2011
Airway Epithelial MyD88 Restores Control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Murine Infection via an IL-1–Dependent Pathway
Mijares LA, Wangdi T, Sokol C, Homer R, Medzhitov R, Kazmierczak BI. Airway Epithelial MyD88 Restores Control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Murine Infection via an IL-1–Dependent Pathway. The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 7080-7088. PMID: 21572023, PMCID: PMC3110630, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate immune responseImmune responseMyD88-dependent innate immune responsesIL-1-dependent pathwayBone marrow chimeric miceProtective innate immune responseP. aeruginosaNovel transgenic mouse modelVentilator-associated pneumoniaIL-1R signalingTransgenic mouse modelP. aeruginosa infectionEpithelial cell responsesRadio-resistant cellsIntranasal infectionMyD88 expressionMultiple TLR pathwaysMyD88 functionAeruginosa infectionMouse modelTLR pathwayMurine infectionChimeric miceCell responsesInfection
2000
The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Inhibition of Internalization ofPseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells and Macrophages
Garrity-Ryan L, Kazmierczak B, Kowal R, Comolli J, Hauser A, Engel J. The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Inhibition of Internalization ofPseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells and Macrophages. Infection And Immunity 2000, 68: 7100-7113. PMID: 11083836, PMCID: PMC97821, DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.12.7100-7113.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cellsImportant nosocomial pathogenType III secretion systemHost cellsMacrophage-like cellsAcute pneumoniaMouse modelNosocomial pathogenOfPseudomonas aeruginosaType IIIJ774.1 macrophage-like cellsSecretion systemStrain PA103ExoTPseudomonas aeruginosaCellsCytoskeleton disruptionNegative regulatorPA103Reduced colonizationActin cytoskeleton disruptionPrevious studiesAeruginosaPneumoniaVirulence