Deacetylation of sialic acid by esterases potentiates pneumococcal neuraminidase activity for mucin utilization, colonization and virulence.

by Hasan F Kahya, Peter W Andrew, Hasan Yesilkaya
Published 2017-03-01

The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.

by Mina J Fadaee-Shohada, Robert A Hirst, Andrew Rutman, Ian S Roberts, Chris O'Callaghan, Peter W Andrew
Published 2010-05-01

Human L-ficolin, a recognition molecule of the lectin activation pathway of complement, activates complement by binding to pneumolysin, the major toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

by Youssif M Ali, Hany I Kenawy, Adnan Muhammad, Robert B Sim, Peter W Andrew, Wilhelm J Schwaeble
Published 2013-01-01

Genetic factors regulating lung vasculature and immune cell functions associate with resistance to pneumococcal infection.

by Magda S Jonczyk, Michelle Simon, Saumya Kumar, Vitor E Fernandes, Nicolas Sylvius, Ann-Marie Mallon, Paul Denny, Peter W Andrew
Published 2014-01-01

Light Scattering By Optically-Trapped Vesicles Affords Unprecedented Temporal Resolution Of Lipid-Raft Dynamics

by Liam Collard, David Perez-Guaita, Bayan H. A. Faraj, Bayden R. Wood, Russell Wallis, Peter W. Andrew, Andrew J. Hudson
Published 2017-08-01

The B-cell inhibitory receptor CD22 is a major factor in host resistance to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.

by Vitor E Fernandes, Giuseppe Ercoli, Alan Bénard, Carolin Brandl, Hannah Fahnenstiel, Jennifer Müller-Winkler, Georg F Weber, Paul Denny, Lars Nitschke, Peter W Andrew
Published 2020-04-01

Recombinant plants provide a new approach to the production of bacterial polysaccharide for vaccines.

by Claire M Smith, Stephen C Fry, Kevin C Gough, Alexandra J F Patel, Sarah Glenn, Marie Goldrick, Ian S Roberts, Garry C Whitelam, Peter W Andrew
Published 2014-01-01

T regulatory cells control susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in mice.

by Daniel R Neill, Vitor E Fernandes, Laura Wisby, Andrew R Haynes, Daniela M Ferreira, Ameera Laher, Natalie Strickland, Stephen B Gordon, Paul Denny, Aras Kadioglu, Peter W Andrew
Published 2012-01-01

Host glycan sugar-specific pathways in Streptococcus pneumoniae: galactose as a key sugar in colonisation and infection [corrected].

by Laura Paixão, Joana Oliveira, André Veríssimo, Susana Vinga, Eva C Lourenço, M Rita Ventura, Morten Kjos, Jan-Willem Veening, Vitor E Fernandes, Peter W Andrew, Hasan Yesilkaya, Ana Rute Neves
Published 2015-01-01

TprA/PhrA Quorum Sensing System Has a Major Effect on Pneumococcal Survival in Respiratory Tract and Blood, and Its Activity Is Controlled by CcpA and GlnR

by Anfal Shakir Motib, Anfal Shakir Motib, Firas A. Y. Al-Bayati, Firas A. Y. Al-Bayati, Irfan Manzoor, Sulman Shafeeq, Anagha Kadam, Oscar P. Kuipers, N. Luisa Hiller, Peter W. Andrew, Hasan Yesilkaya
Published 2019-09-01

Treatment of tuberculosis in a region with high drug resistance: outcomes, drug resistance amplification and re-infection.

by Maryline Bonnet, Manuela Pardini, Francesca Meacci, Germano Orrù, Hasan Yesilkaya, Thierry Jarosz, Peter W Andrew, Mike Barer, Francesco Checchi, Heinz Rinder, Graziella Orefici, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Lanfranco Fattorini, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Juliet Melzer, Stefan Niemann, Francis Varaine
Published 2011-01-01

The lectin pathway of complement activation is a critical component of the innate immune response to pneumococcal infection.

by Youssif M Ali, Nicholas J Lynch, Kashif S Haleem, Teizo Fujita, Yuichi Endo, Soren Hansen, Uffe Holmskov, Kazue Takahashi, Gregory L Stahl, Thomas Dudler, Umakhanth V Girija, Russell Wallis, Aras Kadioglu, Cordula M Stover, Peter W Andrew, Wilhelm J Schwaeble
Published 2012-01-01

The role of host and microbial factors in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal bacteraemia arising from a single bacterial cell bottleneck.

by Alice Gerlini, Leonarda Colomba, Leonardo Furi, Tiziana Braccini, Ana Sousa Manso, Andrea Pammolli, Bo Wang, Antonio Vivi, Maria Tassini, Nico van Rooijen, Gianni Pozzi, Susanna Ricci, Susanna Ricci, Peter W Andrew, Uwe Koedel, E Richard Moxon, Marco R Oggioni
Published 2014-03-01

Correction: Stepwise visualization of membrane pore formation by suilysin, a bacterial cholesterol-dependent cytolysin

by Carl Leung, Natalya V Dudkina, Natalya Lukoyanova, Adrian W Hodel, Irene Farabella, Arun P Pandurangan, Nasrin Jahan, Mafalda Pires Damaso, Dino Osmanović, Cyril F Reboul, Michelle A Dunstone, Peter W Andrew, Rana Lonnen, Maya Topf, Helen R Saibil, Bart W Hoogenboom
Published 2015-02-01

Stepwise visualization of membrane pore formation by suilysin, a bacterial cholesterol-dependent cytolysin

by Carl Leung, Natalya V Dudkina, Natalya Lukoyanova, Adrian W Hodel, Irene Farabella, Arun P Pandurangan, Nasrin Jahan, Mafalda Pires Damaso, Dino Osmanović, Cyril F Reboul, Michelle A Dunstone, Peter W Andrew, Rana Lonnen, Maya Topf, Helen R Saibil, Bart W Hoogenboom
Published 2014-12-01

Splenic macrophages as the source of bacteraemia during pneumococcal pneumonia

by David Carreno, Joseph J Wanford, Zydrune Jasiunaite, Ryan G. Hames, Wen Y Chung, Ashley R. Dennison, Kornelis Straatman, Luisa Martinez-Pomares, Manish Pareek, Carlos J. Orihuela, Marcos I. Restrepo, Wei Shen Lim, Peter W. Andrew, E. Richard Moxon, Marco R Oggioni
Published 2021-10-01

Pneumolysin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and promotes proinflammatory cytokines independently of TLR4.

by Edel A McNeela, Aine Burke, Daniel R Neill, Cathy Baxter, Vitor E Fernandes, Daniela Ferreira, Sarah Smeaton, Rana El-Rachkidy, Rachel M McLoughlin, Andres Mori, Barry Moran, Katherine A Fitzgerald, Jurg Tschopp, Virginie Pétrilli, Peter W Andrew, Aras Kadioglu, Ed C Lavelle
Published 2010-11-01