List of works by Arnaud Firon

A mouse model reproducing the pathophysiology of neonatal group B streptococcal infection

scientific article published in Nature Communications

A versatile overexpression strategy in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans: identification of regulators of morphogenesis and fitness

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Candida glabrata persistence in mice does not depend on host immunosuppression and is unaffected by fungal amino acid auxotrophy.

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Characterization of essential genes by parasexual genetics in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: impact of genomic rearrangements associated with electroporation of DNA.

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Correction for Six et al., Molecular Characterization of Nonhemolytic and Nonpigmented Group B Streptococci Responsible for Human Invasive Infections.

scientific article published on July 2016

Correction: D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acids Confers Resistance to Cationic Peptides in Group B by Increasing the Cell Wall Density

Cyclic di-AMP in host-pathogen interactions

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Cyclic di-AMP regulation of osmotic homeostasis is essential in Group B Streptococcus.

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D-alanylation of lipoteichoic acids confers resistance to cationic peptides in group B streptococcus by increasing the cell wall density

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Extracellular nucleotide catabolism by the Group B Streptococcus ectonucleotidase NudP increases bacterial survival in blood.

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

FbsC, a novel fibrinogen-binding protein, promotes Streptococcus agalactiae-host cell interactions

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Group B Streptococcus Degrades Cyclic-di-AMP to Modulate STING-Dependent Type I Interferon Production

scientific article published on July 2016

Identification of essential genes in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus by transposon mutagenesis

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Identifying essential genes in fungal pathogens of humans.

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Modular Gene Over-expression Strategies for Candida albicans

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Molecular Characterization of Nonhemolytic and Nonpigmented Group B Streptococci Responsible for Human Invasive Infections

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Molecular basis for different levels of tet(M) expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates.

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PbsP, a cell wall-anchored protein that binds plasminogen to promote hematogenous dissemination of group B Streptococcus.

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RNA and β-hemolysin of group B Streptococcus induce interleukin-1β (IL-1β) by activating NLRP3 inflammasomes in mouse macrophages.

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SUN proteins belong to a novel family of β-(1,3)-glucan-modifying enzymes involved in fungal morphogenesis

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Systematic phenotyping of a large-scale Candida glabrata deletion collection reveals novel antifungal tolerance genes

scientific article (publication date: June 2014)

Targeted changes of the cell wall proteome influence Candida albicans ability to form single- and multi-strain biofilms

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

The Abi-domain protein Abx1 interacts with the CovS histidine kinase to control virulence gene expression in group B Streptococcus.

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The SUN41 and SUN42 genes are essential for cell separation in Candida albicans

scientific article published on December 2007

The Streptococcus agalactiae cell wall-anchored protein PbsP mediates adhesion to and invasion of epithelial cells by exploiting the host vitronectin/αv integrin axis

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

The plasminogen binding protein PbsP is required for brain invasion by hypervirulent CC17 Group B streptococci

scientific article published in Scientific Reports