Determinants of bacterial survival and proliferation in blood

P Lê-Bury, H Echenique-Rivera… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Bloodstream infection is a major public health concern associated with high mortality and
high healthcare costs worldwide. Bacteremia can trigger fatal sepsis whose prevention …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease

H Eichner, J Karlsson, E Loh - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Pathogenic bacteria have evolved to sense their surrounding environments and regulate
their gene expression to evade host immune defences and cause disease. RNA-mediated …

Seasonal airway microbiome and transcriptome interactions promote childhood asthma exacerbations

KE McCauley, K Flynn, A Calatroni, V DiMassa… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Seasonal variation in respiratory illnesses and exacerbations in pediatric
populations with asthma is well described, though whether upper airway microbes play …

RNA thermometers and other regulatory elements: diversity and importance in bacterial pathogenesis

A Sharma, HK Alajangi, G Pisignano… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Survival of microorganisms depends to a large extent on environmental conditions and the
occupied host. By adopting specific strategies, microorganisms can thrive in the surrounding …

Microbial mechanisms of heat sensing

H Samtani, G Unni, P Khurana - Indian journal of microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Temperature is one of the ubiquitous signals that control both the development as well as
virulence of various microbial species. Therefore their survival is dependent upon initiating …

RNA thermometers in bacteria: Role in thermoregulation

P Sharma, K Mondal, S Kumar, S Tamang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
An array of external factors, an important one being temperature, decide the fate of survival
in a microbe. The ability of microbes to sense external cues and to regulate the expression …

Small noncoding RNA in Streptococci: From regulatory functions to drug development

Y Yang, L Wang, L Liu, J Zou… - Molecular Oral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococci are a genus of gram‐positive coccus of spherical bacteria, including many
commensal bacteria and opportunistic pathogens that threaten the public health system …

The involvement of CiaR and the CiaR-regulated serine protease HtrA in thermal adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae

O Gazioglu, M Habtom, PW Andrew… - …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The in vivo temperature can vary according to the host tissue and the response to infection.
Streptococcus pneumoniae has evolved mechanisms to survive these temperature …

Effects of capsular polysaccharide amount on pneumococcal-host interactions

J Zhu, AR Abruzzo, C Wu, GCW Bee, A Pironti… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Among the many oral streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) stands out for the
capacity of encapsulated strains to cause invasive infection. Spread beyond upper airways …

[PDF][PDF] Development of biological tools that assay temperature inside pneumococcal bacteria

ALC PITEIRA - 2023 - run.unl.pt
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a significant Gram-positive bacterial pathogen known for the
global impact caused by the ability of its clinical strains to resist antibiotics and to cause …