Using zebrafish to understand reciprocal interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the microbial world

JP Levraud, JF Rawls, AE Clatworthy - Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Animals rely heavily on their nervous and immune systems to perceive and survive within
their environment. Despite the traditional view of the brain as an immunologically privileged …

Zebrafish-based platform for emerging bio-contaminants and virus inactivation research

P Patel, A Nandi, SK Verma, N Kaushik, M Suar… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging bio-contaminants such as viruses have affected health and environment settings
of every country. Viruses are the minuscule entities resulting in severe contagious diseases …

Bacterial induction of Snail1 contributes to blood-brain barrier disruption

BJ Kim, BM Hancock, A Bermudez… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Bacterial meningitis is a serious infection of the CNS that results when blood-borne bacteria
are able to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading …

Molecular serotyping, virulence gene profiling and pathogenicity of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from tilapia farms in Thailand by multiplex PCR

K Kannika, D Pisuttharachai… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study aimed to biotype Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from tilapia farms in
Thailand based on molecular biotyping methods and to determine the correlation between …

Helvolic Acid Derivatives with Antibacterial Activities against Streptococcus agalactiae from the Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus HNMF0047

FD Kong, XL Huang, QY Ma, QY Xie… - Journal of natural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Streptococcus agalactiae is a hazardous pathogen that can cause great harm to humans
and fish. In the present study, the known fungal metabolite helvolic acid (10), seven new …

Infection of zebrafish embryos with live fluorescent Streptococcus pneumoniae as a real-time pneumococcal meningitis model

KK Jim, JY Engelen-Lee, AM van der Sar… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most important causes of bacterial
meningitis, an infection where unfavourable outcome is driven by bacterial and host-derived …

Exploiting the zebrafish model for sepsis research: Insights into pathophysiology and therapeutic potentials

J He, P Xu, R Chen, M Chen, B Wang… - Drug Design …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sepsis, a severe condition instigated by infections, continues to be a primary global cause of
death, typified by systemic inflammation and advancing immune dysfunction …

Group B streptococcal infections in pregnancy and early life

G Manuel, J Twentyman, K Noble… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Bacterial infections with Group B Streptococcus (GBS) are an important cause of adverse
outcomes in pregnant individuals, neonates, and infants. GBS is a common commensal in …

Zebrafish and streptococcal infections

A Saralahti, M Rämet - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcal bacteria are a versatile group of gram‐positive bacteria capable of infecting
several host organisms, including humans and fish. Streptococcal species are common …

GC–MS-Based Metabolome and Metabolite Regulation in Serum-Resistant Streptococcus agalactiae

Z Wang, MY Li, B Peng, Z Cheng, H Li… - Journal of Proteome …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Streptococcus agalactiae causes severe systemic infections in human and fish. In the
present study, we established a pathogen–plasma interaction model by which we explored …