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In Vivo Monitoring Of Therapeutic Efficacy And Virulence Profile By Bioluminescent Klebsiella Pneumoniae., Ramy Ameen Fodah
In Vivo Monitoring Of Therapeutic Efficacy And Virulence Profile By Bioluminescent Klebsiella Pneumoniae., Ramy Ameen Fodah
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Klebsiella pneumoniae causes an acute respiratory infection in human with severe outcomes and high mortality rates even with antibiotic treatment. Even with its critical clinical importance, few virulence systems have been identified for K. pneumoniae limiting the development of new therapeutic strategies. Accordingly, we performed Next Generation sequencing for the strain ATCC 43816, a virulent strain in mouse respiratory disease models, and compared its genomic data with two previously sequenced strains NTUH-K2044 and MGH 78578 for the purpose of identifying genes required for colonizing host lungs. Furthermore, the virulence potential of the three K. pneumoniae strains were tested in a …
Porphyromonas Gingivalis Gingipains Induce A Pro-Inflammatory Extracellular Microenvironment : The Role Of Par-2 And Fibronectin., Jeffrey S. Marschall
Porphyromonas Gingivalis Gingipains Induce A Pro-Inflammatory Extracellular Microenvironment : The Role Of Par-2 And Fibronectin., Jeffrey S. Marschall
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Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized by severe tissue destruction of the gingiva and other tooth supporting structures; if left untreated, tooth loss and disintegration of the alveolar bone occurs. This chronic inflammatory state has been linked to other systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Porphyromonas gingivalis is the major pathogenic microbe in periodontitis. The main virulence factors of P. gingivalis are the Arg-aa and Lys-aa gingipains, which are proteolytic enzymes implicated in a plethora of activities that allow P. gingivalis to subvert the human immune system in the oral cavity …