Cells within cells: Rickettsiales and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle

J Salje - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The Rickettsiales are a group of obligate intracellular vector-borne Gram-negative bacteria
that include many organisms of clinical and agricultural importance, including Anaplasma …

Neuroinflammation associated with scrub typhus and spotted fever group rickettsioses

J Fisher, G Card, L Soong - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Scrub typhus and spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) are understudied, vector-borne diseases
of global significance. Over 1 billion individuals are at risk for scrub typhus alone in an …

Dual RNA-seq of Orientia tsutsugamushi informs on host-pathogen interactions for this neglected intracellular human pathogen

B Mika-Gospodorz, S Giengkam… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Studying emerging or neglected pathogens is often challenging due to insufficient
information and absence of genetic tools. Dual RNA-seq provides insights into host …

Orientia tsutsugamushi selectively stimulates the C-type lectin receptor Mincle and type 1-skewed proinflammatory immune responses

J Fisher, G Card, Y Liang, B Trent… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligately intracellular bacterium and the etiological agent of
scrub typhus. The lung is a major target organ of infection, displaying type 1-skewed …

Immune response against rickettsiae: lessons from murine infection models

A Osterloh - Medical microbiology and immunology, 2017 - Springer
Rickettsiae are small intracellular bacteria that can cause life-threatening febrile diseases.
Rickettsioses occur worldwide with increasing incidence. Therefore, a vaccine is highly …

Vaccine design and vaccination strategies against rickettsiae

A Osterloh - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rickettsioses are febrile, potentially lethal infectious diseases that are a serious health
threat, especially in poor income countries. The causative agents are small obligate …

Host transcriptomic profiling of CD-1 outbred mice with severe clinical outcomes following infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi

J Thiriot, Y Liang, J Fisher, DH Walker… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligately intracellular bacterium with endothelial tropism and
can cause mild to lethal scrub typhus in humans. No vaccine is available for this reemerging …

[HTML][HTML] Orientia tsutsugamushi infection stimulates Syk-dependent responses and innate cytosolic defenses in macrophages

J Fisher, C Gonzales, Z Chroust, Y Liang, L Soong - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligately intracellular bacterium and an etiological agent of
scrub typhus. Human studies and animal models of scrub typhus have shown robust type 1 …

A Type I Interferon and IL-10 Induced by Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection Suppresses Antigen-Specific T Cells and Their Memory Responses

CK Min, HII Kim, NY Ha, Y Kim, EK Kwon… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Despite the various roles of type I interferon (type I IFN) responses during bacterial infection,
its specific effects in vivo have been poorly characterized in scrub typhus caused by Orientia …

An update on host-pathogen interplay and modulation of immune responses during Orientia tsutsugamushi infection

FE Díaz, K Abarca, AM Kalergis - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub
typhus in humans, a serious mite-borne disease present in a widespread area of endemicity …