Signal Transduction in the Protozoan Host Hartmannella vermiformis upon Attachment and Invasion by Legionella micdadei

Integrins and Signal Transduction Pathways: the Road Taken

1995 • 3,002 citations

Exploitation of Mammalian Host Cell Functions by Bacterial Pathogens

1997 • 759 citations

The Legionnaires' disease bacterium (Legionella pneumophila) inhibits phagosome-lysosome fusion in human monocytes.

1983 • 704 citations

The molecular ecology of legionellae

1996 • 539 citations

Transglutaminase is essential in receptor-mediated endocytosis of α2-macroglobulin and polypeptide hormones

1980 • 535 citations

Receptors for C3b and C3bi promote phagocytosis but not the release of toxic oxygen from human phagocytes.

1983 • 495 citations

Toxoplasma gondii : Fusion Competence of Parasitophorous Vacuoles in Fc Receptor-Transfected Fibroblasts

1990 • 446 citations

Identification of Legionella pneumophila genes required for growth within and killing of human macrophages

1993 • 357 citations

Failure to trigger the oxidative metabolic burst by normal macrophages: possible mechanism for survival of intracellular pathogens.

1980 • 322 citations

Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent: Direct Isolation from Human Lung Tissue

1980 • 293 citations

Microbial Etiology of Acute Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients

1992 • 262 citations

Utilization of similar mechanisms by Legionella pneumophila to parasitize two evolutionarily distant host cells, mammalian macrophages and protozoa

1997 • 236 citations

The phagosome containing Legionella pneumophila within the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis is surrounded by the rough endoplasmic reticulum

1996 • 200 citations

Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence: Type III Secretion and Pathogenicity Islands

1996 • 199 citations

Expression of Multiple Pili by Legionella pneumophila : Identification and Characterization of a Type IV Pilin Gene and Its Role in Adherence to Mammalian and Protozoan Cells

1998 • 190 citations

Phenotypic modulation by Legionella pneumophila upon infection of macrophages

1993 • 170 citations

Association of shower use with Legionnaires' disease. Possible role of amoebae

1990 • 148 citations

Virulence factors of the family Legionellaceae

1992 • 124 citations

Medullary Thymic Epithelium: A Mosaic of Epithelial “Self”?

1998 • 114 citations

The use of differential display‐PCR to isolate and characterize a Legionella pneumophila locus induced during the intracellular infection of macrophages

1996 • 110 citations

Identification of a Gal/GalNAc Lectin in the Protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis as a Potential Receptor for Attachment and Invasion by the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium

1997 • 101 citations

Association of Shower Use With Legionnaires' Disease

1990 • 95 citations

Effects of cytochalasin D and methylamine on intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila in amoebae and human monocyte-like cells

1991 • 91 citations

Identification of Macrophage-Specific Infectivity Loci ( mil ) of Legionella pneumophila That Are Not Required for Infectivity of Protozoa

1998 • 91 citations

Transcriptional regulation of the macrophage‐induced gene (gspA) of Legionella pneumophila and phenotypic characterization of a null mutant

1997 • 90 citations

Characterization of an Axenic Strain of Hartmannella vermiformis Obtained from an Investigation of Nosocomial Legionellosis

1990 • 83 citations

Heterogeneity in the Attachment and Uptake Mechanisms of the Legionnaires’ Disease Bacterium, Legionella pneumophila , by Protozoan Hosts

1998 • 78 citations

Myosin II is involved in capping and uroid formation in the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica

1995 • 74 citations

Protein expression by the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis upon contact with its bacterial parasite Legionella pneumophila

1994 • 74 citations

Induced Expression of the Legionella pneumophila Gene Encoding a 20-Kilodalton Protein during Intracellular Infection

1998 • 65 citations

Interaction of Legionella micdadei with human monocytes

1984 • 62 citations

Cloning and molecular characterization of a Legionella pneumophila gene induced by intracellular infection and by various in vitro stress conditions

1994 • 62 citations

Engulfment of the Philadelphia strain of Legionella pneumophila within pseudopod coils in human phagocytes. Comparison with other Legionella strains and species.

1989 • 61 citations

Different fates ofLegionella pneumophila pmiandmilmutants within macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells

1998 • 60 citations

Identification of the Aspartate-β-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Gene of Legionella pneumophila and Characterization of a Null Mutant

1998 • 59 citations

Engulfment of the Philadelphia strain of Legionella pneumophila within pseudopod coils in human phagocytes

1989 • 49 citations

Identification of Putative Cytoskeletal Protein Homologues in the Protozoan Host Hartmannella vermiformis as Substrates for Induced Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity upon Attachment to the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium, Legionella pneumophila

1998 • 42 citations

The ultrastructural morphologic features of Pittsburgh pneumonia agent.

1980 • 33 citations

Immunological similarity between the 170 kD amoebic adherence glycoprotein and human β2 integrins

1993 • 32 citations

Ingestion of Legionella micdadei inhibits human neutrophil function

1990 • 19 citations