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ArticleScientific reports2016

Host Stress Drives Salmonella Recrudescence.

Elin Verbrugghe, Maarten Dhaenens, Bregje Leyman, Filip Boyen, Neil Shearer, Alexander Van Parys, Roel Haesendonck, Wim Bert, Herman Favoreel, Dieter Deforce and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elin VerbruggheDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Maarten DhaenensLaboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Bregje LeymanDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Filip BoyenDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Neil ShearerGut Health and Food Safety Programme, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom.
Alexander Van ParysDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Roel HaesendonckDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Wim BertDepartment of Biology, Nematology Research Unit, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Herman FavoreelDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Dieter DeforceLaboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Arthur ThompsonGut Health and Food Safety Programme, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom.
Freddy HaesebrouckDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Frank PasmansDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ghent University · BENorwich Research Park · GBQuadram Institute · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Host stress is well known to result in flare-ups of many bacterial, viral and parasitic infections. The mechanism by which host stress is exploited to increase pathogen loads, is poorly understood. Here we show that Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium employs a dedicated mechanism, driven by the scsA gene, to respond to the host stress hormone cortisol. Through this mechanism, cortisol increases Salmonella proliferation inside macrophages, resulting in increased intestinal infection loads in DBA/2J mice. ScsA directs overall Salmonella virulence gene expression under conditions that mimic the intramacrophagic environment of Salmonella, and stimulates the host cytoskeletal alterations that are required for increased Salmonella proliferation inside cortisol exposed macrophages. We thus provide evidence that in a stressed host, the complex interplay between a pathogen and its host endocrine and innate immune system increases intestinal pathogen loads to facilitate pathogen dispersal.

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AnimalsCell LineGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHydrocortisoneMacrophages, AlveolarMiceSalmonella InfectionsSalmonella typhimuriumStress, PhysiologicalSwineVirulence FactorsHydrocortisoneVirulence Factors

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PMID26857846
PMCPMC4746619
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