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Identification of Streptococcus aninosus virulence factors

2018/29/B/NZ6/00624

Keywords:

Streptococcus anginosus virulence host-pathogen interactions PMNs

Descriptors:

  • NZ6_4:
  • NZ6_8:

Panel:

NZ6 - Human and animal immunology and infection: immunity, immune disorders, immunotherapy, infectious and invasive diseases, microbiology, transplantology, allergology

Host institution :

Narodowy Instytut Leków

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Izabela Sitkiewicz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 12

Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15

Amount awarded: 3 310 302 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-09-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-09-01

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. The Clinical View on Streptococcus anginosus Group - Opportunistic Pathogens Coming Out of Hiding
    Authors:
    Pilarczyk-Zurek M, Sitkiewicz I, Koziel J.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Microbiology (rok: 2022, tom: 13, strony: 956677), Wydawca: Frontiers Media SA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fmicb.2022.956677 - link to the publication
  2. Virulence factors of Streptococcus anginosus - a molecular perspective
    Authors:
    Aleksandra Kuryłek, Monika Stasiak, Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Microbiology (rok: 2022, tom: 13, strony: 1025136), Wydawca: Frontiers Media SA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fmicb.2022.1025136 - link to the publication
  3. Studies of Streptococcus anginosus Virulence in Dictyostelium discoideum and Galleria mellonella Models
    Authors:
    Joanna Budziaszek, Magdalena Pilarczyk-Zurek, Ewelina Dobosz, Aleksandra Kozinska, Dariusz Nowicki, Katarzyna Obszanska, Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz, Izabela Sitkiewicz, Joanna Koziel
    Academic press:
    Infect Immun. (rok: 2023, tom: 16;91(5):, strony: e0001623.), Wydawca: ASM
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1128/iai.00016-23. - link to the publication
  4. Streptococcus anginosus orchestrates antibacterial potential of NETs facilitating survival of accompanying pathogens
    Authors:
    Magdalena Pilarczyk-Zurek, Joanna Budziaszek, Keerthanaa Nandagopal, Aleksandra Kurylek, Aleksandra Kozinska, Michal Dmowski, Izabela Sitkiewicz, Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz, Joanna Koziel
    Academic press:
    Microbiological Research (rok: 2025, tom: 290, strony: 127959), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.micres.2024.128024 - link to the publication