Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa disrupts Caenorhabditis elegans iron homeostasis, causing a hypoxic response and death.
Cell host & microbe - 17 Apr 2013
Kirienko Natalia V, Kirienko Daniel R, Larkins-Ford Jonah, Wählby Carolina, Ruvkun Gary, Ausubel Frederick M
Abstract excerpt
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes serious human infections, but effective treatments and the mechanisms mediating pathogenesis remain elusive. Caenorhabditis elegans shares innate immune pathways with humans, making it invaluable to investigate infection. To determine how P. aeruginosa disrupts host biology, we studied how P. aeruginosa kills C. elegans in a liquid-based pathogenesis model....
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Homeostasis
- Hypoxia
- Iron
- Mutation
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Transcription Factors
- Virulence
- Virulence Factors
