Silvia Bulgheresi

Summary

Affiliation: University of Vienna
Country: Austria

Publications

  1. ncbi A new C-type lectin similar to the human immunoreceptor DC-SIGN mediates symbiont acquisition by a marine nematode
    Silvia Bulgheresi
    Vienna Ecology Centre, Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2950-6. 2006
  2. ncbi Sequence variability of the pattern recognition receptor Mermaid mediates specificity of marine nematode symbioses
    Silvia Bulgheresi
    Department of Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
    ISME J 5:986-98. 2011
  3. ncbi Bacterial symbiosis maintenance in the asexually reproducing and regenerating flatworm Paracatenula galateia
    Ulrich Dirks
    Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    PLoS ONE 7:e34709. 2012
  4. ncbi First detection of thiotrophic symbiont phylotypes in the pelagic marine environment
    Niels R Heindl
    Department of Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 77:223-7. 2011
  5. ncbi A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts
    Monika Bright
    University of Vienna, Department of Marine Biology, Althanstrasse 14, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Nat Rev Microbiol 8:218-30. 2010
  6. ncbi Growth in width and FtsZ ring longitudinal positioning in a gammaproteobacterial symbiont
    Nikolaus Leisch
    University of Vienna, Department of Genetics in Ecology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Curr Biol 22:R831-2. 2012
  7. ncbi Paracatenula, an ancient symbiosis between thiotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms
    Harald Ronald Gruber-Vodicka
    Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:12078-83. 2011
  8. ncbi Human dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing nonintegrin (CD209) is a receptor for Yersinia pestis that promotes phagocytosis by dendritic cells
    Pei Zhang
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
    Infect Immun 76:2070-9. 2008
  9. ncbi C-type lectin Mermaid inhibits dendritic cell mediated HIV-1 transmission to CD4+ T cells
    Alexey A Nabatov
    Department of Molecular Cellular Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center, vd Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Virology 378:323-8. 2008
  10. ncbi Role of N-acetylglucosamine within core lipopolysaccharide of several species of gram-negative bacteria in targeting the DC-SIGN (CD209)
    Pei Zhang
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
    J Immunol 177:4002-11. 2006

Collaborators

  • Ulrich Dirks
  • Alexander Loy
  • Matthias Horn
  • Michael Wagner
  • Tie Chen
  • Monika Bright
  • Olivier Schwartz
  • T B Geijtenbeek
  • Pei Zhang
  • Nikolaus Leisch
  • Niels R Heindl
  • Harald R Gruber-Vodicka
  • Harald Ronald Gruber-Vodicka
  • Alexey A Nabatov
  • Jolanda Verheul
  • Nika Pende
  • Tanneke Den Blaauwen
  • Christian Lott
  • Christian Baranyi
  • Niels Robert Heindl
  • Christoph Bayer
  • Jörg Ott
  • Joerg A Ott
  • Kilian Stoecker
  • Sebastian Lücker
  • Johnny J He
  • Shu-Sheng Zhang
  • B Joseph Hinnebusch
  • Marein A W P de Jong
  • John D Klena
  • Lot de Witte
  • Shu sheng Zhang
  • Mikael Skurnik
  • Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram
  • Kenneth E Sanderson
  • Peter Feng
  • John Klena
  • Johnny He
  • Parastoo Azadi
  • Shusheng Zhang
  • Scott Snyder

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi A new C-type lectin similar to the human immunoreceptor DC-SIGN mediates symbiont acquisition by a marine nematode
    Silvia Bulgheresi
    Vienna Ecology Centre, Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2950-6. 2006
    ..Our results provide a molecular link between bacterial symbionts and host-secreted mucus in a marine symbiosis and suggest conservation in the mechanisms of host-microbe interactions throughout the animal kingdom...
  2. ncbi Sequence variability of the pattern recognition receptor Mermaid mediates specificity of marine nematode symbioses
    Silvia Bulgheresi
    Department of Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
    ISME J 5:986-98. 2011
    ..This is the first report of the functional role of sequence variability in a microbe-associated molecular patterns receptor in a beneficial association...
  3. ncbi Bacterial symbiosis maintenance in the asexually reproducing and regenerating flatworm Paracatenula galateia
    Ulrich Dirks
    Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    PLoS ONE 7:e34709. 2012
    ..This would justify both the codiversification between Paracatenula hosts and their Candidatus Riegeria symbionts, and the slow evolutionary rates observed for several symbiont genes...
  4. ncbi First detection of thiotrophic symbiont phylotypes in the pelagic marine environment
    Niels R Heindl
    Department of Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 77:223-7. 2011
    ..In either case, their existence sheds light on the evolution of beneficial symbioses between shallow water invertebrates and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria...
  5. ncbi A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts
    Monika Bright
    University of Vienna, Department of Marine Biology, Althanstrasse 14, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Nat Rev Microbiol 8:218-30. 2010
    ..We also discuss how the two main transmission modes shape the evolution of the symbiotic partners...
  6. ncbi Growth in width and FtsZ ring longitudinal positioning in a gammaproteobacterial symbiont
    Nikolaus Leisch
    University of Vienna, Department of Genetics in Ecology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Curr Biol 22:R831-2. 2012
    ..Remarkably, the newly described FtsZ ring appears to be not only 90° shifted with respect to model rods, but also elliptical and discontinuous. This reveals an unexpected versatility of the gammaproteobacterial cytokinetic machinery...
  7. ncbi Paracatenula, an ancient symbiosis between thiotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms
    Harald Ronald Gruber-Vodicka
    Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:12078-83. 2011
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  8. ncbi Human dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing nonintegrin (CD209) is a receptor for Yersinia pestis that promotes phagocytosis by dendritic cells
    Pei Zhang
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
    Infect Immun 76:2070-9. 2008
    ..pestis and human DCs can be reduced by a combination treatment with anti-CD209 and anti-CD207 antibodies. This study shows that human DC-SIGN is a receptor for Y. pestis that promotes phagocytosis by DCs in vitro...
  9. ncbi C-type lectin Mermaid inhibits dendritic cell mediated HIV-1 transmission to CD4+ T cells
    Alexey A Nabatov
    Department of Molecular Cellular Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center, vd Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Virology 378:323-8. 2008
    ..The results are important for the anti-HIV-1 microbicide development directed at preventing DC-HIV-1 interactions...
  10. ncbi Role of N-acetylglucosamine within core lipopolysaccharide of several species of gram-negative bacteria in targeting the DC-SIGN (CD209)
    Pei Zhang
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
    J Immunol 177:4002-11. 2006
    ..Our results also imply that DC-SIGN is an innate immune receptor and the interaction of bacterial core LPS and DC-SIGN may represent a primeval interaction between Gram-negative bacteria and host phagocytic cells...