Azurin, a copper-containing redox protein released by the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is highly cytotoxic to the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, but is less cytotoxic toward p53-negative (MDA-MB-157) ...

Patients with severe burns are highly susceptible to bacterial infection. While immunosuppression facilitates infection, the contribution of soft tissues to infection beyond providing a portal for bacterial entry remains ...

Conservation of host signaling pathways and tissue physiology between Drosophila melanogaster and mammals allows for the modeling of human host-pathogen interactions in Drosophila. Here we present the use of genetically ...

Η παρούσα διατριβή διερευνά τις οικολογικές και βιολογικές αποκρίσεις του μεσογειακού κοραλλιού Cladocora caespitosa, σε περιβαλλοντικές αλλαγές. Το σκληρακτήνιο αυτό είδος κοραλλιού, το οποίο χτίζει αποικίες, έχει ανομοιότυπη ...

Electrospun microfibrous membranes comprised of poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly((2-diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) random copolymers (PMMA-co-PDEAEMA) of various chemical compositions blended together with a commercially ...

Drosophila has been the invertebrate model organism of choice for the study of innate immune responses during the past few decades. Many Drosophila-microbe interaction studies have helped to define innate immunity pathways, ...

Η τρέχουσα παγκόσμια τάση αντοχής στα αντιβιοτικά απαιτεί νέες προσεγγίσεις για αντιμολυσματική θεραπεία. Η ψευδομονάδα (Pseudomonas aeruginosa), είναι ένα Gram-αρνητικό βακτήριο που ταξινομείται μεταξύ των παθογόνων πρώτης ...

Identification of novel virulence factors is essential for understanding bacterial pathogenesis and designing antibacterial strategies. In this study, we uncover such a factor, termed KerV, in Proteobacteria. Experiments ...

Insights into the host factors and mechanisms mediating the primary host responses after pathogen presentation remain limited, due in part to the complexity and genetic intractability of host systems. Here, we employ the ...