Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An Audacious Pathogen with an Adaptable Arsenal of Virulence Factors

I Jurado-Martín, M Sainz-Mejías… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a dominant pathogen in people with cystic fibrosis (CF)
contributing to morbidity and mortality. Its tremendous ability to adapt greatly facilitates its …

Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems

JA Doolan, GT Williams, KLF Hilton… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance is directly responsible for more deaths per year than either
HIV/AIDS or malaria and is predicted to incur a cumulative societal financial burden of at …

Ultrasound-responsive catalytic microbubbles enhance biofilm elimination and immune activation to treat chronic lung infections

W Xiu, L Ren, H Xiao, Y Zhang, D Wang, K Yang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Efficient treatment of chronic lung infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is
a great challenge because of drug tolerance and immune evasion issues. Here, we develop …

Evolution of lasR mutants in polymorphic Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations facilitates chronic infection of the lung

K Zhao, X Yang, Q Zeng, Y Zhang, H Li, C Yan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic infection with the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa often leads to
coexistence of heterogeneous populations carrying diverse mutations. In particular, loss-of …

Bacterial protein secretion systems: game of types

A Filloux - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Protein trafficking across the bacterial envelope is a process that contributes to the
organisation and integrity of the cell. It is the foundation for establishing contact and …

Polymicrobial Interactions in the Cystic Fibrosis Airway Microbiome Impact the Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

E Reece, PHA Bettio, J Renwick - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most dominant pathogens in cystic fibrosis (CF)
airway disease and contributes to significant inflammation, airway damage, and poorer …

Combating Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms by a Chitosan-PEG-Peptide Conjugate via Changes in Assembled Structure

X Ju, J Chen, M Zhou, M Zhu, Z Li, S Gao… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) biofilms are associated with a wide range of
infections, from chronic tissue diseases to implanted medical devices. In a biofilm, the …

A bacterial quorum sensing regulated protease inhibits host immune responses by cleaving death domains of innate immune adaptors

X Duan, ZZ Boo, SL Chua, KHC Chong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Innate immune adaptor proteins are critical components of the innate immune system that
propagate pro‐inflammatory responses from their upstream receptors, and lead to pathogen …

An integrated multi-omics analysis of identifies distinct molecular characteristics in pulmonary infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Y Yang, T Ma, J Zhang, Y Tang, M Tang, C Zou… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) can cause severe acute infections, including
pneumonia and sepsis, and cause chronic infections, commonly in patients with structural …

Repurposing Dimetridazole and Ribavirin to disarm Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by targeting the quorum sensing system

Y Yuan, X Yang, Q Zeng, H Li, R Fu, L Du… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa relies on its complex cellular regulatory network to produce a
series of virulence factors and to cause various acute and chronic infections in a wide range …