Pascale Cossart

Molecular and cellular basis of the infection by Listeria monocytogenes: an overview.

Distinct protein patterns associated with Listeria monocytogenes InlA- or InlB-phagosomes.

Listeriolysin O: a genuine cytolysin optimized for an intracellular parasite.

Inactivation of the srtA gene in Listeria monocytogenes inhibits anchoring of surface proteins and affects virulence.

Surface proteins and the pathogenic potential of Listeria monocytogenes.

InlB, a surface protein of Listeria monocytogenes that behaves as an invasin and a growth factor.

Listeria monocytogenes bile salt hydrolase is a PrfA-regulated virulence factor involved in the intestinal and hepatic phases of listeriosis.

An RNA thermosensor controls expression of virulence genes in Listeria monocytogenes.

GW domains of the Listeria monocytogenes invasion protein InlB are SH3-like and mediate binding to host ligands.

Genetically-modified-animal models for human infections: the Listeria paradigm.

Invasion of mammalian cells by Listeria monocytogenes: functional mimicry to subvert cellular functions.

Transcriptome analysis of Listeria monocytogenes identifies three groups of genes differently regulated by PrfA.

Comparison of the genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua: clues for evolution and pathogenicity.

Listeriolysin O-mediated calcium influx potentiates entry of Listeria monocytogenes into the human Hep-2 epithelial cell line.

Identification of Listeria monocytogenes genes involved in salt and alkaline-pH tolerance.

RNA-mediated control of virulence gene expression in bacterial pathogens.

Identification and characterization of a phospholipase D-superfamily gene in rickettsiae.

New aspects regarding evolution and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes revealed by comparative genomics and DNA arrays.

The RickA protein of Rickettsia conorii activates the Arp2/3 complex.

Auto, a surface associated autolysin of Listeria monocytogenes required for entry into eukaryotic cells and virulence.

Characterization of the calcium-binding sites of Listeria monocytogenes InlB.

Sortase B, a new class of sortase in Listeria monocytogenes.

Bacterial invasion: a new strategy to dominate cytoskeleton plasticity.

Exploitation of host cell cytoskeleton and signalling during Listeria monocytogenes entry into mammalian cells.

Targeting and crossing of the human maternofetal barrier by Listeria monocytogenes: role of internalin interaction with trophoblast E-cadherin.

Bacterial invasion: the paradigms of enteroinvasive pathogens.

Unconventional myosin VIIa and vezatin, two proteins crucial for Listeria entry into epithelial cells.

A molecular marker for evaluating the pathogenic potential of foodborne Listeria monocytogenes.

Sequence and binding activity of the autolysin-adhesin Ami from epidemic Listeria monocytogenes 4b.

Exploitation of host cell cytoskeleton and signalling during Listeria monocytogenes entry into mammalian cells.

Role of lipid rafts in E-cadherin-- and HGF-R/Met--mediated entry of Listeria monocytogenes into host cells.

Early signaling events involved in the entry of Rickettsia conorii into mammalian cells.

Molecular determinants of Listeria monocytogenes virulence.

Subversion of phosphoinositide metabolism by intracellular bacterial pathogens.

Analysis of the Listeria cell wall proteome by two-dimensional nanoliquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.

[Molecular basis of Listeria monocytogenes fetoplacental tropism].

Ubiquitination of intracellular bacteria: a new bacteria-sensing system?

Host-pathogen interactions: a diversity of themes, a variety of molecular machines.

Actin-based motility of intracellular pathogens.

WASP-related proteins, Abi1 and Ena/VASP are required for Listeria invasion induced by the Met receptor.

Translation elongation factor EF-Tu is a target for Stp, a serine-threonine phosphatase involved in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Internalin-expressing Lactococcus lactis is able to invade small intestine of guinea pigs and deliver DNA into mammalian epithelial cells.

Gp96 is a receptor for a novel Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor, Vip, a surface protein.

Listeria monocytogenes ferritin protects against multiple stresses and is required for virulence.

VirR, a response regulator critical for Listeria monocytogenes virulence.

Microbial strategies to target, cross or disrupt epithelia.

Listeria hijacks the clathrin-dependent endocytic machinery to invade mammalian cells.

LPXTG protein InlJ, a newly identified internalin involved in Listeria monocytogenes virulence.

ARHGAP10 is necessary for alpha-catenin recruitment at adherens junctions and for Listeria invasion.

Identification of substrates of the Listeria monocytogenes sortases A and B by a non-gel proteomic analysis.

Ku70, a component of DNA-dependent protein kinase, is a mammalian receptor for Rickettsia conorii.

Subversion of cellular functions by Listeria monocytogenes.

How seryl-phosphorylated HPr inhibits PrfA, a transcription activator of Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes.

Species specificity of the Listeria monocytogenes InlB protein.

Bacterial adhesion and entry into host cells.

Bacterial entry into cells: a role for the endocytic machinery.

Listeria monocytogenes: a multifaceted model.

Control of Listeria superoxide dismutase by phosphorylation.

The role of clathrin-dependent endocytosis in bacterial internalization.

An important step in listeria lipoprotein research.

A FRET analysis to unravel the role of cholesterol in Rac1 and PI 3-kinase activation in the InlB/Met signalling pathway.

A critical role for peptidoglycan N-deacetylation in Listeria evasion from the host innate immune system.

Identification of new noncoding RNAs in Listeria monocytogenes and prediction of mRNA targets.

Small noncoding RNAs controlling pathogenesis.

Functional genomic studies of the intestinal response to a foodborne enteropathogen in a humanized gnotobiotic mouse model.

Pathogenomics of Listeria spp.

Listeria monocytogenes surface proteins: from genome predictions to function.

Type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases promote Listeria monocytogenes entry into target cells.

Listeria monocytogenes evades killing by autophagy during colonization of host cells.

Listeriology (1926-2007): the rise of a model pathogen.

Src, cortactin and Arp2/3 complex are required for E-cadherin-mediated internalization of Listeria into cells.

Listeria InlB takes a different route to met.

Histone modifications induced by a family of bacterial toxins.

Molecular mechanisms exploited by Listeria monocytogenes during host cell invasion.

Invasive and adherent bacterial pathogens co-Opt host clathrin for infection.

The Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor InlJ is specifically expressed in vivo and behaves as an adhesin.

Listeria monocytogenes internalins bind to the human intestinal mucin MUC2.

Crystal structure and standardized geometric analysis of InlJ, a listerial virulence factor and leucine-rich repeat protein with a novel cysteine ladder.

Listeria comet tails: the actin-based motility machinery at work.

Successive post-translational modifications of E-cadherin are required for InlA-mediated internalization of Listeria monocytogenes.

Histone modifications and chromatin remodeling during bacterial infections.

The actin propulsive machinery: the proteome of Listeria monocytogenes tails.

Animal models of Listeria infection.

Listeria monocytogenes, a unique model in infection biology: an overview.

Conjugated action of two species-specific invasion proteins for fetoplacental listeriosis.

Septins regulate bacterial entry into host cells.

Listeria monocytogenes internalin and E-cadherin: from structure to pathogenesis.

Septin 11 restricts InlB-mediated invasion by Listeria.

HadA is an atypical new multifunctional trimeric coiled-coil adhesin of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius, which promotes entry into host cells.

Cytoskeleton rearrangements during Listeria infection: clathrin and septins as new players in the game.

Candida albicans internalization by host cells is mediated by a clathrin-dependent mechanism.

Modeling human listeriosis in natural and genetically engineered animals.

The Listeria transcriptional landscape from saprophytism to virulence.

In vivo transcriptional profiling of Listeria monocytogenes and mutagenesis identify new virulence factors involved in infection.

From pathogenesis to cell biology and back.

Real-time observation of listeria monocytogenes-phagocyte interactions in living zebrafish larvae.

Listeria monocytogenes membrane trafficking and lifestyle: the exception or the rule?

Human BAHD1 promotes heterochromatic gene silencing.

Tetraspanin CD81 is required for Listeria monocytogenes invasion.

A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes.

Prokaryotic transcriptomics: a new view on regulation, physiology and pathogenicity.

[French biological research: the excellence is there, and the next generation ready to take over].

The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: an emerging model in prokaryotic transcriptomics.

Listeria monocytogenes internalin and E-cadherin: from bench to bedside.

The stress-induced virulence protein InlH controls interleukin-6 production during murine listeriosis.

Single-cell techniques using chromosomally tagged fluorescent bacteria to study Listeria monocytogenes infection processes.

Listeria monocytogenes impairs SUMOylation for efficient infection.

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis: what works for small, also works for big.

Post-translational modifications in host cells during bacterial infection.

[Listeria battles with SUMO].

Role for CD2AP and other endocytosis-associated proteins in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli pedestal formation.

Manipulation of host membrane machinery by bacterial pathogens.

LapB, a novel Listeria monocytogenes LPXTG surface adhesin, required for entry into eukaryotic cells and virulence.

CD44-independent activation of the Met signaling pathway by HGF and InlB.

The Listeria monocytogenes InlC protein interferes with innate immune responses by targeting the I{kappa}B kinase subunit IKK{alpha}.

Entrapment of intracytosolic bacteria by septin cage-like structures.

Pathogen-mediated posttranslational modifications: A re-emerging field.

SUMOylation and bacterial pathogens.

Appraising the roles of CBLL1 and the ubiquitin/proteasome system for flavivirus entry and replication.

A bacterial protein targets the BAHD1 chromatin complex to stimulate type III interferon response.

Escherichia coli producing CNF1 toxin hijacks Tollip to trigger Rac1-dependent cell invasion.

Listeria monocytogenes transiently alters mitochondrial dynamics during infection.

Cell biology and immunology of Listeria monocytogenes infections: novel insights.

Pascale Cossart: the ins and outs of Listeria. Interview by Caitlin Sedwick.

LipA, a tyrosine and lipid phosphatase involved in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Autophagy and the cytoskeleton: new links revealed by intracellular pathogens.

K+ efflux is required for histone H3 dephosphorylation by Listeria monocytogenes listeriolysin O and other pore-forming toxins.

A role for septins in the interaction between the Listeria monocytogenes INVASION PROTEIN InlB and the Met receptor.

p62 and NDP52 proteins target intracytosolic Shigella and Listeria to different autophagy pathways.

Identity, regulation and in vivo function of gut NKp46+RORγt+ and NKp46+RORγt- lymphoid cells.

Regulated shift from helical to polar localization of Listeria monocytogenes cell wall-anchored proteins.

Septins as key regulators of actin based processes in bacterial infection.

Recruitment of the major vault protein by InlK: a Listeria monocytogenes strategy to avoid autophagy.

The rickettsia surface cell antigen 4 applies mimicry to bind to and activate vinculin.

OatA, a peptidoglycan O-acetyltransferase involved in Listeria monocytogenes immune escape, is critical for virulence.

Transcytosis of Listeria monocytogenes across the intestinal barrier upon specific targeting of goblet cell accessible E-cadherin.

Listeria infection modulates mitochondrial dynamics.

Impenetrable barriers or entry portals? The role of cell-cell adhesion during infection.

Clathrin phosphorylation is required for actin recruitment at sites of bacterial adhesion and internalization.

Listeria and autophagy escape: involvement of InlK, an internalin-like protein.

Illuminating the landscape of host-pathogen interactions with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

Salmonella enteritidis Rck-mediated invasion requires activation of Rac1, which is dependent on the class I PI 3-kinases-Akt signaling pathway.

Virulence factors that modulate the cell biology of Listeria infection and the host response.

Bacteria tune interferon responses by playing with chromatin.

When bacteria target the nucleus: the emerging family of nucleomodulins.

Septins: the fourth component of the cytoskeleton.

A new view to intracellular pathogens and host responses in the South of Spain.

The non-coding RNA world of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.

Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphatase oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe protein (OCRL) controls actin dynamics during early steps of Listeria monocytogenes infection.

Nexilin is a dynamic component of Listeria monocytogenes and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli actin-rich structures.

Phospholipase A2IVα regulates phagocytosis independent of its enzymatic activity.

Both TLR2 and TRIF contribute to interferon-β production during Listeria infection.

Bacterial autophagy: restriction or promotion of bacterial replication?

Comparative transcriptomics of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Listeria species.

Listeriolysin O: the Swiss army knife of Listeria.

Adherens junctions and pathogen entry.

Activation of type III interferon genes by pathogenic bacteria in infected epithelial cells and mouse placenta.

The timing of IFNβ production affects early innate responses to Listeria monocytogenes and determines the overall outcome of lethal infection.

The New Microbiology: a conference at the Institut de France.

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy.

A common clathrin-mediated machinery co-ordinates cell-cell adhesion and bacterial internalization.

Role for telomerase in Listeria monocytogenes infection.

Impact of lactobacilli on orally acquired listeriosis.

Entry of Listeria monocytogenes in mammalian epithelial cells: an updated view.

Selective autophagy degrades DICER and AGO2 and regulates miRNA activity.

Epigenetics and bacterial infections.

The excludon: a new concept in bacterial antisense RNA-mediated gene regulation.

Extraction of cell wall-bound teichoic acids and surface proteins from Listeria monocytogenes.

ActA promotes Listeria monocytogenes aggregation, intestinal colonization and carriage.

Reply to Million et al.: Lactobacilli and listeriosis.

Septins 2, 7 and 9 and MAP4 colocalize along the axoneme in the primary cilium and control ciliary length.

Occurrence of mutations impairing sigma factor B (SigB) function upon inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes genes encoding surface proteins.

A riboswitch-regulated antisense RNA in Listeria monocytogenes.

A role for SIRT2-dependent histone H3K18 deacetylation in bacterial infection.

Structure of Internalin InlK from the Human Pathogen Listeriamonocytogenes.

The Zebrafish as a New Model for the In Vivo Study of Shigella flexneri Interaction with Phagocytes and Bacterial Autophagy.

Atypical mitochondrial fission upon bacterial infection.