Maria Rita Fontana

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Escherichia coli research studies(9), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus(8), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines(6), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria(4), Immune Response and Inflammation(4)

Publications28 total

Protective effect of Group B Streptococcus type-III polysaccharide conjugates against maternal colonization, ascending infection and neonatal transmission in rodent models
Scientific Reports·2018· 20 citedOpen Access
Auto-Assembling Detoxified Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Hemolysin Mimicking the Wild-Type Cytolytic Toxin
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology·2016· 16 citedOpen Access
One Dose of Staphylococcus aureus 4C-Staph Vaccine Formulated with a Novel TLR7-Dependent Adjuvant Rapidly Protects Mice through Antibodies, Effector CD4+ T Cells, and IL-17A
PLoS ONE·2016· 63 citedOpen Access
MF59- and Al(OH)3-Adjuvanted Staphylococcus aureus (4C-Staph) Vaccines Induce Sustained Protective Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses, with a Critical Role for Effector CD4 T Cells at Low Antibody Titers
Frontiers in Immunology·2015· 28 citedOpen Access
Four-Component Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine 4C-Staph Enhances Fcγ Receptor Expression in Neutrophils and Monocytes and Mitigates S. aureus Infection in Neutropenic Mice
Infection and Immunity·2015· 32 citedOpen Access
Vaccine composition formulated with a novel TLR7-dependent adjuvant induces high and broad protection against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2015· 170 citedOpen Access
Protectome Analysis: A New Selective Bioinformatics Tool for Bacterial Vaccine Candidate Discovery
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics·2014· 27 citedOpen Access
SslE Elicits Functional Antibodies That Impair In Vitro Mucinase Activity and In Vivo Colonization by Both Intestinal and Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Strains
PLoS Pathogens·2014· 65 citedOpen Access
Protectome analysis: a new selective bioinformatics tool for bacterial vaccine candidate discovery
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)·2014
Protective Activity of the CnaBE3 Domain Conserved among Staphylococcus aureus Sdr Proteins
PLoS ONE·2013· 13 citedOpen Access
Mining the bacterial unknown proteome: identification and characterization of a novel family of highly conserved protective antigens in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
Biochemical Journal·2013· 26 cited
Staphylococcus aureus FhuD2 Is Involved in the Early Phase of Staphylococcal Dissemination and Generates Protective Immunity in Mice
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2012· 58 citedOpen Access
FdeC, a Novel Broadly Conserved Escherichia coli Adhesin Eliciting Protection against Urinary Tract Infections
mBio·2012· 143 citedOpen Access
Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2010· 260 citedOpen Access
Proteomics Characterization of Outer Membrane Vesicles from the Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli ΔtolR IHE3034 Mutant
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics·2007· 136 citedOpen Access
Identification of a new OmpA‐like protein in <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> involved in the binding to human epithelial cells and <i>in vivo</i> colonization
Molecular Microbiology·2007· 53 citedOpen Access
Ng‐MIP, a surface‐exposed lipoprotein of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>, has a peptidyl‐prolyl <i>cis</i>/<i>trans</i> isomerase (PPIase) activity and is involved in persistence in macrophages
Molecular Microbiology·2005· 117 cited
Genetic Detoxification of Bacterial Toxins
Humana Press eBooks·2003· 7 cited
Genetic Detoxification of Bacterial Toxins
Humana Press eBooks·2003· 3 cited
Mucosal vaccines: non toxic derivatives of LT and CT as mucosal adjuvants
Vaccine·2001· 304 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Rino Rappuoli(18), Mariagrazia Pizza(17), Guido Grandi(11), Fábio Bagnoli(10), Elisabetta Monaci(7), Marzia Monica Giuliani(6), Laura Serino(6), Bruno Galletti(6), Sabrina Liberatori(6), Giuliano Bensi(6), Barbara Nesta(5), Antonina Torre(5), Marco Soriani(5), Angela Spagnuolo(4), Sara Marchi(4), Maria Scarselli(4), Ravi P.N. Mishra(4), Luigi Fiaschi(4), Marta Bacconi(4), Sylvie Bertholet(4)