Advances in Surface and Secreted Proteins in Gram-Positive Pathogens
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 161
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bacteria and cancer; host-pathogen interactions; immune evasion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gram-positive pathogens pose a significant threat to public health. Gaining insight into the complex mechanisms through which these pathogens engage with hosts is crucial to the development of effective therapeutic strategies and the success of efforts to combat the rise of antibiotic resistance.
Surface and secreted proteins play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Gram-positive pathogens, actively engaging with the host environment to promote bacterial survival, dissemination, and virulence. Moreover, these factors hold great promise as vaccine candidates and prospective targets for clinical intervention.
This call-for-manuscripts aims to highlight recent advances in the study of surface and secreted proteins of Gram-positive pathogens, emphasizing their role in pathogenesis and virulence. We encourage submissions that explore various aspects of this topic, including but not limited to:
- Surface and secreted proteins that contribute to pathogen colonization, dissemination, transmission, and virulence.
- Molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between surface/secreted proteins and their host targets.
- The impact of surface and secreted proteins on host responses and their mechanism of action, including the modulation of immune and non-immune cell behavior, tissue homeostasis, the complement system, coagulation, and hemostasis.
- Investigations into the impact of genetic heterogeneity at the inter- and intra-species level on the surface and secreted proteins on the virulence potential of gram-positive pathogens.
We welcome both experimental and computational studies, as well as review and perspective articles, that provide valuable insights into the most recent advances in this important topic area.
Dr. Yi Xu
Dr. Srishtee Arora
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbiology
- immune response
- epidemiology
- gram-positive pathogen
- secretion
- surface protein
- pathogenesis
- virulence
- pathogen-host interaction
