The lung is a primary organ for gas exchange in mammals that represents the largest
epithelial surface in direct contact with the external environment. It also serves as a crucial …

Staphylococcus aureus is a member of the human commensal microflora that exists,
apparently benignly, at multiple sites on the host. However, as an opportunist pathogen it …

Nanoparticles of gold with zinc oxide (Au@ ZnO NPs) were prepared by laser ablation and
then capped with curcumin nanoparticles (Cur‐Au@ ZnO NPs). The synthesized NPs were …

Iron is an essential micronutrient for virtually all living cells. In infectious diseases, both
invading pathogens and mammalian cells including those of the immune system require iron …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

Staphylococcus aureus is a very common Gram-positive bacterium, and S. aureus infections
play an extremely important role in a variety of diseases. This paper describes the types of …

Platelets are anucleate cells produced by megakaryocytes. In recent years, a robust body of
literature supports the evolving role of platelets as key sentinel and effector cells in infectious …

Staphylococcus aureus secretes a number of host-injurious toxins, among the most
prominent of which is the small β-barrel pore-forming toxin α-hemolysin. Initially named …

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are members of the genus Betacoronavirus and the Coronaviridiae
family responsible for infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle …

Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are the most common bacterial cytotoxic proteins and are
required for virulence in a large number of important pathogens, including Streptococcus …