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Antje Flieger

Researcher at Robert Koch Institute

Publications -  129
Citations -  3561

Antje Flieger is an academic researcher from Robert Koch Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Legionella pneumophila & Outbreak. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 118 publications receiving 2974 citations. Previous affiliations of Antje Flieger include University of Würzburg & University of Tübingen.

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Bacterial Sphingomyelinases and Phospholipases as Virulence Factors

TL;DR: The identification of sphingomyelinases and phospholipases important for bacterial pathogenesis and the development of inhibitors for these enzymes could generate candidate vaccines and therapeutic agents, which will diminish the impacts of the associated human and animal diseases.
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NAIP and Ipaf Control Legionella pneumophila Replication in Human Cells

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that flagellin-deficient L. pneumophila replicate more efficiently in human THP-1 macrophage, primary monocyte-derived macrophages, and alveolar macrophaging, and in A549 lung epithelial cells compared with wild-type bacteria.
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Legionella pneumophila Induces IFNβ in Lung Epithelial Cells via IPS-1 and IRF3, Which Also Control Bacterial Replication

TL;DR: A critical role of IPS-1, IRF3, and IFNβ in Legionella infection of lung epithelium is demonstrated and bacterial multiplication assays in small interfering RNA-treated cells indicated that IPS- 1, IRFs 3, andIFNβ were essential for the control of intracellular replication of L. pneumophila in lung epithelial cells.
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Patatin-like proteins: a new family of lipolytic enzymes present in bacteria?

TL;DR: ExoU, a type III secreted cytotoxin and virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with lipase as well as phospholipase A activity, contains defined regions of protein homology to potato patatin B2 and cPLA2 with a putative catalytic Ser-Asp dyad.
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Update: Multinational listeriosis outbreak due to ‘Quargel’, a sour milk curd cheese, caused by two different L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2a strains, 2009-2010

TL;DR: A second strain of L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2a (clone 2) spread by this product could be linked to further 13 cases in Austria (two fatal), six in Germany (one fatal) and one case in the Czech Republic, with onset of disease from December 2009 to end of February 2010.