A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

Design of photosensitizing agents for targeted antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

M Klausen, M Ucuncu, M Bradley - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms has gained substantial attention due to its
unique mode of action, in which pathogens are unable to generate resistance, and due to …

Intrinsic, adaptive and acquired antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

M Arzanlou, WC Chai, H Venter - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for a large proportion of antimicrobial-resistant
infections in humans and animals. Among this class of bacteria are also some of the most …

Invited review: Bacterial lipopolysaccharides and innate immunity

C Alexander, ET Rietschel - Journal of endotoxin research, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are the major outer surface membrane components
present in almost all Gram-negative bacteria and act as extremely strong stimulators of …

Phase and antigenic variation in bacteria

MW Van Der Woude, AJ Bäumler - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial
population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein (s) or not, or …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and function of capsular polysaccharide in Acinetobacter baumannii

JK Singh, FG Adams, MH Brown - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant cause
of hospital-borne infections worldwide. Alarmingly, the rapid development of antimicrobial …

O-antigen structural variation: mechanisms and possible roles in animal/plant–microbe interactions

I Lerouge, J Vanderleyden - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Current data from bacterial pathogens of animals and from bacterial symbionts of plants
support some of the more general proposed functions for lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and …

Immunity against Moraxella catarrhalis requires guanylate‐binding proteins and caspase‐11‐NLRP3 inflammasomes

D Enosi Tuipulotu, S Feng, A Pandey, A Zhao… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Moraxella catarrhalis is an important human respiratory pathogen and a major causative
agent of otitis media and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Toll‐like receptors …

The Molecular Mechanisms Used by Neisseria gonorrhoeae To Initiate Infection Differ between Men and Women

JL Edwards, MA Apicella - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

Implications for the role of lipopolysaccharide in the development of atherosclerosis

AM Gorabi, N Kiaie, A Khosrojerdi… - Trends in cardiovascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mounting scientific evidence over decades has established that atherosclerosis is a chronic
inflammatory disorder. Among the potentially critical sources of vascular inflammation during …