The dual role of the innate immune system in the effectiveness of mRNA therapeutics

A Muslimov, V Tereshchenko, D Shevyrev… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Advances in molecular biology have revolutionized the use of messenger RNA (mRNA) as a
therapeutic. The concept of nucleic acid therapy with mRNA originated in 1990 when Wolff …

Challenges and strategies for developing recombinant vaccines against leptospirosis: Role of expression platforms and adjuvants in achieving protective efficacy

NR de Oliveira, FDS Santos, VAC Dos Santos… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first leptospiral recombinant vaccine was developed in the late 1990s. Since then,
progress in the fields of reverse vaccinology (RV) and structural vaccinology (SV) has …

A global one health perspective on leptospirosis in humans and animals

JE Sykes, DA Haake, CD Gamage… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Leptospirosis is a quintessential one health disease of humans and animals caused by
pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Intra-and interspecies transmission is …

Evaluation of Leptospira interrogans knockdown mutants for LipL32, LipL41, LipL21, and OmpL1 proteins

LGV Fernandes, AF Teixeira… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by pathogenic and virulent
species of the genus Leptospira, whose pathophysiology and virulence factors remain …

Understanding leptospirosis: application of state-of-the-art molecular typing tools with a One Health lens

JE Sykes, CD Gamage, DA Haake… - American journal of …, 2022 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Leptospirosis is an archetypal One Health problem as described in the companion Currents
in One Health article in the October 2022 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary …

Genetic Analysis of LigA, LipL32, Loa22, and OmpL1 Antigens from Leptospira spp. Sejroe Serogroup: How Close We Are To a Vaccine Against Bovine …

MIN Di Azevedo, ALSB Borges, F Kremer… - Current …, 2023 - Springer
Bovine leptospirosis has as main causative agents Leptospira spp. from Sejroe serogroup.
Vaccination is a crucial step to control this infection. The use of conserved proteins among …

[HTML][HTML] The Toxin of VapBC-1 Toxin-Antitoxin Module from Leptospira interrogans Is a Ribonuclease That Does Not Arrest Bacterial Growth but Affects Cell Viability

DK Damiano, BOP Azevedo, GSC Fernandes… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bacterial ubiquitous Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) systems are considered to be important survival
mechanisms during stress conditions. In regular environmental conditions, the antitoxin …

Risk factors for Leptospira seropositivity in rural Northern Germany, 2019

S Schmitz, C Princk, K Meyer-Schlinkmann… - Epidemiology & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We investigated seroprevalence and factors associated with Leptospira spp. infections in
humans in rural Northern Germany. Sera of 450 participants were tested for leptospira …

Antibiotic chemoprophylaxis for leptospirosis: Previous shortcomings and future needs

K Petersen, A Maranich - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2024 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a neglected tropical disease that remains potentially life threatening and
hard to diagnose. Climate change combined with overlapping reservoir and human habitats …

Epidemiology of human and animal leptospirosis in Kenya: A systematic review and meta-analysis of disease occurrence, serogroup diversity and risk factors

M Wainaina, J Wasonga, EAJ Cook - PLOS Neglected Tropical …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Leptospirosis is a priority zoonotic disease in Kenya, but an in-depth review of
its presence in humans, animals and the environment is lacking. Therefore, we conducted …