Journal: JID Innovations
Article Title: Atopic Dermatitis–like mouse model using early inoculation of patient-derived S. aureus together with MC903
doi: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2025.100436
Figure Lengend Snippet: Distribution of virulence genes across S. aureus strains. Virulence gene content of 6 S. aureus strains (Mu3, Mu50, AD1, AD2, AD3, and AD4) was analyzed by microarray and grouped by functional categories. Bars represent the number of genes identified within each category per strain. Categories include adhesion factors, staphylococcal superantigen/enterotoxin-like genes, HLG and leukocidins, enterotoxins, proteases, capsule- and biofilm-associated genes, hemolysins, HLb-converting phages, defensin resistance, toxic shock toxin, ACME locus, and other factors. The plot illustrates variation in virulence gene repertoire between strains, with adhesion factors and enterotoxin-like genes showing the highest representation. ACME, arginine catabolic mobile element; HLG, hemolysin .
Article Snippet: We also included S. aureus strains Mu3 (ATCC 700698) and Mu50 (ATCC 700699), which are genetically similar to strain AD04.E17, which has recently been shown to induce an AD-like immunologic response ( ; ).
Techniques: Microarray, Functional Assay