The mannose receptor (MR) is involved in the phagocytosis of pathogenic microorganisms.
Here we investigated its role in the bactericidal functions of human monocyte-derived …

Intracellular parasites are known to persist lifelong in mammalian hosts after the clinical cure
of the disease, but the mechanisms of persistence are poorly understood. Here, we show by …

In this paper the authors present the first evidence that meningiomas respond to treatment
with hydroxyurea. Hydroxyurea was administered as an adjunct chemotherapeutic treatment …

Virulence of the intracellular pathogen Brucella for humans is mainly associated with its
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) phenotype, with smooth LPS phenotypes generally being virulent …

The Helicobacter pylori virulence factors CagA and VacA are implicated in the development
of gastroduodenal diseases. Most strains possessing CagA also possess the more virulent …

✓ Meningiomas, which invade intracranial bone structures and the adjacent connective
tissue, are frequently unresectable because of their aggressive and recalcitrant growth …

OBJECTIVES To identify possible sites of bacterial persistence in patients with treatment
resistant Lyme arthritis. It was determined whether Borrelia burgdorferi DNA may be …

The present study aimed at developing an optimized PCR protocol fro the sensitive and
specific detection of all three Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies pathogenic to humans in …

Fig. 1. Microbial uptake by multilayered pseudopods compared with zipper-type
phagocytosis.(a) According to the classic model of zipper phagocytosis1, particles are …

Brucella spp. are facultative intracellular parasites of various mammals, including humans,
typically infecting lymphoid as well as reproductive organs. We have investigated how B …