Trained immunity confers broad-spectrum protection against bacterial infections

E Ciarlo, T Heinonen, C Théroude… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The innate immune system recalls a challenge to adapt to a secondary challenge,
a phenomenon called trained immunity. Training involves cellular metabolic, epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the microbial derived short chain fatty acid propionate on host susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections in vivo

E Ciarlo, T Heinonen, J Herderschee, C Fenwick… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced by intestinal microbes mediate anti-inflammatory
effects, but whether they impact on antimicrobial host defenses remains largely unknown. …

[HTML][HTML] Sirtuin 2 deficiency increases bacterial phagocytosis by macrophages and protects from chronic staphylococcal infection

E Ciarlo, T Heinonen, C Théroude… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) is one of the seven members of the family of NAD + -dependent histone
deacetylases. Sirtuins target histones and non-histone proteins according to their subcellular …

[HTML][HTML] Trained immunity confers prolonged protection from listeriosis

C Théroude, M Reverte, T Heinonen, E Ciarlo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Trained immunity refers to the ability of the innate immune system exposed to a first challenge
to provide an enhanced response to a secondary homologous or heterologous challenge. …

[HTML][HTML] Sirtuin 3 deficiency does not alter host defenses against bacterial and fungal infections

E Ciarlo, T Heinonen, J Lugrin, H Acha-Orbea… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) is the main mitochondrial deacetylase. SIRT3 regulates cell metabolism and
redox homeostasis, and protects from aging and age-associated pathologies. SIRT3 may …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the dual deletion of the mitochondrial sirtuins SIRT3 and SIRT5 on anti-microbial host defenses

T Heinonen, E Ciarlo, D Le Roy, T Roger - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The sirtuins SIRT3 and SIRT5 are the main mitochondrial lysine deacetylase and desuccinylase,
respectively. SIRT3 and SIRT5 regulate metabolism and redox homeostasis and have …

[HTML][HTML] The antimicrobial peptide TAT-RasGAP317-326 inhibits the formation and expansion of bacterial biofilms in vitro

T Heinonen, S Hargraves, M Georgieva… - Journal of Global …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Biofilms are structured aggregates of bacteria embedded in a self-produced
matrix that develop in diverse ecological niches. Pathogenic bacteria can form biofilms on …

[HTML][HTML] Dual deletion of the sirtuins SIRT2 and SIRT3 impacts on metabolism and inflammatory responses of macrophages and protects from endotoxemia

T Heinonen, E Ciarlo, E Rigoni, J Regina… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) and SIRT3 are cytoplasmic and mitochondrial NAD-dependent deacetylases.
SIRT2 and SIRT3 target proteins involved in metabolic, proliferation and inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Sirtuin 5 deficiency does not compromise innate immune responses to bacterial infections

T Heinonen, E Ciarlo, C Théroude… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sirtuin 5 (SIRT5) is a member of the family of NAD + -dependent lysine/histone deacetylases.
SIRT5 resides mainly in the mitochondria where it catalyzes deacetylation, demalonylation, …

Growth and metabolic characteristics of fastidious meat-derived Lactobacillus algidus strains

E Säde, P Johansson, T Heinonen, J Hultman… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lactobacillus algidus is a meat spoilage bacterium often dominating the bacterial communities
on chilled, packaged meat. Yet, L. algidus strains are rarely recovered from meat, and …