Microbial Immunology and Immunogenetics

Vaccination with LytA, LytC, or Pce of Streptococcus pneumoniae Protects against Sepsis by Inducing IgGs That Activate the Complement System

Corsini B, Aguinagalde L, Ruiz S, Domenech M, Yuste J. Vaccination with LytA, LytC, or Pce of Streptococcus pneumoniae Protects against Sepsis by Inducing IgGs That Activate the Complement System. Vaccines. 2021 Feb 23;9(2):186.

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Physiologic and transcriptomic effects triggered by overexpression of wild type and mutant DNA topoisomerase I in Streptococcus pneumoniae

García-López M, Hernández P, Megias D, Ferrándiz MJ, de la Campa AG. Int J Mol Sci. 2023; 24:15800.

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StaR Is a positive regulator of topoisomerase I activity involved in supercoiling maintenance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

de Vasconcelos Junior AA, Tirado-Vélez JM, Martín-Galiano AJ, Megias D, Ferrándiz MJ, Hernández P, Amblar M, de la Campa AG. Int J Mol Sci. 2023; 24:5973.

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Role of PatAB transporter in efflux of levofloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Amblar M, Zaballos A, de la Campa AG. Antibiotics. 2022; 17:1837.

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Seconeolitsine, the novel inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I, protects against invasive pneumococcal disease caused by fluoroquinolone-resistant strains.

Tirado-Vélez JM, Carreño D, Sevillano D, Alou L, Yuste J, de la Campa AG. Antibiotics 2021; 10:573.

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Genome-wide proximity between RNA polymerase and DNA topoisomerase I supports transcription in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Ferrándiz M-J, Hernández P, de la Campa AG. PLoS Genet. 2021; 17:e1009542.

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A Small Non-Coding RNA Modulates Expression of Pilus-1 Type in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Acebo P, Herranz C, Bernal-Espenberger L, Gómez-Sanz A, Terron MC, Luque D and Amblar M. Microorganisms. 2021; 9:1883.

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Reactive oxygen species production is a major factor directing the post-antibiotic effect of fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae

García MT, Valenzuela MV, Ferrándiz MJ, de la Campa AG. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019; 63:e00737-19.

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HU of Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for the preservation of DNA supercoiling

Ferrándiz MJ, Carreño D, Ayora S, de la Campa AG. Front Microbiol. 9:493 (2018).

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Boldine-derived alkaloids inhibit the activity of DNA topoisomerase I and growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

García MT, Carreño D, Tirado-Vélez JM, Ferrándiz MJ, Rodrigues L, Gracia B, Amblar M, Ainsa JA*, de la Campa AG. Front Microbiol. 9:493 (2018).

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Absence of tmRNA has a protective effect against fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Brito L, Wilton J, Ferrándiz MJ, Gómez-Sanz A, de la Campa AG, Amblar M. Front. Microbiol. 7:2164 (2017).

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Bridging chromosomal architecture and pathophysiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Martín-Galiano AJ, Ferrándiz MJ, de la Campa AG. Genome Biol Evol. 2017; 9:350-361.

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Upregulation of the PatAB transporter confers fluoroquinolone resistance to Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

Alvarado M, Martín-Galiano AJ, Ferrándiz MJ, Zaballos A, de la Campa AG. Front Microbiol. 8:2074 (2017).

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A novel typing method for Streptococcus pneumoniae using selected surface proteins

Domenech A, Moreno J, Ardanuy C, Liñares J, de la Campa AG, Martin-Galiano AJ. Front Microbiol. 2016; 31;7:420.

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An increase in negative supercoiling in bacteria reveals topology-reacting gene clusters and a homeostatic response mediated by the DNA topoisomerase I gene

Ferrándiz MJ, Martín-Galiano AJ, Arnanz C, Camacho-Soguero I, Tirado-Vélez JM, de la Campa AG. 2016. Nucl Acids Res. 44:7292-7303 (2016).

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Reactive oxygen species contribute to the bactericidal effects of the fluoroquinolone moxifloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Ferrándiz MJ, Martín-Galiano AJ, Arnanz C, Zimmerman T, de la Campa AG. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 60:409-417 (2016).

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The fluoroquinolone levofloxacin triggers the transcriptional activation of iron transport genes that contribute to cell death in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Ferrándiz MJ, de la Campa AG. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 58:247-257 (2014)

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Fluoroquinolone-resistant pneumococci: dynamics of serotypes and clones in Spain in 2012 compared with those from 2002 and 2006

Domenech A, Tirado-Vélez JM, Fenoll A, Ardanuy C, Yuste J, Liñares J, de la Campa AG. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 58:2393-2399 (2014).

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The balance between gyrase and topoisomerase I activities determines levels of supercoiling, nucleoid compaction, and viability in bacteria

García-López M, Megias D, Ferrándiz MJ, de la Campa AG. Front Microbiol. 2023; 11;1094692.

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Tyrosine kinase 2 modulates splenic B cells through type I IFN and TLR7 signaling.

Bodega-Mayor I, Delgado-Wicke P, Arrabal A, Alegría-Carrasco E, Nicolao-Gómez A, Jaén-Castaño M, Espadas C, Dopazo A, Martín-Gayo E, Gaspar ML, de Andrés B, Fernández-Ruiz E. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2024 Apr 29;81(1):199.

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