2020
Itaconate is an effector of a Rab GTPase cell-autonomous host defense pathway against Salmonella
Chen M, Sun H, Boot M, Shao L, Chang SJ, Wang W, Lam TT, Lara-Tejero M, Rego EH, Galán JE. Itaconate is an effector of a Rab GTPase cell-autonomous host defense pathway against Salmonella. Science 2020, 369: 450-455. PMID: 32703879, PMCID: PMC8020367, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz1333.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
A Bacterial Pathogen Targets a Host Rab-Family GTPase Defense Pathway with a GAP
Spanò S, Gao X, Hannemann S, Lara-Tejero M, Galán JE. A Bacterial Pathogen Targets a Host Rab-Family GTPase Defense Pathway with a GAP. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 216-226. PMID: 26867180, PMCID: PMC4854434, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntimicrobial defenseCell-autonomous defense mechanismS. typhi infectionHuman pathogen Salmonella typhiExchange factor BLOC-3Host defense pathwaysTyphi infectionType III secretion effectorsIntracellular pathogensPotential broad roleVacuolar pathogensSalmonella typhiPotent strategySalmonella effectorsBacterial pathogensMiceS. typhimuriumDefense pathwaysDefense mechanismsPathogen targetsPathogensEffectorsPathwayBroader roleBLOC-3
2011
A Sorting Platform Determines the Order of Protein Secretion in Bacterial Type III Systems
Lara-Tejero M, Kato J, Wagner S, Liu X, Galán JE. A Sorting Platform Determines the Order of Protein Secretion in Bacterial Type III Systems. Science 2011, 331: 1188-1191. PMID: 21292939, PMCID: PMC3859126, DOI: 10.1126/science.1201476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecretion systemSorting platformType III protein secretion systemBacterial type III protein secretion systemsType III protein secretionProtein secretionType III secretion systemCytoplasmic sorting platformProtein secretion systemType III systemSalmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumNovel antimicrobial strategiesEukaryotic cellsEffector proteinsEnterica serovar TyphimuriumCellular processesSerovar TyphimuriumImportant pathogenProteinAntimicrobial strategiesChaperonesSecretionPathogensMechanismSubstrate
2004
A New Twist in the Hijacking of the Actin-Nucleating Machinery
Lara-Tejero M, Galán JE. A New Twist in the Hijacking of the Actin-Nucleating Machinery. Molecular Cell 2004, 15: 495-497. PMID: 15327766, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.08.013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research