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Transparent UV‐Curable Self‐Sanitizing Coatings Applicable to Diverse Surfaces and High‐Touch Screens to Mitigate Deadly Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran, Sumin Han, Euna Oh, Chunghee Jo, Hyerin Shin, Dae‐Hong Ko, Hyo‐Jick Choi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dual‐Layer Living Hydrogel Enables On‐Demand Delivery of Phages and Probiotics for Synergistic Wound Infection Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dual‐layer living hydrogel, ProΦGel, integrates bacteriophages and probiotics for synergistic wound infection therapy. The outer gelatin‐based matrix releases phages on demand in response to P. aeruginosa infections, while inner alginate beads sustain probiotic delivery.
Siyuan Tao, Darine D'Adam, Anna Hu, Sixuan Zhang, Josua Roduner, Katharina Maniura‐Weber, Qun Ren   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dual recognition of multiple signals in bacterial outer membrane proteins enhances assembly and maintains membrane integrity

eLife
Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are essential components of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. In terms of protein targeting and assembly, the current dogma holds that a ‘β-signal’ imprinted in the final β-strand of the OMP engages the β-barrel
Edward M Germany, Nakajohn Thewasano, Kenichiro Imai, Yuki Maruno, Rebecca S Bamert, Christopher J Stubenrauch, Rhys A Dunstan, Yue Ding, Yukari Nakajima, XiangFeng Lai, Chaille T Webb, Kentaro Hidaka, Kher Shing Tan, Hsinhui Shen, Trevor Lithgow, Takuya Shiota   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forward Genetic Dissection of Biofilm Development by Fusobacterium nucleatum: Novel Functions of Cell Division Proteins FtsX and EnvC. [PDF]

, 2018
Fusobacterium nucleatum is a key member of the human oral biofilm. It is also implicated in preterm birth and colorectal cancer. To facilitate basic studies of fusobacterial virulence, we describe here a versatile transposon mutagenesis procedure and a ...
Abu Amar Mohamed Al Mamun, Asis Das, Bo Hu, Chenggang Wu, Hui Wu, Hung Ton-That, Jianhua Gu, Ju Huck Lee, Marvin Whiteley, Melissa D’Amore, Truc Thanh Luong   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Biointerface Membranes Orchestrating Site‐Specific Osteoimmunomodulatory and Antibacterial Effects for Enhanced Osseous Regeneration in Periodontal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, a biointerface membrane engineered with site‐specific interfacial properties is developed. During implantation between gingival and bone defect, the membrane creates a pro‐osteogenic microenvironment, precisely modulates cellular activities at each biointerface, and facilitates the orchestration of complex healing events, ultimately leading to ...
Yuwei Zhu, Tingting Wang, Jing Zhu, Bingtian Zhao, Bingyang Dai, Xiaoyue Zhang, Wei Liu, Cheng Yang, Cheng Dong, Ren Liu, Lei Zhao, Jun Wang, Peilei Shi, To Ngai   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The antimicrobial peptide thanatin disrupts the bacterial outer membrane and inactivates the NDM-1 metallo-β-lactamase

Nature Communications, 2019
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is the most prevalent type of metallo-β-lactamase and hydrolyzes almost all clinically used β-lactam antibiotics.
Bo Ma, Chao Fang, Linshan Lu, Mingzhi Wang, X. Xue, Ying Zhou, Mingkai Li, Yue Hu, Xiaoxing Luo, Z. Hou   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Carbon Contacts to Proteins Enable Robust, Biocompatible Electronic Junctions with Near‐Activation‐less Conduction Down to 10 K

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A robust solid‐state protein junction with a semi‐transparent eC/Au electrode allows photoexcitation of the bacterio‐rhodopsin, bR layer, to isomerize the bR retinal. The resulting photo‐response shows the protein is functional in the solid‐state junction.
Shailendra K. Saxena, Sudipta Bera, Tatyana Bendikov, Israel Pecht, Mordechai Sheves, David Cahen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical

MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth. These vesicles encapsulate a diverse array of bioactive molecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and ...
Jun Zhou, Shuang Zou, Derong Dai, Liqing He, Xingyu Mou, Ninglin Zhao, Hong Li, Rui Bao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative proteomics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli during growth in human urine identify UCA-like (UCL) fimbriae as an adherence factor involved in biofilm formation and binding to uroepithelial cells [PDF]

, 2015
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the primary cause of urinary tract infection (UTI) in humans. For the successful colonisation of the human urinary tract, UPEC employ a diverse collection of secreted or surface-exposed virulence factors ...
Allsopp, LP, Moriel, DG, Schembri, MA, Totsika, M, Webb, RI, Wurpel, DJ   +5 more
core   +1 more source

An Engineered Living Material With Pro‐Angiogenic Activity Inducible by Near‐Infrared Light

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
NIR‐responsive engineered living materials (ELMs) for controlled angiogenesis: Near‐infrared (800 nm) light activates engineered probiotic bacteria within alginate‐based living materials to secrete a blood vessel‐regenerating protein. The released protein promotes pro‐angiogenic effects in endothelial networks and chick chorioallantoic membranes.
Anwesha Chatterjee, Stefanie S. M. Meier, Sara Trujillo, Andreas Möglich, Shrikrishnan Sankaran   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source