Nancy E. Freitag - Publications

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Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States 
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Microbiology Biology

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2023 Vaval Taylor DM, Xayarath B, Freitag NE. Two Permeases Associated with the Multifunctional CtaP Cysteine Transport System in Listeria monocytogenes Play Distinct Roles in Pathogenesis. Microbiology Spectrum. 11: e0331722. PMID 37199604 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03317-22  0.394
2022 Abdelhamed H, Ramachandran R, Narayanan L, Islam S, Ozan O, Freitag N, Lawrence ML. Role of FruR transcriptional regulator in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes and identification of its regulon. Plos One. 17: e0274005. PMID 36054213 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274005  0.492
2022 Cahoon LA, Alejandro-Navarreto X, Gururaja AN, Light SH, Alonzo F, Anderson WF, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 35943959 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14967  0.444
2021 Mains DR, Eallonardo SJ, Freitag NE. Identification of genes contributing to oxidative stress resistance under conditions relevant to host infection. Infection and Immunity. PMID 33495274 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00700-20  0.461
2020 Lamond NM, McMullen PD, Paramasvaran D, Visvahabrathy L, Eallanardo SJ, Maheswhari A, Freitag NE. Cardiotropic isolates of with enhanced vertical transmission dependent upon the bacterial surface protein InlB. Infection and Immunity. PMID 33139387 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00321-20  0.31
2019 Johansson J, Freitag NE. Regulation of Virulence. Microbiology Spectrum. 7. PMID 31441398 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.GPP3-0064-2019  0.331
2019 Farizano JV, Masías E, Hsu FF, Salomón RA, Freitag NE, Hebert EM, Minahk C, Saavedra L. PrfA activation in Listeria monocytogenes increases the sensitivity to class IIa bacteriocins despite impaired expression of the bacteriocin receptor. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. General Subjects. PMID 31059750 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.04.021  0.463
2019 Gayle P, Freitag NE, Strbo N, Schesser K. Using a Bacterial Pathogen to Probe for Cellular and Organismic-level Host Responses. Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove. PMID 30855571 DOI: 10.3791/58775  0.351
2017 Cheng C, Jiang L, Ma T, Wang H, Han X, Sun J, Yang Y, Chen Z, Yu H, Hang Y, Liu F, Wang B, Fang W, Huang H, Fang C, ... ... Freitag N, et al. Carboxyl-Terminal Residues N478 and V479 Required for the Cytolytic Activity of Listeriolysin O Play a Critical Role in Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenicity. Frontiers in Immunology. 8: 1439. PMID 29163512 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01439  0.389
2017 Cheng C, Dong Z, Han X, Wang H, Jiang L, Sun J, Yang Y, Ma T, Shao C, Wang X, Chen Z, Fang W, Freitag NE, Huang H, Song H. Thioredoxin A Is Essential for Motility and Contributes to Host Infection of Listeria monocytogenes via Redox Interactions. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7: 287. PMID 28702378 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00287  0.606
2017 Pattabiraman G, Palasiewicz K, Visvabharathy L, Freitag NE, Ucker DS. Apoptotic cells enhance pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes. Microbial Pathogenesis. PMID 28242425 DOI: 10.1016/J.Micpath.2017.02.036  0.343
2016 Ahmed JK, Freitag NE. Secretion chaperones PrsA2 and HtrA are required for Listeria monocytogenes replication following intracellular induction of virulence factor secretion. Infection and Immunity. PMID 27481256 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00312-16  0.466
2016 Cahoon LA, Freitag NE, Prehna G. A structural comparison of Listeria monocytogenes protein chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 reveals molecular features required for virulence. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 27007641 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13367  0.342
2016 McCormack R, Bahnan W, Shrestha N, Boucher J, Barreto M, Barrera CM, Dauer EA, Freitag NE, Khan WN, Podack ER, Schesser K. Perforin-2 protects host cells and mice by restricting the vacuole to cytosol transitioning of a bacterial pathogen. Infection and Immunity. PMID 26831467 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01434-15  0.539
2015 Cahoon LA, Freitag NE. Identification of Conserved and Species-Specific Functions of the Listeria monocytogenes PrsA2 Secretion Chaperone. Infection and Immunity. 83: 4028-41. PMID 26216425 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00504-15  0.454
2015 McMullen PD, Freitag NE. Assessing bacterial invasion of cardiac cells in culture and heart colonization in infected mice using Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove. e52497. PMID 26065439 DOI: 10.3791/52497  0.313
2015 Xayarath B, Alonzo F, Freitag NE. Identification of a peptide-pheromone that enhances Listeria monocytogenes escape from host cell vacuoles. Plos Pathogens. 11: e1004707. PMID 25822753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004707  0.485
2014 Cahoon LA, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor secretion: don't leave the cell without a chaperone. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4: 13. PMID 24575392 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00013  0.334
2013 Salazar JK, Wu Z, Yang W, Freitag NE, Tortorello ML, Wang H, Zhang W. 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. 8: e75736. PMID 24066185 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0075736  0.424
2013 Salazar JK, Wu Z, McMullen PD, Luo Q, Freitag NE, Tortorello ML, Hu S, Zhang W. 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. 79: 5584-92. PMID 23835178 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01812-13  0.485
2013 Chaudhuri S, Gantner BN, Ye RD, Cianciotto NP, Freitag NE. The Listeria monocytogenes ChiA chitinase enhances virulence through suppression of host innate immunity. Mbio. 4: e00617-12. PMID 23512964 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.00617-12  0.442
2013 Tirado-González I, Freitag N, Barrientos G, Shaikly V, Nagaeva O, Strand M, Kjellberg L, Klapp BF, Mincheva-Nilsson L, Cohen M, Blois SM. Galectin-1 influences trophoblast immune evasion and emerges as a predictive factor for the outcome of pregnancy. Molecular Human Reproduction. 19: 43-53. PMID 23002109 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas043  0.306
2012 Xayarath B, Freitag NE. Optimizing the balance between host and environmental survival skills: lessons learned from Listeria monocytogenes. Future Microbiology. 7: 839-52. PMID 22827306 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.57  0.313
2011 Bruno JC, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes adapts to long-term stationary phase survival without compromising bacterial virulence. Fems Microbiology Letters. 323: 171-9. PMID 22092717 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2011.02373.X  0.511
2011 Xayarath B, Volz KW, Smart JI, Freitag NE. Probing the role of protein surface charge in the activation of PrfA, the central regulator of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. Plos One. 6: e23502. PMID 21858145 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0023502  0.342
2011 Xayarath B, Smart JI, Mueller KJ, Freitag NE. A novel C-terminal mutation resulting in constitutive activation of the Listeria monocytogenes central virulence regulatory factor PrfA. Microbiology (Reading, England). 157: 3138-49. PMID 21835879 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049957-0  0.508
2011 Alonzo F, Xayarath B, Whisstock JC, Freitag NE. Functional analysis of the Listeria monocytogenes secretion chaperone PrsA2 and its multiple contributions to bacterial virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 80: 1530-48. PMID 21545417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07665.x  0.422
2011 Alonzo F, Bobo LD, Skiest DJ, Freitag NE. Evidence for subpopulations of Listeria monocytogenes with enhanced invasion of cardiac cells. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60: 423-34. PMID 21266727 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.027185-0  0.328
2011 Alonzo F, McMullen PD, Freitag NE. Actin polymerization drives septation of Listeria monocytogenes namA hydrolase mutants, demonstrating host correction of a bacterial defect. Infection and Immunity. 79: 1458-70. PMID 21263016 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01140-10  0.468
2010 Bruno JC, Freitag NE. Constitutive activation of PrfA tilts the balance of Listeria monocytogenes fitness towards life within the host versus environmental survival. Plos One. 5: e15138. PMID 21151923 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0015138  0.592
2010 Alonzo F, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes PrsA2 is required for virulence factor secretion and bacterial viability within the host cell cytosol. Infection and Immunity. 78: 4944-57. PMID 20823208 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00532-10  0.511
2010 Chaudhuri S, Bruno JC, Alonzo F, Xayarath B, Cianciotto NP, Freitag NE. Contribution of chitinases to Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76: 7302-5. PMID 20817810 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01338-10  0.455
2010 Lemon KP, Freitag NE, Kolter R. The virulence regulator PrfA promotes biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 3969-76. PMID 20511507 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00179-10  0.496
2009 Xayarath B, Freitag NE. A bacterial pathogen flips the riboswitch. Cell Host & Microbe. 6: 400-2. PMID 19917494 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.10.009  0.477
2009 Xayarath B, Marquis H, Port GC, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes CtaP is a multifunctional cysteine transport-associated protein required for bacterial pathogenesis. Molecular Microbiology. 74: 956-73. PMID 19818015 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2009.06910.X  0.48
2009 Freitag NE. Complete transcriptional profile of an environmental pathogen. Future Microbiology. 4: 779-82. PMID 19722832 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.56  0.402
2009 Freitag NE, Port GC, Miner MD. Listeria monocytogenes - from saprophyte to intracellular pathogen. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 7: 623-8. PMID 19648949 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2171  0.321
2009 Alonzo F, Port GC, Cao M, Freitag NE. The posttranslocation chaperone PrsA2 contributes to multiple facets of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. Infection and Immunity. 77: 2612-23. PMID 19451247 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00280-09  0.657
2008 Miner MD, Port GC, Freitag NE. Functional impact of mutational activation on the Listeria monocytogenes central virulence regulator PrfA. Microbiology (Reading, England). 154: 3579-89. PMID 18957610 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/021063-0  0.468
2008 Miner MD, Port GC, Bouwer HG, Chang JC, Freitag NE. A novel prfA mutation that promotes Listeria monocytogenes cytosol entry but reduces bacterial spread and cytotoxicity. Microbial Pathogenesis. 45: 273-81. PMID 18675335 DOI: 10.1016/J.Micpath.2008.06.006  0.667
2008 Yan L, Qiu J, Chen J, Ryan-Payseur B, Huang D, Wang Y, Rong L, Melton-Witt JA, Freitag NE, Chen ZW. 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. 76: 3439-50. PMID 18474644 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00245-08  0.321
2008 Smithey MJ, Brandt S, Freitag NE, Higgins DE, Bouwer HG. Stimulation of enhanced CD8 T cell responses following immunization with a hyper-antigen secreting intracytosolic bacterial pathogen. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 180: 3406-16. PMID 18292567 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.180.5.3406  0.354
2008 Ayres JS, Freitag N, Schneider DS. Identification of Drosophila mutants altering defense of and endurance to Listeria monocytogenes infection. Genetics. 178: 1807-15. PMID 18245331 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.107.083782  0.522
2007 Port GC, Freitag NE. Identification of novel Listeria monocytogenes secreted virulence factors following mutational activation of the central virulence regulator, PrfA. Infection and Immunity. 75: 5886-97. PMID 17938228 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00845-07  0.633
2007 Miner MD, Port GC, Freitag NE. Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes Listeria Monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response. 139-158. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49376-3-7  0.613
2006 Freitag NE. From hot dogs to host cells: how the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes regulates virulence gene expression. Future Microbiology. 1: 89-101. PMID 17661688 DOI: 10.2217/17460913.1.1.89  0.518
2006 Gray MJ, Freitag NE, Boor KJ. How the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes mediates the switch from environmental Dr. Jekyll to pathogenic Mr. Hyde. Infection and Immunity. 74: 2505-12. PMID 16622185 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.74.5.2505-2512.2006  0.379
2005 Mueller KJ, Freitag NE. Pleiotropic enhancement of bacterial pathogenesis resulting from the constitutive activation of the Listeria monocytogenes regulatory factor PrfA. Infection and Immunity. 73: 1917-26. PMID 15784531 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.4.1917-1926.2005  0.646
2004 Wong KK, Freitag NE. A novel mutation within the central Listeria monocytogenes regulator PrfA that results in constitutive expression of virulence gene products. Journal of Bacteriology. 186: 6265-76. PMID 15342597 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6265-6276.2004  0.646
2004 Milenbachs Lukowiak A, Mueller KJ, Freitag NE, Youngman P. Deregulation of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression by two distinct and semi-independent pathways. Microbiology (Reading, England). 150: 321-33. PMID 14766910 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.26718-0  0.61
2004 Way SS, Thompson LJ, Lopes JE, Hajjar AM, Kollmann TR, Freitag NE, Wilson CB. Characterization of flagellin expression and its role in Listeria monocytogenes infection and immunity. Cellular Microbiology. 6: 235-42. PMID 14764107 DOI: 10.1046/J.1462-5822.2004.00360.X  0.537
2004 Wong KK, Bouwer HG, Freitag NE. Evidence implicating the 5' untranslated region of Listeria monocytogenes actA in the regulation of bacterial actin-based motility. Cellular Microbiology. 6: 155-66. PMID 14706101 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00348.x  0.584
2003 Mansfield BE, Dionne MS, Schneider DS, Freitag NE. Exploration of host-pathogen interactions using Listeria monocytogenes and Drosophila melanogaster. Cellular Microbiology. 5: 901-11. PMID 14641175 DOI: 10.1046/J.1462-5822.2003.00329.X  0.556
2003 Shetron-Rama LM, Mueller K, Bravo JM, Bouwer HG, Way SS, Freitag NE. Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes mutants with high-level in vitro expression of host cytosol-induced gene products. Molecular Microbiology. 48: 1537-51. PMID 12791137 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2003.03534.X  0.645
2003 Greene SL, Freitag NE. Negative regulation of PrfA, the key activator of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression, is dispensable for bacterial pathogenesis. Microbiology (Reading, England). 149: 111-20. PMID 12576585 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.25692-0  0.758
2002 Shetron-Rama LM, Marquis H, Bouwer HG, Freitag NE. Intracellular induction of Listeria monocytogenes actA expression. Infection and Immunity. 70: 1087-96. PMID 11854187 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.70.3.1087-1096.2002  0.636
2001 Drevets DA, Jelinek TA, Freitag NE. Listeria monocytogenes-infected phagocytes can initiate central nervous system infection in mice Infection and Immunity. 69: 1344-1350. PMID 11179297 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1344-1350.2001  0.332
2000 Williams JR, Thayyullathil C, Freitag NE. Sequence variations within PrfA DNA binding sites and effects on Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression Journal of Bacteriology. 182: 837-841. PMID 10633124 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.182.3.837-841.2000  0.503
1999 Freitag NE, Jacobs KE. Examination of Listeria monocytogenes intracellular gene expression by using the green fluorescent protein of Aequorea victoria Infection and Immunity. 67: 1844-1852. PMID 10085026 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.67.4.1844-1852.1999  0.661
1995 Freitag NE, Seifert HS, Koomey M. Characterization of the pilF-pilD pilus-assembly locus of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Molecular Microbiology. 16: 575-86. PMID 7565116 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1995.Tb02420.X  0.473
1995 Tønjum T, Freitag NE, Namork E, Koomey M. Identification and characterization of pilG, a highly conserved pilus-assembly gene in pathogenic Neisseria Molecular Microbiology. 16: 451-464. PMID 7565106 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02410.x  0.395
1994 Freitag NE, Portnoy DA. Dual promoters of the Listeria monocytogenes prfA transcriptional activator appear essential in vitro but are redundant in vivo Molecular Microbiology. 12: 845-853. PMID 8052135 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01070.x  0.537
1993 Freitag NE, Rong L, Portnoy DA. Regulation of the prfA transcriptional activator of Listeria monocytogenes: Multiple promoter elements contribute to intracellular growth and cell-to-cell spread Infection and Immunity. 61: 2537-2544. PMID 8388865  0.632
1993 Freitag NE, Rong L, Portnoy DA. Regulation of the prfA transcriptional activator of Listeria monocytogenes: multiple promoter elements contribute to intracellular growth and cell-to-cell spread. Infection and Immunity. 61: 2537-2544. DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.6.2537-2544.1993  0.365
1992 Freitag NE, Youngman P, Portnoy DA. Transcriptional activation of the Listeria monocytogenes hemolysin gene in Bacillus subtilis Journal of Bacteriology. 174: 1293-1298. PMID 1735720 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.4.1293-1298.1992  0.483
1990 McNally KP, Freitag NE, Walker GC. LexA-independent expression of a mutant mucAB operon Journal of Bacteriology. 172: 6223-6231. PMID 2228957 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.172.11.6223-6231.1990  0.335
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