Ascención Torres-Escobar

This study shows that Legionella pneumophila can replicate extracellularly when host nutritional immunity is blocked, particularly through iron overload or absence of Transferrin.

This study investigates how Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonizes macrophages under different polarization states and nutrient conditions, finding that invasion occurs across all activation states with lower efficiency in M1-like macrophages.

This study shows that Legionella pneumophila replication depends on host membrane acyl chain composition, with palmitoleic acid promoting membrane disorder and enhancing bacterial growth.