title: Bacterial penetration across the blood-brain barrier during the development of neonatal meningitis.
abstract: Bacterial pathogens may breach the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invade the central nervous system through paracellular and/or transcellular mechanisms. Transcellular penetration, e.g., transcytosis across the BBB has been demonstrated for Escherichia coli K1, group B streptococcus, Listeria monocytogenes, Citrobacter freundii and Streptococcus pneumonia strains. Genes contributing to invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells include E. coli K1 genes ompA, ibeA, ibeB, and yijP. Understanding the mechanisms of bacterial penetration across the BBB may help develop novel approaches to preventing bacterial meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Stins
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins