Karla Silva

Dr. Karla Silva


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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 January 2020 in Pathogens
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KSKarla Silva
Karla Silva
Lana SilvaLana Silva
Lana Silva
GSGuilherme Algusto Alves Silva
Guilherme Algusto Alves Silva
CBClayton Luiz Borges
Clayton Luiz Borges
ENEvandro Novaes
Evandro Novaes
JPJuliana Alves Parente-Rocha
Juliana Alves Parente-Rocha
Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a Gram-positive and coagulase negative cocci that composes the skin microbiota and can act as an opportunistic agent causing urinary tract infections, being more frequent in sexually active young women. The ability of a pathogen to cause infection in the host is associated to its ability to adhere to host cells and to survive host immune defenses. In this work, we presented the comparative proteomic profile of three S. saprophyticus strains. It was possible to characterize differences in the proteome content, specially related to expression of virulence factors. We compiled this data and previous data and we detected one strain (9325) possessing higher production and secretion of proteins related to virulence. Our results show that phenotypic, genotypic, and proteomic differences reflect in the ability to survive during interaction with host cells, since the 9325 strain presented a higher survival rate after macrophage interaction. In counterpart, the 7108 strain that possesses lower content of proteins related to virulence presented higher ability to form biofilm suggesting that this strain can be better adapted to persist in the host and in the environment. Our work describes, for the first time, proteomic flexibility among S. saprophyticus strains, reflecting in virulence and persistence.

1 December 2019 in Microbes and Infection
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BSBianca Silva Vieira de Souza
Bianca Silva Vieira de Souza
KSKarla Silva
Karla Silva
APAna Flávia Alves Parente
Ana Flávia Alves Parente
CBClayton Luiz Borges
Clayton Luiz Borges
JPJuliano D Paccez
Juliano D Paccez
JPJuliana Alves Parente-Rocha
Juliana Alves Parente-Rocha