[HTML][HTML] Virulence Factors of Enteric Pathogenic Escherichia coli: A Review

B Pakbin, WM Brück, JWA Rossen - International journal of molecular …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Escherichia coli are remarkably versatile microorganisms and important members of the
normal intestinal microbiota of humans and animals. This harmless commensal organism …

Citrobacter rodentium–host–microbiota interactions: immunity, bioenergetics and metabolism

C Mullineaux-Sanders, J Sanchez-Garrido… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Citrobacter rodentium is an extracellular enteric mouse-specific pathogen used to model
infections with human pathogenic Escherichia coli and inflammatory bowel disease. C …

Pyroptosis-induced inflammation and tissue damage

Y Wei, L Yang, A Pandeya, J Cui, Y Zhang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Programmed cell deaths are pathways involving cells playing an active role in their own
destruction. Depending on the signaling system of the process, programmed cell death can …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli—A Summary of the Literature

AD Mare, CN Ciurea, A Man, B Tudor… - Gastroenterology …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Diarrheal disease is still a major public health concern, as it is still considered an important
cause of death in children under five years of age. A few decades ago, the detection of …

[HTML][HTML] Helicobacter spp. are prevalent in wild mice and protect from lethal Citrobacter rodentium infection in the absence of adaptive immunity

B Zhao, L Osbelt, TR Lesker, M Wende, EJC Galvez… - Cell Reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
Transfer of the gut microbiota from wild to laboratory mice alters the host's immune status
and enhances resistance to infectious and metabolic diseases, but understanding of which …

Type III secreted effectors that target mitochondria

I Nandi, L Aroeti, RP Ramachandran… - Cellular …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
A type III secretion system (T3SS) is used by Gram‐negative bacterial pathogens to secrete
and translocate a battery of proteins, termed effectors, from the bacteria directly into the host …

Microbiota-derived succinate promotes enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence via lysine succinylation

L Li, Y Liu, D Liu, J Wang, M Wang, B **ang, J Qin… - Nature …, 2025‏ - nature.com
Succinate upregulates enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) virulence. Lysine
succinylation, a post-translational modification, regulates cellular function in eukaryotes but …

Clustering of Tir during enteropathogenic E. coli infection triggers calcium influx–dependent pyroptosis in intestinal epithelial cells

Q Zhong, TI Roumeliotis, Z Kozik… - PLoS …, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Clustering of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) type III secretion system (T3SS)
effector translocated intimin receptor (Tir) by intimin leads to actin polymerisation and …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli stimulates effector-driven rapid caspase-4 activation in human macrophages

PJ Goddard, J Sanchez-Garrido, SL Slater, M Kalyan… - Cell Reports, 2019‏ - cell.com
Microbial infections can stimulate the assembly of inflammasomes, which activate caspase-
1. The gastrointestinal pathogen enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) causes …

Prophages and plasmids can display opposite trends in the types of accessory genes they carry

N Takeuchi, S Hamada-Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as phages and plasmids, often possess accessory
genes encoding bacterial functions, facilitating bacterial evolution. Are there rules governing …