Martin Aepfelbacher

Cytotoxic necrotizing factor-Y boosts Yersinia effector translocation by activating Rac protein.

Adhesion, cytoskeletal architecture and activation status of primary human macrophages on a diamond-like carbon coated surface.

The acidic regions of WASp and N-WASP can synergize with CDC42Hs and Rac1 to induce filopodia and lamellipodia.

Clonal association of Staphylococcus aureus causing bullous impetigo and the emergence of new methicillin-resistant clonal groups in Kansai district in Japan.

Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus etd pathogenicity island which encodes a novel exfoliative toxin, ETD, and EDIN-B.

Yersinia V-antigen exploits toll-like receptor 2 and CD14 for interleukin 10-mediated immunosuppression.

Local force induced conical protrusions of phagocytic cells.

Molecular basis for invasive and immune modulating functions of pathogenic Yersinia spp.

Macrophages of patients with X-linked thrombocytopenia display an attenuated Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome phenotype.

Rho-GTP binding proteins in Yersinia target cell interaction.

Mechanisms of Yersinia enterocolitica evasion of the host innate immune response by V antigen.

Characterization of YopT effects on Rho GTPases in Yersinia enterocolitica-infected cells.

Podosomes: adhesion hot-spots of invasive cells.

Analysis of chaperone-dependent Yop secretion/translocation and effector function using a mini-virulence plasmid of Yersinia enterocolitica.

Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 of Escherichia coli stimulates Rho/Rho-kinase-dependent myosin light-chain phosphorylation without inactivating myosin light-chain phosphatase in endothelial cells.

Activation of NF-kappaB and IL-8 by Yersinia enterocolitica invasin protein is conferred by engagement of Rac1 and MAP kinase cascades.

Microviscoelasticity of the apical cell surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) within confluent monolayers.

Detection and genotyping of SHV beta-lactamase variants by mass spectrometry after base-specific cleavage of in vitro-generated RNA transcripts.

The kinesin KIF1C and microtubule plus ends regulate podosome dynamics in macrophages.

Live cell imaging of phagosome maturation in Staphylococcus aureus infected human endothelial cells: small colony variants are able to survive in lysosomes.

The proteasome pathway destabilizes Yersinia outer protein E and represses its antihost cell activities.

Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin binding protein-A induces motile attachment sites and complex actin remodeling in living endothelial cells.

Yersinia protein kinase YopO is activated by a novel G-actin binding process.

Lactobacillus fermentum attenuates the proinflammatory effect of Yersinia enterocolitica on human epithelial cells.

Serogroup-related escape of Yersinia enterocolitica YopE from degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

Effector functions of pathogenic Yersinia species.

Regulation of epidermal tight-junctions (TJ) during infection with exfoliative toxin-negative Staphylococcus strains.

Prevalence of human gammaretrovirus XMRV in sporadic prostate cancer.

Alteration of the parasite plasma membrane and the parasitophorous vacuole membrane during exo-erythrocytic development of malaria parasites.

GFP-targeting allows visualization of the apicoplast throughout the life cycle of live malaria parasites.

Yersinia enterocolitica differentially modulates RhoG activity in host cells.

Beta1 integrin-dependent engulfment of Yersinia enterocolitica by macrophages is coupled to the activation of autophagy and suppressed by type III protein secretion.

Epidemiology, variable genetic organization and regulation of the EDIN-B toxin in Staphylococcus aureus from bacteraemic patients.

The giant extracellular matrix-binding protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis mediates biofilm accumulation and attachment to fibronectin.

Host range and cellular tropism of the human exogenous gammaretrovirus XMRV.

Rapid identification of bacteria from positive blood culture bottles by use of matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry fingerprinting.

Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related gammaretrovirus in respiratory tract.

Diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection after allogeneic stem cell transplant can be difficult and requires intensive scrutiny.

MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting allows for discrimination of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages.

Yersinia virulence factor YopM induces sustained RSK activation by interfering with dephosphorylation.

Destabilization of YopE by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway fine-tunes Yop delivery into host cells and facilitates systemic spread of Yersinia enterocolitica in host lymphoid tissue.

Activity modulation of the bacterial Rho GAP YopE: an inspiration for the investigation of mammalian Rho GAPs.

CMY-42, a novel plasmid-mediated CMY-2 variant AmpC beta-lactamase.

Staphylococcus epidermidis uses distinct mechanisms of biofilm formation to interfere with phagocytosis and activation of mouse macrophage-like cells 774A.1.

Open-source genomic analysis of Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4.

Organelle segregation into Plasmodium liver stage merozoites.

Emergence of carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacteria in Hamburg, Germany.

Duration of fecal shedding of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 in patients infected during the 2011 outbreak in Germany: a multicenter study.

A culture-independent sequence-based metagenomics approach to the investigation of an outbreak of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O104:H4.

Cell death triggered by Yersinia enterocolitica identifies processing of the proinflammatory signal adapter MyD88 as a general event in the execution of apoptosis.

Prevalence and genotypes of extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from human stool and chicken meat in Hamburg, Germany.

Rapid metagenomic diagnostics for suspected outbreak of severe pneumonia.

Rapid MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry strain typing during a large outbreak of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli.

A role for exocyst in maturation and bactericidal function of staphylococci-containing endothelial cell phagosomes.

Evaluation of Unbiased Next-Generation Sequencing of RNA (RNA-seq) as a Diagnostic Method in Influenza Virus-Positive Respiratory Samples.