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DrThomasClarke

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2074thomas.clarke

 
 
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5.40CFlowers buildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Lysenko:2007:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118,
author = {Lysenko, ES and Clarke, TB and Shchepetov, M and Ratner, AJ and Roper, DI and Dowson, CG and Weiser, JN},
doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118},
journal = {PLoS Pathog},
title = {Nod1 signaling overcomes resistance of S. pneumoniae to opsonophagocytic killing.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118},
volume = {3},
year = {2007}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Airway infection by the Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) leads to recruitment of neutrophils but limited bacterial killing by these cells. Co-colonization by Sp and a Gram-negative species, Haemophilus influenzae (Hi), provides sufficient stimulus to induce neutrophil and complement-mediated clearance of Sp from the mucosal surface in a murine model. Products from Hi, but not Sp, also promote killing of Sp by ex vivo neutrophil-enriched peritoneal exudate cells. Here we identify the stimulus from Hi as its peptidoglycan. Enhancement of opsonophagocytic killing was facilitated by signaling through nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-1 (Nod1), which is involved in recognition of gamma-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) contained in cell walls of Hi but not Sp. Neutrophils from mice treated with Hi or compounds containing meso-DAP, including synthetic peptidoglycan fragments, showed increased Sp killing in a Nod1-dependent manner. Moreover, Nod1(-/-) mice showed reduced Hi-induced clearance of Sp during co-colonization. These observations offer insight into mechanisms of microbial competition and demonstrate the importance of Nod1 in neutrophil-mediated clearance of bacteria in vivo.
AU  - Lysenko,ES
AU  - Clarke,TB
AU  - Shchepetov,M
AU  - Ratner,AJ
AU  - Roper,DI
AU  - Dowson,CG
AU  - Weiser,JN
DO  - 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118
PY  - 2007///
TI  - Nod1 signaling overcomes resistance of S. pneumoniae to opsonophagocytic killing.
T2  - PLoS Pathog
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17722978
VL  - 3
ER  -
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