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Luce Landraud; emmanuel lemichez; Bertrand Picard; Sylvain Brisse; Etienne Carbonnelle; Olivier Clermont; Erick Denamur; E Frapy; Stéphanie Gouriou; Ghislaine Guigon; Françoise Jauréguy; Xavier Nassif
Severity of Escherichia coli bacteraemia is independent of the intrinsic virulence of the strains assessed in a mouse model.
Emmanuelle Bille; Marie-Elisabeth BOUGNOUX; B Dauphin; P Descamps; L Dubreuil; Patrick Berche; Jean-Luc Beretti; N Grall; Olivier Join-Lambert; J Leto; A Lotz; J Meyer; F Mory; Xavier Nassif; S Suarez; Agnès Ferroni
MALDI-TOF MS Andromas strategy for the routine identification of bacteria, mycobacteria, yeasts, Aspergillus spp. and positive blood cultures.
Terry Brissac; Mathieu Coureuil; Guillaume Duménil; Guillain Mikaty; Xavier Nassif
The meningococcal minor pilin PilX is responsible for type IV pilus conformational changes associated with signaling to endothelial cells.

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2013: Luce Landraud; emmanuel lemichez; Bertrand Picard; Sylvain Brisse; Etienne Carbonnelle; Olivier Clermont; Erick Denamur; E Frapy; Stéphanie Gouriou; Ghislaine Guigon; Françoise Jauréguy; Xavier Nassif
Severity of Escherichia coli bacteraemia is independent of the intrinsic virulence of the strains assessed in a mouse model.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2013;19(1):85-90.
2012: Emmanuelle Bille; Marie-Elisabeth BOUGNOUX; B Dauphin; P Descamps; L Dubreuil; Patrick Berche; Jean-Luc Beretti; N Grall; Olivier Join-Lambert; J Leto; A Lotz; J Meyer; F Mory; Xavier Nassif; S Suarez; Agnès Ferroni
MALDI-TOF MS Andromas strategy for the routine identification of bacteria, mycobacteria, yeasts, Aspergillus spp. and positive blood cultures.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2012;18(11):1117-25.
2012: Terry Brissac; Mathieu Coureuil; Guillaume Duménil; Guillain Mikaty; Xavier Nassif
The meningococcal minor pilin PilX is responsible for type IV pilus conformational changes associated with signaling to endothelial cells.
Infection and immunity 2012;80(9):3297-306.
2012: E Farfour; Agnès Ferroni; H Guet-Revillet; Nicole Guiso; E Badell; C Barberis; M Barritault; Patrick Berche; Jean-Luc Beretti; E Bergeron; Emmanuelle Bille; Etienne Carbonnelle; B Dauphin; A-S Le Guern; Alban LE MONNIER; Alexandre Leclercq; Marc Lecuit; H Lécuyer; A Leflèche; J Leto; J Meyer; Xavier Nassif; J Raymond; V Rodriguez-Nava; C Vay; S Vimont; Olivier Join-Lambert
Evaluation of the Andromas matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry system for identification of aerobically growing Gram-positive bacilli.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(8):2702-7.
2012: Kinda Alshawa; Jean-Luc Beretti; Brunhilde Dauphin; Martine Feuilhade; Noura Hassouni; Claire Lacroix; Xavier Nassif; Gilles Quesne; Marie-Elisabeth BOUGNOUX
Successful identification of clinical dermatophyte and Neoscytalidium species by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(7):2277-81.
2012: Nicolas Dupin; Hervé Lecuyer; Agnès Carlotti; Johan Chanal; Mathieu Coureuil; Xavier Nassif; Claire Poyart; Alain Schmitt; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Marie-Cécile Vacher-Lavenu; Philippe C Morand
Chronic meningococcemia cutaneous lesions involve meningococcal perivascular invasion through the remodeling of endothelial barriers.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;54(8):1162-5.
2012: Anne Jamet; Xavier Nassif; Dominique Schneider; Eric Frapy; Patricia Martin
A cell-contact-regulated operon is involved in genetic variability in Neisseria meningitidis.
Research in microbiology 2012;163(3):192-9.
2012: Mathieu Coureuil; Olivier Join-Lambert; Hervé Lécuyer; Stefano Marullo; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Xavier Nassif
Mechanism of meningeal invasion by Neisseria meningitidis.
Virulence 2012;3(2):164-72.
2012: Marlène Guillet; Olivier Join-Lambert; Arnaud Mejean; Xavier Nassif; Gilles Quesne; Marc-Olivier Timsit; Jean-Ralph Zahar; Etienne Carbonnelle; Laure Grandin; Anne Carbonne
Horizontal transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the surgical ward: a rare source of nosocomial wound infection.
American journal of infection control 2012;40(1):71-2.
2011: Julia Chamot-Rooke; Guillain Mikaty; Christian Malosse; Magali Soyer; Audrey Dumont; Joseph Gault; Anne-Flore Imhaus; Patricia Martin; Mikael Trellet; Guilhem Clary; Philippe Chafey; Luc Camoin; Michael Nilges; Xavier Nassif; Guillaume Duménil
Posttranslational modification of pili upon cell contact triggers N. meningitidis dissemination.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2011;331(6018):778-82.
2011: Olivier Join-Lambert; Hélène Coignard; Jean-Philippe jais; Hélène Guet-Revillet; Sylvain Poirée; Sylvie Fraitag; Vincent Jullien; Florence Ribadeau-Dumas; Jacques Thèze; Anne-Sophie Le Guern; Sylvie Behillil; Anne Leflèche; Patrick Berche; Paul Henri Consigny; Olivier Lortholary; Xavier Nassif; Aude Nassif
Efficacy of rifampin-moxifloxacin-metronidazole combination therapy in hidradenitis suppurativa.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) 2011;222(1):49-58.
2010: Mathieu Coureuil; Hervé Lécuyer; Mark G H Scott; Cedric Boularan; hervé enslen; Magali Soyer; Guillain Mikaty; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Xavier Nassif; Stefano Marullo
Meningococcus Hijacks a β2-adrenoceptor/β-Arrestin pathway to cross brain microvasculature endothelium.
Cell 2010;143(7):1149-60.
2010: Aurélie Lotz; Agnès Ferroni; Jean-Luc Beretti; Brunhilde Dauphin; Etienne Carbonnelle; Hélène Guet-Revillet; Nicolas Veziris; Béate Heym; Vincent Jarlier; Jean-Louis Gaillard; Catherine Pierre-Audigier; Eric Frapy; Patrick Berche; Xavier Nassif; Emmanuelle Bille
Rapid identification of mycobacterial whole cells in solid and liquid culture media by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(12):4481-6.
2010: Olivier Join-Lambert; Philippe C Morand; Etienne Carbonnelle; Mathieu Coureuil; Emmanuelle Bille; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Xavier Nassif
Mechanisms of meningeal invasion by a bacterial extracellular pathogen, the example of Neisseria meningitidis.
Progress in neurobiology 2010;91(2):130-9.
2010: Anne Jamet; Clotilde Rousseau; Jean-Benoît Monfort; Xavier Nassif; Patricia Martin
Identification of a novel transcriptional regulator involved in pilC1 regulation in Neisseria meningitidis.
FEMS microbiology letters 2010;304(2):140-7.
2010: emmanuel lemichez; Marc Lecuit; Xavier Nassif; Sandrine Bourdoulous
Breaking the wall: targeting of the endothelium by pathogenic bacteria.
Nature reviews. Microbiology 2010;8(2):93-104.
2009: Xavier Nassif
A revolution in the identification of pathogens in clinical laboratories.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009;49(4):552-3.
2009: Mathieu Coureuil; Guillain Mikaty; Florence Miller; Hervé Lécuyer; Christine Bernard; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Guillaume Duménil; René-Marc Mège; Babette B Weksler; Ignacio Romero; Pierre-Olivier Couraud; Xavier Nassif
Meningococcal type IV pili recruit the polarity complex to cross the brain endothelium.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2009;325(5936):83-7.
2009: Anne Jamet; Clotilde Rousseau; Jean-Benoît Monfort; Eric Frapy; Xavier Nassif; Patricia Martin
A two-component system is required for colonization of host cells by meningococcus.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2009;155(Pt 7):2288-95.
2009: Etienne Carbonnelle; Darryl J Hill; Philippe Morand; Natalie J Griffiths; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Isabel Murillo; Xavier Nassif; Mumtaz Virji
Meningococcal interactions with the host.
Vaccine 2009;27 Suppl 2():B78-89.
2009: Chantal Peigne; Philippe Bidet; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Céline Plainvert; Valérie Barbe; Claudine Médigue; Eric Frapy; Xavier Nassif; Erick Denamur; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
The plasmid of Escherichia coli strain S88 (O45:K1:H7) that causes neonatal meningitis is closely related to avian pathogenic E. coli plasmids and is associated with high-level bacteremia in a neonatal rat meningitis model.
Infection and immunity 2009;77(6):2272-84.
2009: Guillain Mikaty; Magali Soyer; Emilie Mairey; Nelly Henry; Dave Dyer; Katrina T Forest; Philippe Morand; Stéphanie Guadagnini; Marie Christine Prévost; Xavier Nassif; Guillaume Duménil
Extracellular bacterial pathogen induces host cell surface reorganization to resist shear stress.
PLoS pathogens 2009;5(2):e1000314.
2008: Nicolas Degand; Etienne Carbonnelle; Brunhilde Dauphin; Jean-Luc Beretti; Muriel Le Bourgeois; Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus; Christine Segonds; Patrick Berche; Xavier Nassif; Agnès Ferroni
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli isolated from cystic fibrosis patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(10):3361-7.
2008: Emmanuelle Bille; Roisin Ure; Stephen J Gray; Edward B Kaczmarski; Noel D McCarthy; Xavier Nassif; Martin C J Maiden; Colin R Tinsley
Association of a bacteriophage with meningococcal disease in young adults.
PloS one 2008;3(12):e3885.
2007: Tony Le Gall; Olivier Clermont; Stéphanie Gouriou; Bertrand Picard; Xavier Nassif; Erick Denamur; Olivier Tenaillon
Extraintestinal virulence is a coincidental by-product of commensalism in B2 phylogenetic group Escherichia coli strains.
Molecular biology and evolution 2007;24(11):2373-84.
2007: Sophie Helaine; David H Dyer; Xavier Nassif; Vladimir Pelicic; Katrina T Forest
3D structure/function analysis of PilX reveals how minor pilins can modulate the virulence properties of type IV pili.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007;104(40):15888-93.
2007: Julia Chamot-Rooke; Benoit Rousseau; Fanny Lanternier; Guillain Mikaty; Emilie Mairey; Christian Malosse; Guy Bouchoux; Vladimir Pelicic; Luc Camoin; Xavier Nassif; Guillaume Duménil
Alternative Neisseria spp. type IV pilin glycosylation with a glyceramido acetamido trideoxyhexose residue.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007;104(37):14783-8.
2007: Pierre Charles; Arnaud Hot; Phalla Ou; Etienne Carbonnelle; Daniel Sidi; Xavier Nassif; Olivier Lortholary
Propionibacterium acnes endocarditis in an adolescent boy suffering from a congenital cardiopathy.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2007;26(9):856-8.
2007: Françoise Jauréguy; Etienne Carbonnelle; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Christophe Clec'h; P Casassus; Edouard Bingen; Bertrand Picard; Xavier Nassif; Olivier Lortholary
Host and bacterial determinants of initial severity and outcome of Escherichia coli sepsis.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(9):854-62.
2007: Etienne Carbonnelle; Jean-Luc Beretti; Stéphanie Cottyn; Gilles Quesne; Patrick Berche; Xavier Nassif; Agnès Ferroni
Rapid identification of Staphylococci isolated in clinical microbiology laboratories by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(7):2156-61.
2007: Jean-Michel Alonso; Gregory Gilmet; Erwan Muros-Le Rouzic; Xavier Nassif; Stanley A Plotkin; Mary Ramsay; Claire-Anne Siegrist; David S Stephens; Remy Teyssou; Ulrich Vogel
Workshop on vaccine pressure and Neisseria meningitidis, Annecy, France, 9-11 March 2005.
Vaccine 2007;25(21):4125-9.
2007: Philippe Bidet; Arnaud Metais; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Lionel Durand; Marie Dehem; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen; Xavier Nassif; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Detection and identification by PCR of a highly virulent phylogenetic subgroup among extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli B2 strains.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2007;73(7):2373-7.
2007: lionel durant; Arnaud Metais; Coralie Soulama-Mouze; Jean-Marie Genevard; Xavier Nassif; Sonia Escaich
Identification of candidates for a subunit vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(4):1916-25.
2007: Jean-Ralph Zahar; Marc Lecuit; Etienne Carbonnelle; F Ribadeau-Dumas; Xavier Nassif; Olivier Lortholary
Is it time to reconsider initial antibiotic treatment strategies for severe urinary tract infections in Europe?
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(3):219-21.
2006: Irena Linhartova; Marek Basler; Jeffrey Ichikawa; Vladimir Pelicic; Radim Osicka; Stephen Lory; Xavier Nassif; Peter Sebo
Meningococcal adhesion suppresses proapoptotic gene expression and promotes expression of genes supporting early embryonic and cytoprotective signaling of human endothelial cells.
FEMS microbiology letters 2006;263(1):109-18.
2006: Etienne Carbonnelle; Sophie Helaine; Xavier Nassif; Vladimir Pelicic
A systematic genetic analysis in Neisseria meningitidis defines the Pil proteins required for assembly, functionality, stabilization and export of type IV pili.
Molecular microbiology 2006;61(6):1510-22.
2006: Emilie Mairey; Auguste Genovesio; Emmanuel Donnadieu; Christine Bernard; Francis Jaubert; Elisabeth Pinard; Jacques Seylaz; Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin; Xavier Nassif; Guillaume Duménil
Cerebral microcirculation shear stress levels determine Neisseria meningitidis attachment sites along the blood-brain barrier.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2006;203(8):1939-50.
2006: Nicolas Doulet; Emmanuel Donnadieu; Marie-Pierre Laran-Chich; Florence Niedergang; Xavier Nassif; Pierre-Olivier Couraud; Sandrine Bourdoulous
Neisseria meningitidis infection of human endothelial cells interferes with leukocyte transmigration by preventing the formation of endothelial docking structures.
The Journal of cell biology 2006;173(4):627-37.
2006: Colin R Tinsley; Emmanuelle Bille; Xavier Nassif
Bacteriophages and pathogenicity: more than just providing a toxin?
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2006;8(5):1365-71.
2006: Kazutoyo Yasukawa; Patricia Martin; Colin R Tinsley; Xavier Nassif
Pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis is negatively controlled by the pilus-retraction machinery.
Molecular microbiology 2006;59(2):579-89.
2005: Mélanie Lambotin; Isabelle Hoffmann; Marie-Pierre Laran-Chich; Xavier Nassif; Pierre-Olivier Couraud; Sandrine Bourdoulous
Invasion of endothelial cells by Neisseria meningitidis requires cortactin recruitment by a phosphoinositide-3-kinase/Rac1 signalling pathway triggered by the lipo-oligosaccharide.
Journal of cell science 2005;118(Pt 16):3805-16.
2005: Emmanuelle Bille; Jean-Ralph Zahar; Agnes Perrin; Sandrine Morelle; Paula Kriz; Keith Jolley; Martin C J Maiden; Catherine Dervin; Xavier Nassif; Colin R Tinsley
A chromosomally integrated bacteriophage in invasive meningococci.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2005;201(12):1905-13.
2005: Sandrine Morelle; Etienne Carbonnelle; Ivan Matic; Xavier Nassif
Contact with host cells induces a DNA repair system in pathogenic Neisseriae.
Molecular microbiology 2005;55(3):853-61.
2005: Guillaume Duménil; Xavier Nassif
Extracellular bacterial pathogens and small GTPases of the Rho family: an unexpected combination.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology 2005;291():11-28.
2005: Sophie Hélaine; Etienne Carbonnelle; Laure Prouvensier; Jean-Luc Beretti; Xavier Nassif; Vladimir Pelicic
PilX, a pilus-associated protein essential for bacterial aggregation, is a key to pilus-facilitated attachment of Neisseria meningitidis to human cells.
Molecular microbiology 2005;55(1):65-77.
2005: Etienne Carbonnelle; Sophie Hélaine; Laure Prouvensier; Xavier Nassif; Vladimir Pelicic
Type IV pilus biogenesis in Neisseria meningitidis: PilW is involved in a step occurring after pilus assembly, essential for fibre stability and function.
Molecular microbiology 2005;55(1):54-64.
2004: Colin R Tinsley; Romé Voulhoux; Jean-Luc Beretti; Jan Tommassen; Xavier Nassif
Three homologues, including two membrane-bound proteins, of the disulfide oxidoreductase DsbA in Neisseria meningitidis: effects on bacterial growth and biogenesis of functional type IV pili.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(26):27078-87.
2004: Patrice Morand; Emmanuelle Bille; Sandrine Morelle; Emmanuel Eugène; Jean-Luc Beretti; Matthew Wolfgang; Thomas F Meyer; Michael Koomey; Xavier Nassif
Type IV pilus retraction in pathogenic Neisseria is regulated by the PilC proteins.
The EMBO journal 2004;23(9):2009-17.
2004: Kaoutar Moumile; Etienne Carbonnelle; Philippe Dessemme; Daniel Tamisier; Franck Iserin; Véronique Houdouin; Xavier Nassif; Patrick Berche
Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(2):923-4.
2004: Valérie Lefranc Nègre; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Soren Schubert; Philippe Bidet; Xavier Nassif; Edouard Bingen
The siderophore receptor IroN, but not the high-pathogenicity island or the hemin receptor ChuA, contributes to the bacteremic step of Escherichia coli neonatal meningitis.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(2):1216-20.
2003: Joanne E Dove; Kazutoyo Yasukawa; Colin R Tinsley; Xavier Nassif
Production of the signalling molecule, autoinducer-2, by Neisseria meningitidis: lack of evidence for a concerted transcriptional response.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2003;149(Pt 7):1859-69.
2003: Stéphane Bonacorsi; Olivier Clermont; Véronique Houdouin; Christophe CORDEVANT; Naima Brahimi; Armelle Marecat; Colin R Tinsley; Xavier Nassif; Marc Lange; Edouard Bingen
Molecular analysis and experimental virulence of French and North American Escherichia coli neonatal meningitis isolates: identification of a new virulent clone.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;187(12):1895-906.
2003: Sandrine Morelle; Etienne Carbonnelle; Xavier Nassif
The REP2 repeats of the genome of Neisseria meningitidis are associated with genes coordinately regulated during bacterial cell interaction.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(8):2618-27.
2003: Stanislav Forman; Irena Linhartova; Radim Osicka; Xavier Nassif; Peter Sebo; Vladimir Pelicic
Neisseria meningitidis RTX proteins are not required for virulence in infant rats.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(4):2253-7.
2003: Marie-Claude Geoffroy; Stéphanie Floquet; Arnaud Métais; Xavier Nassif; Vladimir Pelicic
Large-scale analysis of the meningococcus genome by gene disruption: resistance to complement-mediated lysis.
Genome research 2003;13(3):391-8.
2002: Agnès Perrin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Etienne Carbonnelle; Driss Talibi; Philippe Dessen; Xavier Nassif; Colin R Tinsley
Comparative genomics identifies the genetic islands that distinguish Neisseria meningitidis, the agent of cerebrospinal meningitis, from other Neisseria species.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(12):7063-72.
2002: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Naima Brahimi; Olivier Clermont; Xavier Nassif; Edouard Bingen
A uropathogenicity island contributes to the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli strains that cause neonatal meningitis.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(10):5865-9.
2002: Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard; Colin R Tinsley; Isabel Scaletsky; Chantal Le Bouguenec; Julie Guignot; Alain L Servin; Xavier Nassif; Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard
Representational difference analysis between Afa/Dr diffusely adhering Escherichia coli and nonpathogenic E. coli K-12.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(10):5503-11.
2002: Xavier Nassif; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Emmanuel Eugène; Pierre-Olivier Couraud
How do extracellular pathogens cross the blood-brain barrier?
Trends in microbiology 2002;10(5):227-32.
2002: Emmanuel Eugène; Isabelle Hoffmann; Céline Pujol; Pierre-Olivier Couraud; Sandrine Bourdoulous; Xavier Nassif
Microvilli-like structures are associated with the internalization of virulent capsulated Neisseria meningitidis into vascular endothelial cells.
Journal of cell science 2002;115(Pt 6):1231-41.
2002: Xavier Nassif
Genomics of Neisseria meningitidis.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2002;291(6-7):419-23.
2002: Colin R Tinsley; Agnès Perrin; Elise Borezée; Xavier Nassif
Neisseria microarrays.
Methods in enzymology 2002;358():188-207.
2001: Isabelle Hoffmann; Emmanuel Eugène; Xavier Nassif; Pierre-Olivier Couraud; Sandrine Bourdoulous
Activation of ErbB2 receptor tyrosine kinase supports invasion of endothelial cells by Neisseria meningitidis.
The Journal of cell biology 2001;155(1):133-43.
2001: Patrice Morand; P Tattevin; E Eugene; Jean-Luc Beretti; Xavier Nassif
The adhesive property of the type IV pilus-associated component PilC1 of pathogenic Neisseria is supported by the conformational structure of the N-terminal part of the molecule.
Molecular microbiology 2001;40(4):846-56.
2001: Colin R Tinsley; Xavier Nassif
Meningococcal pathogenesis: at the boundary between the pre- and post-genomic eras.
Current opinion in microbiology 2001;4(1):47-52.
2000: Vladimir Pelicic; Sandrine Morelle; D Lampe; Xavier Nassif
Mutagenesis of Neisseria meningitidis by in vitro transposition of Himar1 mariner.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(19):5391-8.
2000: Céline Pujol; Emmanuel Eugène; Patrice Morand; Xavier Nassif
Do pathogenic neisseriae need several ways to modify the host cell cytoskeleton?
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2000;2(7):821-7.
2000: Stéphane Bonacorsi; Olivier Clermont; Colin R Tinsley; I Le Gall; J C Beaudoin; Jacques Elion; Xavier Nassif; Edouard Bingen
Identification of regions of the Escherichia coli chromosome specific for neonatal meningitis-associated strains.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(4):2096-101.
2000: S R Klee; Xavier Nassif; Barica Kusecek; P Merker; Jean-Luc Beretti; Mark Achtman; Colin R Tinsley
Molecular and biological analysis of eight genetic islands that distinguish Neisseria meningitidis from the closely related pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(4):2082-95.
1999: A Perrin; Xavier Nassif; Colin R Tinsley
Identification of regions of the chromosome of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae which are specific to the pathogenic Neisseria species.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(11):6119-29.
1999: Xavier Nassif
Interactions between encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis and host cells.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology 1999;2(3):133-6.
1999: Xavier Nassif; Céline Pujol; Patrice Morand; Emmanuel Eugène
Interactions of pathogenic Neisseria with host cells. Is it possible to assemble the puzzle?
Molecular microbiology 1999;32(6):1124-32.
1999: Céline Pujol; Emmanuel Eugène; Michael Marceau; Xavier Nassif
The meningococcal PilT protein is required for induction of intimate attachment to epithelial cells following pilus-mediated adhesion.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(7):4017-22.
1999: Michael Marceau; Xavier Nassif
Role of glycosylation at Ser63 in production of soluble pilin in pathogenic Neisseria.
Journal of bacteriology 1999;181(2):656-61.
1998: Agnès Ferroni; M H Odièvre; Eric Abachin; P Révy; J L Casanova; J M Saudubray; Patrick Berche; Xavier Nassif
[Meningitis due to Bacillus cereus in an infant with Reye syndrome].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 1998;5(10):1103-6.
1998: Xavier Nassif
[Childhood meningitis. Current data on physiopathology].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 1998;27(23):1171-6.
1998: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Patrice Morand; Yannick PEREIRA; Emmanuel Eugène; Dario Giorgini; Mireille Larribe; Xavier Nassif
Pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis: the essential role of cell contact-dependent transcriptional upregulation of the PilC1 protein.
Molecular microbiology 1998;28(6):1153-63.
1998: Michael Marceau; Katrina T Forest; J L Béretti; John A Tainer; Xavier Nassif
Consequences of the loss of O-linked glycosylation of meningococcal type IV pilin on piliation and pilus-mediated adhesion.
Molecular microbiology 1998;27(4):705-15.
1997: Benedicte Pron; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; C Rambaud; J C Fournet; N Pattey; J P Monnet; Martin Musilek; Jean-Luc Beretti; Xavier Nassif
Interaction of Neisseria maningitidis with the components of the blood-brain barrier correlates with an increased expression of PilC.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1997;176(5):1285-92.
1997: Céline Pujol; Emmanuel Eugène; L de Saint Martin; Xavier Nassif
Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with a polarized monolayer of epithelial cells.
Infection and immunity 1997;65(11):4836-42.
1997: Dario Giorgini; Xavier Nassif; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
[Rapid epidemiological characterization of Neisseria meningitidis using polymerization chain reaction from biological samplings].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 1997;26(32):1516-9.
1997: Xavier Nassif; Michael Marceau; Céline Pujol; Benedicte Pron; Jean-Luc Beretti; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Type-4 pili and meningococcal adhesiveness.
Gene 1997;192(1):149-53.
1996: C R Tinsley; Xavier Nassif
Analysis of the genetic differences between Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: two closely related bacteria expressing two different pathogenicities.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(20):11109-14.
1996: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dario Giorgini; Xavier Nassif
The pilA regulatory gene modulates the pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis by controlling the transcription of pilC1.
Molecular microbiology 1996;19(5):1073-84.
1995: Michael Marceau; Jean-Luc Beretti; Xavier Nassif
High adhesiveness of encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis to epithelial cells is associated with the formation of bundles of pili.
Molecular microbiology 1995;17(5):855-63.
1995: Xavier Nassif; Magdalene So
Interaction of pathogenic neisseriae with nonphagocytic cells.
Clinical microbiology reviews 1995;8(3):376-88.
1995: I Stojiljkovic; Vivian Hwa; L de Saint Martin; Peadar Ó Gaora; Xavier Nassif; Fred Heffron; Magdalene So
The Neisseria meningitidis haemoglobin receptor: its role in iron utilization and virulence.
Molecular microbiology 1995;15(3):531-41.
1994: Xavier Nassif; Jean-Luc Beretti; J Lowy; P Stenberg; Peadar Ó Gaora; J Pfeifer; S Normark; Magdalene So
Roles of pilin and PilC in adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1994;91(9):3769-73.
1993: Xavier Nassif; J Lowy; P Stenberg; Peadar Ó Gaora; A Ganji; Magdalene So
Antigenic variation of pilin regulates adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial cells.
Molecular microbiology 1993;8(4):719-25.
1992: Xavier Nassif; John C Mathison; E Wolfson; J A Koziol; Richard J Ulevitch; Magdalene So
Tumour necrosis factor alpha antibody protects against lethal meningococcaemia.
Molecular microbiology 1992;6(5):591-7.
1991: Xavier Nassif; D Puaoi; Magdalene So
Transposition of Tn1545-delta 3 in the pathogenic Neisseriae: a genetic tool for mutagenesis.
Journal of bacteriology 1991;173(7):2147-54.
1991: T Vasselon; Philippe J Sansonetti; Xavier Nassif
Nucleotide sequence of rmpB, a Klebsiella pneumoniae gene that positively controls, colanic biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.
Research in microbiology 1991;142(1):47-54.
1990: R Vazeux; M Cumont; P M Girard; Xavier Nassif; P Trotot; C Marche; L Matthiessen; C Vedrenne; Jacqueline Mikol; D Henin
Severe encephalitis resulting from coinfections with HIV and JC virus.
Neurology 1990;40(6):944-8.
1989: A Brisson-Noël; Brigitte Gicquel; Denise Lecossier; V Lévy-Frébault; Xavier Nassif; Allan J Hance
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis by amplification of mycobacterial DNA in clinical samples.
Lancet 1989;2(8671):1069-71.
1989: Xavier Nassif; N Honoré; T Vasselon; S T Cole; Philippe J Sansonetti
Positive control of colanic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli by rmpA and rmpB, two virulence-plasmid genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Molecular microbiology 1989;3(10):1349-59.