title: How bacterial pathogens colonize their hosts and invade deeper tissues.
abstract: Bacterial pathogens have evolved a wide range of strategies to colonize and invade human organs, despite the presence of multiple host defense mechanisms. In this review, we will describe how pathogenic bacteria can adhere and multiply at the surface of host cells, how some bacteria can enter and proliferate inside these cells, and finally how pathogens may cross epithelial or endothelial host barriers and get access to internal tissues, leading to severe diseases in humans.
authors: Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, F-75015 Paris, France; INSERM, U604, F-75015 Paris, France; INRA, USC2020, F-75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: david.ribet@pasteur.fr.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Ribet
authors: Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, F-75015 Paris, France; INSERM, U604, F-75015 Paris, France; INRA, USC2020, F-75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: pascale.cossart@pasteur.fr.
authors: Pascale
authors: P
authors: Cossart
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008087:Listeria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D064307:Microbiota / Q000276:immunology*
keywords: Bacterial adhesion; Bacterial invasion; Host barrier; Host–pathogen interactions; Listeria; Microbiota