Nancy E. Freitag

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Affiliated withCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois College of Medicine

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Intracellular induction of Listeria monocytogenes actA expression. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 11854187	2002
Negative regulation of PrfA, the key activator of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression, is dispensable for bacterial pathogenesis. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 12576585	2003
Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes mutants with high-level in vitro expression of host cytosol-induced gene products. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 12791137	2003
Exploration of host-pathogen interactions using Listeria monocytogenes and Drosophila melanogaster. Cellular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14641175	2003
Evidence implicating the 5' untranslated region of Listeria monocytogenes actA in the regulation of bacterial actin-based motility. Cellular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14706101	2004
Characterization of flagellin expression and its role in Listeria monocytogenes infection and immunity. Cellular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14764107	2004
Deregulation of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression by two distinct and semi-independent pathways. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 14766910	2004
A novel mutation within the central Listeria monocytogenes regulator PrfA that results in constitutive expression of virulence gene products. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15342597	2004
Pleiotropic enhancement of bacterial pathogenesis resulting from the constitutive activation of the Listeria monocytogenes regulatory factor PrfA. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 15784531	2005
How the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes mediates the switch from environmental Dr. Jekyll to pathogenic Mr. Hyde. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 16622185	2006
From hot dogs to host cells: how the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes regulates virulence gene expression. Future microbiology\| PubMed ID: 17661688	2006
Identification of novel Listeria monocytogenes secreted virulence factors following mutational activation of the central virulence regulator, PrfA. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 17938228	2007
Stimulation of enhanced CD8 T cell responses following immunization with a hyper-antigen secreting intracytosolic bacterial pathogen. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)\| PubMed ID: 18292567	2008
Selected prfA* mutations in recombinant attenuated Listeria monocytogenes strains augment expression of foreign immunogens and enhance vaccine-elicited humoral and cellular immune responses. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 18474644	2008
Constitutive Activation of the PrfA regulon enhances the potency of vaccines based on live-attenuated and killed but metabolically active Listeria monocytogenes strains. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 18541651	2008
A novel prfA mutation that promotes Listeria monocytogenes cytosol entry but reduces bacterial spread and cytotoxicity. Microbial pathogenesis\| PubMed ID: 18675335	2008
Functional impact of mutational activation on the Listeria monocytogenes central virulence regulator PrfA. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 18957610	2008
The posttranslocation chaperone PrsA2 contributes to multiple facets of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 19451247	2009
Listeria monocytogenes - from saprophyte to intracellular pathogen. Nature reviews. Microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19648949	2009
Complete transcriptional profile of an environmental pathogen. Future microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19722832	2009
Listeria monocytogenes CtaP is a multifunctional cysteine transport-associated protein required for bacterial pathogenesis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19818015	2009
A bacterial pathogen flips the riboswitch. Cell host & microbe\| PubMed ID: 19917494	2009
The virulence regulator PrfA promotes biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 20511507	2010
Contribution of chitinases to Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. Applied and environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 20817810	2010
Listeria monocytogenes PrsA2 is required for virulence factor secretion and bacterial viability within the host cell cytosol. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 20823208	2010
Constitutive activation of PrfA tilts the balance of Listeria monocytogenes fitness towards life within the host versus environmental survival. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 21151923	2010
Actin polymerization drives septation of Listeria monocytogenes namA hydrolase mutants, demonstrating host correction of a bacterial defect. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 21263016	2011
Evidence for subpopulations of Listeria monocytogenes with enhanced invasion of cardiac cells. Journal of medical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 21266727	2011
Functional analysis of the Listeria monocytogenes secretion chaperone PrsA2 and its multiple contributions to bacterial virulence. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 21545417	2011
A novel C-terminal mutation resulting in constitutive activation of the Listeria monocytogenes central virulence regulatory factor PrfA. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 21835879	2011
Probing the role of protein surface charge in the activation of PrfA, the central regulator of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 21858145	2011
Listeria monocytogenes adapts to long-term stationary phase survival without compromising bacterial virulence. FEMS microbiology letters\| PubMed ID: 22092717	2011
Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes 07PF0776, a cardiotropic serovar 4b strain. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 22689239	2012
Optimizing the balance between host and environmental survival skills: lessons learned from Listeria monocytogenes. Future microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22827306	2012
Smad7 inhibits autocrine expression of TGF-β2 in intestinal epithelial cells in baboon necrotizing enterocolitis. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology\| PubMed ID: 23154975	2013
The Listeria monocytogenes ChiA chitinase enhances virulence through suppression of host innate immunity. mBio\| PubMed ID: 23512964	2013
SHIV Antigen Immunization Alters Patterns of Immune Responses to SHIV/Malaria Coinfection and Protects against Life-Threatening SHIV-Related Malaria. The Journal of infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 23568175	2013
PrfA-like transcription factor gene lmo0753 contributes to L-rhamnose utilization in Listeria monocytogenes strains associated with human food-borne infections. Applied and environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 23835178	2013
γδ T cells exhibit multifunctional and protective memory in intestinal tissues. Immunity\| PubMed ID: 23890071	2013
Roles of a novel Crp/Fnr family transcription factor Lmo0753 in soil survival, biofilm production and surface attachment to fresh produce of Listeria monocytogenes. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24066185	2013
Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor secretion: don't leave the cell without a chaperone. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology\| PubMed ID: 24575392	2014
HMBPP-deficient Listeria mutant immunization alters pulmonary/systemic responses, effector functions, and memory polarization of Vγ2Vδ2 T cells. Journal of leukocyte biology\| PubMed ID: 25114162	2014
Identification of a peptide-pheromone that enhances Listeria monocytogenes escape from host cell vacuoles. PLoS pathogens\| PubMed ID: 25822753	2015