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ArticleBMC genomics2019

Association of Salmonella virulence factor alleles with intestinal and invasive serovars.

Alexey V Rakov, Emilio Mastriani, Shu-Lin Liu, Dieter M Schifferli

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Article in BMC genomics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Alexey V RakovDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Emilio MastrianiSystemomics Center, College of Pharmacy, Genomics Research Center, State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Shu-Lin LiuSystemomics Center, College of Pharmacy, Genomics Research Center, State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Dieter M SchifferliDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. dmschiff@vet.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-2969
Harbin Medical University · CNResearch Institute of Medical Climatology and Rehabilitation · RUUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Genetic determinants of systemic host-adapted SalmonellaR21AI117135 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHIFFERLI, DIETER M. · 2016 to 2017
$442k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI117135NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI117135PennVet Center for Host-Microbial Interactions -USDA-NIFA 2013-67015-21285Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe role of Salmonella virulence factor (VF) allelic variation in modulating pathogenesis or host specificity has only been demonstrated in a few cases, mostly through serendipitous findings. Virulence factor (VF) alleles from Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica genomes were compared to identify potential associations with the host-adapted invasive serovars Typhi, Dublin, Choleraesuis, and Gallinarum, and with the broad host-range intestinal serovars Typhimurium, Enteritidis, and Newport.

resultsThrough a bioinformatics analysis of 500 Salmonella genomes, we have identified allelic variants of 70 VFs, many of which are associated with either one of the four host-adapted invasive Salmonella serovars or one of the three broad host-range intestinal serovars. In addition, associations between specific VF alleles and intra-serovar clusters, sequence types (STs) and/or host-adapted FimH adhesins were identified. Moreover, new allelic VF associations with non-typhoidal S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium (NTS) or invasive NTS (iNTS) were detected.

conclusionsBy analogy to the previously shown association of specific FimH adhesin alleles with optimal binding by host adapted Salmonella serovars, lineages or strains, we predict that some of the identified association of other VF alleles with host-adapted serovars, lineages or strains will reflect specific contributions to host adaptation and/or pathogenesis. The identification of these allelic associations will support investigations of the biological impact of VF alleles and better characterize the role of allelic variation in Salmonella pathogenesis. Most relevant functional experiments will test the potential causal contribution of the detected FimH-associated VF variants in host adapted virulence.

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Adhesins, BacterialAllelesGenes, BacterialIntestinesSalmonella entericaVirulence FactorsAdhesins, BacterialVirulence Factorsallelic variationFimHhost adaptationiNTSSalmonella entericaSTsvirulence factors

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