Leptospiral adhesins: from identification to future perspectives

MC Surdel, J Coburn - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Leptospirosis is a significant zoonosis worldwide, with disease severity ranging from a mild
non-specific illness to multi-organ dysfunction and hemorrhage. The disease is caused by …

Leucine-rich repeat proteins of Leptospira interrogans that interact to host glycosaminoglycans and integrins

BB Foltran, AF Teixeira, EC Romero… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pathogenic spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira are the etiological agents of leptospirosis,
a zoonotic infection worldwide. The disease is considered an emerging and re-emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and persistence of diseases of high consequence to livestock in the United States

MR Ackermann, JP Bannantine - One Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The USDA/ARS-National Disease Center (NADC) will celebrate its 65th
anniversary of existence in November 2026. NADC continues as one of the world's premier …

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 …

CRISPR-prime editing, a versatile genetic tool to create specific mutations with a single nucleotide resolution in Leptospira

LGV Fernandes, C Hamond, BW Tibbs-Cortes, EJ Putz… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic bacteria from the genus Leptospira, is a global
zoonosis responsible for more than one million human cases and 60,000 deaths annually …

Isolation and characterization of saprophytic and pathogenic strains of Leptospira from water sources in the Midwestern United States

C Hamond, K LeCount, T Anderson, EJ Putz… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The genus Leptospira is a diverse and unique group of bacteria comprising multiple
saprophytic and pathogenic species, which survive and persist in suitable moist …

Characterization of cellular immune response in hamsters immunized with recombinant vaccines against leptospirosis based on LipL32: LemA: LigAni chimeric …

TT Bunde, NR de Oliveira, FDS Santos, ACK Pedra… - Microbial …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last 20 years, various research groups have endeavored to develop recombinant
vaccines against leptospirosis to overcome the limitations of commercially available …

Characterization of novel nuclease and protease activities among Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins

P Kumar, YF Chang, M Akif - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial immunoglobulin-like (BIg) domain containing proteins play a variety of biological
functions. Leptospiral Immunoglobulin-like (Lig) proteins are well-known virulence factors …

LipL41 and LigA/LigB Gene Silencing on a LipL32 Knockout Leptospira interrogans Reveals the Impact of Multiple Mutations on Virulence

LGV Fernandes, BB Foltran, AF Teixeira… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a global zoonosis caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira.
The application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system has facilitated the generation of mutants and …

A Novel Breakthrough in Leptospira spp. Mutagenesis: Knockout by Combination of CRISPR/Cas9 and Non-homologous End-Joining Systems

LGV Fernandes, ALTO Nascimento - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Leptospirosis is of general concern as it is a widespread zoonotic disease caused by
pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira, although this genus also includes free-living …