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  1. Listeriolysin S: A bacteriocin from Listeria monocytogenes that induces membrane permeabilization in a contact-dependent manner

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda, Professor Marc Lecuit

  2. Listeriolysin S Is a Streptolysin S-Like Virulence Factor That Targets Exclusively Prokaryotic Cells In Vivo

    Article • mBio, April 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  3. Listeria cell invasion and vacuolar escape

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  4. Phosphoinositides and host–pathogen interactions

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  5. Genome-Wide siRNA Screen Identifies Complementary Signaling Pathways Involved in Listeria Infection and Reveals Different Actin Nucleation Mechanisms during Listeria Cell Invasion and Actin Comet Tail Formation

    Article • mBio, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  6. The Legionella Kinase LegK2 Targets the ARP2/3 Complex To Inhibit Actin Nucleation on Phagosomes and Allow Bacterial Evasion of the Late Endocytic Pathway

    Article • mBio, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  7. Microbial Pathogens: an Overview

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  8. Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  9. Comparison of Widely Used Listeria monocytogenes Strains EGD, 10403S, and EGD-e Highlights Genomic Differences Underlying Variations in Pathogenicity

    Article • mBio, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda, Professor Marc Lecuit

  10. Internalization Assays for Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  11. Imaging InlC Secretion to Investigate Cellular Infection by the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, September 2013, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  12. Entry of Listeria monocytogenes in Mammalian Epithelial Cells: An Updated View

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, November 2012, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  13. A Common Clathrin-Mediated Machinery Co-ordinates Cell-Cell Adhesion and Bacterial Internalization

    Article • Traffic, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  14. Salmonella enteritidis Rck-mediated invasion requires activation of Rac1, which is dependent on the class I PI 3-kinases-Akt signaling pathway

    Article • The FASEB Journal, April 2012, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  15. Phosphatidylinositol 5-Phosphatase Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe Protein (OCRL) Controls Actin Dynamics during Early Steps ofListeria monocytogenesInfection

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  16. A Role for Septins in the Interaction between the Listeria monocytogenes Invasion Protein InlB and the Met Receptor

    Article • Biophysical Journal, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  17. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis: What works for small, also works for big

    Article • BioEssays, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  18. Single-Cell Techniques Using Chromosomally Tagged Fluorescent Bacteria To Study Listeria monocytogenes Infection Processes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  19. Tetraspanin CD81 Is Required for Listeria monocytogenes Invasion

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  20. Listeria monocytogenesMembrane Trafficking and Lifestyle: The Exception or the Rule?

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2009, Annual Reviews

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  21. Septin 11 Restricts InlB-mediated Invasion byListeria

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  22. Septins Regulate Bacterial Entry into Host Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2009, PLOS

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  23. Successive post-translational modifications of E-cadherin are required for InlA-mediated internalization ofListeria monocytogenes

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  24. The actin propulsive machinery: The proteome of Listeria monocytogenes tails

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  25. Invasive and Adherent Bacterial Pathogens Co-Opt Host Clathrin for Infection

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, November 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  26. Type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases promote Listeria monocytogenes entry into target cells

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  27. Molecular mechanisms exploited by Listeria monocytogenes during host cell invasion

    Article • Microbes and Infection, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  28. Control ofListeriaSuperoxide Dismutase by Phosphorylation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  29. Bacterial Adhesion and Entry into Host Cells

    Article • Cell, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  30. Antimicrobial activity of myotoxic phospholipases A2 from crotalid snake venoms and synthetic peptide variants derived from their C-terminal region

    Article • Toxicon, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  31. Bactericidal and Antiendotoxic Properties of Short Cationic Peptides Derived from a Snake Venom Lys49 Phospholipase A2

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  32. Translation elongation factor EF-Tu is a target for Stp, a serine-threonine phosphatase involved in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2005, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  33. Subversion of cellular functions byListeria monocytogenes

    Article • The Journal of Pathology, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  34. Subversion of phosphoinositide metabolism by intracellular bacterial pathogens

    Article • Nature Cell Biology, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  35. Molecular Determinants ofListeria monocytogenesVirulence

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2004, Annual Reviews

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  36. Exploitation of host cell cytoskeleton and signalling during Listeria monocytogenes entry into mammalian cells

    Article • Comptes Rendus Biologies, June 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  37. Republication of the article “Exploitation of host cell cytoskeleton and signalling during Listeria monocytogenes entry into mammalian cells”

    Article • Comptes Rendus Biologies, June 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  38. The bacterial signal molecule, ppGpp, regulates Salmonella virulence gene expression

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2004, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  39. Exploitation of host cell cytoskeleton and signalling during Listeria monocytogenes entry into mammalian cells

    Article • Comptes Rendus Biologies, February 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  40. BrucellaEvades Macrophage Killing via VirB-dependent Sustained Interactions with the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Article • The Journal of Experimental Medicine, August 2003, Rockefeller University Press

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  41. Activation of Rho and Rab GTPases dissociatesBrucella abortusinternalization from intracellular trafficking

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, October 2002, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  42. Distinct protein patterns associated with Listeria monocytogenes InlA- or InlB-phagosomes

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, February 2002, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  43. 8 Measuring and analysing invasion of mammalian cells by bacterial pathogens: The Listeria monocytogenes system

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda, Professor Marc Lecuit

  44. Synergy between the N- and C-terminal domains of InlB for efficient invasion of non-phagocytic cells by Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2001, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  45. When bugs meet cells: Conference: Frontiers of cellular microbiology and cell biology

    Article • EMBO Reports, May 2001, EMBO

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  46. A role for α- and β-catenins in bacterial uptake

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda, Professor Marc Lecuit

  47. Invasion and intracellular trafficking of Brucella abortus in nonphagocytic cells

    Article • Microbes and Infection, June 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  48. Tyr→Trp-substituted peptide 115-129 of a Lys49 phospholipase A2 expresses enhanced membrane-damaging activities and reproduces its in vivo myotoxic effect

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, November 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  49. Brucella abortus invasion and survival within professional and nonprofessional phagocytes

    Article • January 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  50. A two‐component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Ignacio Moriyon, Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  51. Bactericidal activity of Lys49 and Asp49 myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops asper snake venom . Synthetic Lys49 myotoxin II-(115-129)-peptide identifies its bactericidal region

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, April 1998, Wiley

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  52. Invasion of Host Cells by Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda