Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Model Therapeutic Interventions of Neurodegenerative Diseases Targeting Microbe-Host Interactions

C Wang, C Zheng - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Emerging evidence from both clinical studies and animal models indicates the importance of
the interaction between the gut microbiome and the brain in the pathogenesis of …

Suramin potently inhibits cGAMP synthase, cGAS, in THP1 cells to modulate IFN-β levels

M Wang, MA Sooreshjani, C Mikek… - Future Medicinal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Persistent activation of STING pathway is the basis for several autoimmune diseases.
STING is activated by cGAMP, which is produced by cGAS in the presence of DNA …

Proteomic analysis of bacterial response to a 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinone compound, which re-sensitizes bacteria to traditional antibiotics

C Opoku-Temeng, KI Onyedibe, UK Aryal… - Journal of proteomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Halogenated 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinones have been shown to re-sensitize methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis …

N-(1, 3, 4-oxadiazol-2-yl) benzamide analogs, bacteriostatic agents against methicillin-and vancomycin-resistant bacteria

C Opoku-Temeng, GA Naclerio, H Mohammad… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Various reports of multidrug-resistant bacteria that are immune to all available FDA-
approved drugs demand the development of novel chemical scaffolds as antibiotics. From …

Antibacterial Small Molecules That Potently Inhibit Staphylococcus aureus Lipoteichoic Acid Biosynthesis

GA Naclerio, CW Karanja, C Opoku‐Temeng… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of antibiotic resistance, especially in Staphylococcus aureus, and the increasing
death rate due to multiresistant bacteria have been well documented. The need for new …

The second messenger c-di-AMP mediates bacterial exopolysaccharide biosynthesis: a review

ZQ Xiong, YZ Fan, X Song, XX Liu, YJ Xia… - Molecular Biology Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Cyclic dimeric adenosine 3′–5′-monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently
discovered nucleotide messenger in bacteria. It plays an important role in signaling …

Potent trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylsulfonyl, trifluoromethylthio and pentafluorosulfanyl containing (1, 3, 4-oxadiazol-2-yl) benzamides against drug-resistant Gram …

GA Naclerio, NS Abutaleb, KI Onyedibe… - RSC Medicinal …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) affects about 80 000 patients in the US annually and …

N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)Benzamides as Antibacterial Agents against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

GA Naclerio, NS Abutaleb, M Alhashimi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Neisseria gonorrhoeae
as an urgent-threat Gram-negative bacterial pathogen. Additionally, resistance to frontline …

Computer-aided design of a cyclic di-AMP synthesizing enzyme CdaA inhibitor

P Neumann, P Kloskowski, R Ficner - Microlife, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is an essential secondary messenger regulating cell wall
homeostasis and myriads of physiological processes in several Gram-positive and …