Blp1 protein shows virulence-associated features and elicits protective immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii infection

Jūratė Skerniškytė (1) , Emilija Karazijaitė (1) , Julien Deschamps (2, 3) , Renatas Krasauskas (1) , Julija Armalytė (1) , Romain Briandet (2, 3) , Edita Sužiedėlienė (1)

1 Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center
2 MICALIS - MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé
3 Université Paris Saclay (COmUE)

Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the major infection agents causing nosocomial pneumonia. Therefore, new therapeutic approaches against this bacterium are needed. Surface-exposed proteins from bacterial pathogens are implicated in a variety of virulence-related traits and are considered as promising candidates for vaccine development.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Jūratė Skerniškytė, Emilija Karazijaitė, Julien Deschamps, Renatas Krasauskas, Julija Armalytė, et al.. Blp1 protein shows virulence-associated features and elicits protective immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii infection. BMC Microbiology, 2019, 19 (1), ⟨10.1186/s12866-019-1615-3⟩. ⟨hal-02478461⟩