Synthetic small molecules as anti-biofilm agents in the struggle against antibiotic resistance

B Parrino, D Schillaci, I Carnevale, E Giovannetti… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofilm formation significantly contributes to microbial survival in hostile environments and it
is currently considered a key virulence factor for pathogens responsible for serious chronic …

Research progress of bacterial quorum sensing receptors: Classification, structure, function and characteristics

L Yi, X Dong, D Grenier, K Wang, Y Wang - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The microbial community is an important part of the natural ecosystem, and the quorum
sensing system is a momentous communication tool for the microbial community to connect …

Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Chlorogenic Acid Against Yersinia enterocolitica

K Chen, C Peng, F Chi, C Yu, Q Yang, Z Li - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, developing new and natural compounds with antibacterial activities from plants
has become a promising approach to solve antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria …

Challenges and limitations of anti-quorum sensing therapies

P Krzyżek - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism allowing microorganisms to sense population density
and synchronously control genes expression. It has been shown that QS supervises the …

Quorum sensing system: Target to control the spread of bacterial infections

EK Saeki, RKT Kobayashi, G Nakazato - Microbial pathogenesis, 2020 - Elsevier
Quorum Sensing (QS) systems regulate the gene expression of different types of virulence
factors in accordance with the cell population density. A literature search was performed …

Quorum sensing inhibitors applications: a new prospect for mitigation of microbiologically influenced corrosion

A Lamin, AH Kaksonen, IS Cole, XB Chen - Bioelectrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing (QS) is a process of bacterial communication that involves the use of
biochemical signals and adjusts the expression of specific genes as a response to the …

Antivirulence properties and related mechanisms of spice essential oils: A comprehensive review

D Zhang, RY Gan, JR Zhang, AK Farha… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, reduced antimicrobial effectiveness, increased bacterial infection, and
newly emerged microbial resistance have become global public issues, leading to an urgent …

The role of bacterial signaling networks in antibiotics response and resistance regulation

Y Li, T Feng, Y Wang - Marine Life Science & Technology, 2022 - Springer
Excessive use of antibiotics poses a threat to public health and the environment. In
ecosystems, such as the marine environment, antibiotic contamination has led to an …

Quorum sensing: a new prospect for the management of antimicrobial-resistant infectious diseases

M Haque, S Islam, MA Sheikh, S Dhingra… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Quorum-sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication system that
utilizes small signaling molecules to mediates interactions between cross-kingdom …

Interference with quorum-sensing signal biosynthesis as a promising therapeutic strategy against multidrug-resistant pathogens

O Fleitas Martínez, PO Rigueiras, AS Pires… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Faced with the global health threat of increasing resistance to antibiotics, researchers are
exploring interventions that target bacterial virulence factors. Quorum sensing is a …