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Vn binds to integrins via its RGD motif and can therefore mediate adherence to host tissues8.
Recent work has demonstrated that K. kingae expresses type IV pili that mediate adherence to respiratory epithelial and synovial cells and are selected against during invasive disease.
In SEMs, these structures are grainy matrices that appear to mediate adherence to other spores and the grid surface.
GAS pili mediate adherence to human tonsil epithelia, skin keratinocytes and pharyngeal cells during GAS infection [20], [36], and contribute to GAS virulence [20], [37].
The neisserial opacity (Opa) proteins are a family of outer membrane proteins that mediate adherence to and invasion of tissue culture cells [13].
However, since they contain conventional gram-positive secretion sequences and some have carboxyterminal cell wall attachment motifs, we speculate that these proteins are either displayed on the GAS cell surface and function to mediate adherence to host molecules, or are secreted free into the extracellular environment and interact with host molecules.
To investigate the adherence of two clinically relevant ocular isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis to ACRYSOF intraocular lenses (IOLs) (Alcon Surgical, Fort Worth, Texas) and to determine whether the strains under study carried the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus, which encodes production of S. epidermidis antigens mediating adherence to biomaterials.
Bone sialoprotein-binding protein (Bbp), a MSCRAMMs (Microbial Surface Components Recognizing Adhesive Matrix Molecules) family protein expressed on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), mediates adherence to fibrinogen α (Fg α), a component in the extracellular matrix of the host cell and is important for infection and pathogenesis.
The WTA of S. aureus is known to be an important colonization factor mediating adherence to epithelial and endothelial cells [20].
This structure, also known as attachment organelle or terminal organelle (TO), mediates adherence to host target cells and is essential for gliding.
Studies in vitro indicate that HCP from EHEC O157 H7 mediates adherence to human (intestinal and non-intestinal) and bovine epithelial cells [24].
