Francesca Oriente

Factor H-Binding Protein Is Important for Meningococcal Survival in Human Whole Blood and Serum and in the Presence of the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

Kate L. Seib, Davide Serruto, Francesca Oriente et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2008 · 106 citations · Full text

Immunology, Innate Immunity, Immune System +19

The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Involved in Stress Response and Virulence in <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> and Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Protein Expression

Laura Fantappiè, Matteo M. E. Metruccio, Kate L. Seib et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2009 · 95 citations · Full text

The membrane expression of <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> adhesin A (NadA) increases the proimmune effects of <i>MenB</i> OMVs on human macrophages, compared with NadA– OMVs, without further stimulating their proinflammatory activity on circulating monocytes

Regina Tavano, Susanna Franzoso, Paola Cecchini et al. · Journal of Leukocyte Biology · 2009 · 54 citations

A novel Hfq‐dependent sRNA that is under FNR control and is synthesized in oxygen limitation in <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i>

Laura Fantappiè, Francesca Oriente, Alessandro Muzzi et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2011 · 38 citations · Full text

Biology, Transcriptional Regulation, Small Non-coding Rnas +15

Expression of Factor H Binding Protein of Meningococcus Responds to Oxygen Limitation through a Dedicated FNR-Regulated Promoter

Francesca Oriente, Vincenzo Scarlato, Isabel Delany · Journal of Bacteriology · 2009 · 37 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Bacteriology, Immunology +19