicity. This study was attempted to characterize the distribution of …

Macrophage-infectivity potentiator of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcMIP) is a new pro-type 1 immuno-stimulating protein for neonatal human cells and vaccines in mice

M Radwanska, F de Lemos Esteves, L Linsen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This work identifies the protein “macrophage infectivity potentiator” of Trypanosoma cruzi
trypomastigotes, as supporting a new property, namely a pro-type 1 immunostimulatory …