Mario Jacques

Identification of genes involved in biosynthesis of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 O-antigen and biological properties of rough mutants.

Molecular cloning and characterization of the ferric hydroxamate uptake (fhu) operon in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

fhuA of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae encodes a ferrichrome receptor but is not regulated by iron.

Identification, cloning and characterization of rfaE of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1, a gene involved in lipopolysaccharide inner-core biosynthesis.

Characterization of the novel factor paa involved in the early steps of the adhesion mechanism of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli.

Binding of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae to phosphatidylethanolamine.

Identification and preliminary characterization of a 75-kDa hemin- and hemoglobin-binding outer membrane protein of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

Molecular cloning of haemoglobin-binding protein HgbA in the outer membrane of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Surface polysaccharides and iron-uptake systems of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide derived core oligosaccharides of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes 1, 2, 5a and the genome strain 5b.

Isolation of an atypical strain of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 with a truncated lipopolysaccharide outer core and no O-antigen.

Truncation of the lipopolysaccharide outer core affects susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides and virulence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

Identification of a surface protein of Streptococcus suis and evaluation of its immunogenic and protective capacity in pigs.

Haemophilus parasuis invades porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells.

Porcine mannan-binding lectin A binds to Actinobacillus suis and Haemophilus parasuis.

Fhua and HgbA, outer membrane proteins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: their role as virulence determinants.

Transcriptional modulation of some Staphylococcus aureus iron-regulated genes during growth in vitro and in a tissue cage model in vivo.

Transcriptional profiling of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae under iron-restricted conditions.

Outer membrane proteome of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: LC-MS/MS analyses validate in silico predictions.

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae vaccines: from bacterins to new insights into vaccination strategies.

Interactions of Haemophilus parasuis and its LOS with porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells.

Mutation in the LPS outer core biosynthesis gene, galU, affects LPS interaction with the RTX toxins ApxI and ApxII and cytolytic activity of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

Studies on the interactions of Haemophilus parasuis with porcine epithelial tracheal cells: limited role of LOS in apoptosis and pro-inflammatory cytokine release.

Host-pathogen interactions of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae with porcine lung and tracheal epithelial cells.

Microarray-based comparative genomic profiling of reference strains and selected Canadian field isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Modulation of gene expression in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae exposed to bronchoalveolar fluid.

Effects of growth conditions on biofilm formation by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

malT knockout mutation invokes a stringent type gene-expression profile in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in bronchoalveolar fluid.

Transcriptional profiling of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae during the acute phase of a natural infection in pigs.

Investigation of the species origin of the St. Jude Porcine Lung epithelial cell line (SJPL) made available to researchers.

Evaluation of some Staphylococcus aureus iron-regulated proteins as vaccine targets.

Biofilm formation in bacterial pathogens of veterinary importance.

Novel genes associated with biofilm formation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Antimicrobial Susceptibilities and Resistance Genes of Canadian Isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.