A Second Pilus Type in <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Is Prevalent in Emerging Serotypes and Mediates Adhesion to Host Cells

Fábio Bagnoli, Monica Moschioni, Claudio Donati, +14

Journal of Bacteriology

Pathogenic MicrobiologyMicrobial PathogensSecond Pilus TypeGeneticsBacteriology +18

Protein A-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies and Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus Disease in Mice

Hwan Keun Kim, Carla Emolo, Andrea C. DeDent, +3

Infection and Immunity

Microbial PathogensHumoral ResponseImmunologyStaphylococcus AureusImmunologic Mechanism +15

Coagulases as Determinants of Protective Immune Responses against Staphylococcus aureus

Molly McAdow, Andrea C. DeDent, Carla Emolo, +4

Infection and Immunity

Host ResponseMedical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityVirulence FactorVariable Prothrombin +13

Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

Glen Spraggon, Eric Koesema, Maria Scarselli, +12

PLoS ONE

Rrgb MonomersProtein AssemblyProtein FoldingRepetitive Backbone UnitNatural Sciences +12

Antibodies against a secreted product of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> trigger phagocytic killing

Lena Thomer, Carla Emolo, Vilasack Thammavongsa, +6

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Humoral ResponseImmunologyInnate Immune SystemInnate ImmunityHost Response +18

Staphylococcal Protein A Contributes to Persistent Colonization of Mice with Staphylococcus aureus

Yan Sun, Carla Emolo, Silva Holtfreter, +4

Journal of Bacteriology

The Two Variants of the <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Pilus 1 RrgA Adhesin Retain the Same Function and Elicit Cross-Protection <i>In Vivo</i>

Monica Moschioni, Carla Emolo, Massimiliano Biagini, +11

Infection and Immunity

Microbial PathogensBacteriologyMolecular BiologyBacterial PathogensRrga Adhesin Retain +20

N-Acetylglucosaminylation of Serine-Aspartate Repeat Proteins Promotes Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

Lena Thomer, Samuel H. Becker, Carla Emolo, +8

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Medical MicrobiologyBiochemistryVirulence FactorPathogenesisGlycobiology +6

Structural and Functional Characterization of the Streptococcus pneumoniae RrgB Pilus Backbone D1 Domain

Maria Antonietta Gentile, Sara Melchiorre, Carla Emolo, +12

Journal of Biological Chemistry

A monoclonal antibody that recognizes the E domain of staphylococcal protein A

Hwan Keun Kim, Carla Emolo, Dominique Missiakas, +1

Vaccine

E DomainStaphylococcal ProteinPathogenesisImmunologyImmunodominance +5