Shigella serotypes associated with carriage in humans establish persistent infection in zebrafish Vincenzo Torraca, Dominik Brokatzky, Sydney L Miles, Charlotte E Chong, P Malaka De Silva, Stephen Baker, Claire Jenkins, Kathryn E Holt, Kate S Baker and Serge Mostowy 2023. Shigella serotypes associated with carriage in humans establish persistent infection in zebrafish. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad326
Zebrafish null mutants of Sept6 and Sept15 are viable but susceptible to Shigella infection Torraca, Vincenzo, Bielecka, Magdalena K., Gomes, Margarida C., Brokatzky, Dominik, Busch‐Nentwich, Elisabeth M. and Mostowy, S. 2023. Zebrafish null mutants of Sept6 and Sept15 are viable but susceptible to Shigella infection. Cytoskeleton. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21750
2023
P1 Bacteriophage-Enabled Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 Antimicrobial Activity Against Shigella flexneri Yang W. Huan, Vincenzo Torraca, Russell Brown, Jidapha Fa-arun, Sydney L. Miles, Diego A. Oyarzún, Serge Mostowy and Baojun Wang 2023. P1 Bacteriophage-Enabled Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 Antimicrobial Activity Against Shigella flexneri. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12 (3), pp. 709-721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.2c00465
2023
Septins promote caspase activity and coordinate mitochondrial apoptosis Hoan Van Ngo, Stevens Robertin, Dominik Brokatzky, Magdalena K. Bielecka, Damián Lobato‐Márquez, Vincenzo Torraca and Serge Mostowy 2023. Septins promote caspase activity and coordinate mitochondrial apoptosis. Cytoskeleton. 80 (7/8), pp. 254-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21696
2022
Editorial: Zebrafish Models for Human Disease Studies Zang, L., Torraca, V., Shimada, Y. and Nishimura, N. 2022. Editorial: Zebrafish Models for Human Disease Studies. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10 861941. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.861941
2021
Editorial: Nucleic Acid-Associated Inflammation Laguette, N., Langevin, C., Olagnier, D., Torraca, V., Vanpouille-Box, C. and Verrier, E.R. 2021. Editorial: Nucleic Acid-Associated Inflammation. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.791580
In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy Håkon Høgset, Conor C. Horgan, James P. K. Armstrong, Mads S. Bergholt, Vincenzo Torraca, Qu Chen, Timothy J. Keane, Laurence Bugeon, Margaret J. Dallman, Serge Mostowy and Molly M. Stevens 2020. In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications . 11 6172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19827-1
2020
Shigella sonnei Vincenzo Torraca, Kathryn Holt and Serge Mostowy 2020. Shigella sonnei. Trends in Microbiology. 28 (8), pp. P696-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.011
Chemokine Receptors and Phagocyte Biology in Zebrafish Sommer, Frida, Torraca, V. and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2020. Chemokine Receptors and Phagocyte Biology in Zebrafish. Frontiers in Immunology. 11 325. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00325
2020
Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae David R. Stirling, Oniz Suleyman, Eliza Gil, Philip M. Elks, Vincenzo Torraca, Mahdad Noursadeghi and Gillian S. Tomlinson 2020. Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae. Scientific Reports. 10 3149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59932-1
Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence Vincenzo Torraca, Myrsini Kaforou, Jayne Watson, Gina M. Duggan, Hazel Guerrero-Gutierrez, Sina Krokowski, Michael Hollinshead, Thomas B. Clarke, Rafal J. Mostowy, Gillian S. Tomlinson, Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu, Abigail Clements and Serge Mostowy 2019. Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence. PLOS Pathogens. 15 (12) e1008006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008006
2019
Meeting report: Zebrafish Infection and Immunity 2019 Torraca, V., Gomes, Margarida C., Sarris, Milka and Mostowy, Serge 2019. Meeting report: Zebrafish Infection and Immunity 2019. Lab Animal. 48, pp. 284-287. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-019-0400-0
Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model Masud, Samrah, Prajsnar, Tomasz K., Torraca, V., Lamers, Gerda E. M., Benning, Marianne, Van der Vaart, Michiel and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2019. Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model. Autophagy. 15 (5), pp. 796-812. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2019.1569297
2018
Shigella-Induced Emergency Granulopoiesis Protects Zebrafish Larvae from Secondary Infection Willis, Alexandra R., Torraca, V., Gomes, Margarida C., Shelley, Jennifer, Mazon-Moya, Maria, Filloux, Alain, Lo Celso, Cristina and Mostowy, Serge 2018. Shigella-Induced Emergency Granulopoiesis Protects Zebrafish Larvae from Secondary Infection. mBio. 9 (3) e00933-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00933-18
2018
Zebrafish Infection: From Pathogenesis to Cell Biology Vincenzo Torraca and Serge Mostowy 2018. Zebrafish Infection: From Pathogenesis to Cell Biology. Trends in Cell Biology. 28 (2), pp. P143-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2017.10.002
2017
Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Alexandra R. Willis, Vincenzo Torraca, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon and Serge Mostowy 2017. Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection. PLOS Pathogens. 13 (6) e1006467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006467
2017
Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor beta-isoform in zebrafish Chatzopoulou, Antonia, Schoonheim, Peter J., Torraca, V., Meijer, Annemarie H., Spaink, Herman P. and Schaaf, Marcel J.M. 2017. Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor beta-isoform in zebrafish. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 447, pp. 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2017.02.036
Modeling Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Developing Immune System Masud, Samrah, Torraca, V. and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2017. Modeling Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Developing Immune System. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 124, pp. 277-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2016.10.006
Septins and Bacterial Infection Torraca, V. and Mostowy, Serge 2016. Septins and Bacterial Infection. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2016.00127
2015
The CXCR3-CXCL11 signaling axis mediates macrophage recruitment and dissemination of mycobacterial infection Torraca, V., Cui, Chao, Boland, Ralf, Bebelman, Jan-Paul, van der Sar, Astrid M., Smit, Martine J., Siderius, Marco, Spaink, Herman P. and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2015. The CXCR3-CXCL11 signaling axis mediates macrophage recruitment and dissemination of mycobacterial infection. Disease Models and Mechanisms. 8 (3), pp. 253-269. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.017756
Robotic injection of zebrafish embryos for high-throughput screening in disease models Spaink, Herman P., Cui, Chao, Wiweger, Malgorzata I., Jansen, Hans J., Veneman, Wouter J., Marin-Juez, Ruben, de Sonneville, Jan, Ordas, Anita, Torraca, V., van der Ent, Wietske, Leenders, William P., Meijer, Annemarie H., Snaar-Jagalska, B. Ewa and Dirks, Ron P. 2013. Robotic injection of zebrafish embryos for high-throughput screening in disease models. Methods. 62 (3), pp. 246-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.06.002