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The Effect of the Gallbladder Environment during Chronic Infection on Salmonella Persister Cell Formation

Microorganisms, 2022
Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). Around 3–5% of individuals infected become chronic carriers, with the gallbladder (GB) as the predominant site of persistence. Gallstones (GS) aid in the development and maintenance
Juan F. González, Regan Hitt, Baileigh Laipply, John S. Gunn   +3 more
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RNA Helicase DDX21 Controls CD4+ T Cell Proliferation and Promotes Inflammatory Bowel Disease via Translational Control

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by dysregulated T cell responses. RNA helicases, including DExD‐box helicase 21 (DDX21), are pivotal in RNA metabolism, but their role in T cell‐mediated pathology during IBD remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that DDX21 expression in CD4+ T cells correlates with cell cycle and translation ...
Yujuan Zhang, Chen Kan, Xinhui Yang, Yajuan Hao, Xuemin Cai, Mei Yang, Qianqian Zhang, Zhengting Wang, Ning Jiang, Lei Wang, Hua‐Bing Li, Jing Zhou   +11 more
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Oral and middle ear delivery of otitis media standard of care antibiotics, but not biofilm-targeted antibodies, alter chinchilla nasopharyngeal and fecal microbiomes

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Otitis media (OM) is one of the most globally pervasive pediatric conditions. Translocation of nasopharynx-resident opportunistic pathogens like nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) assimilates into polymicrobial middle ear biofilms, which promote ...
Audrey F. Duff, Joseph A. Jurcisek, Nikola Kurbatfinski, Tendy Chiang, Steven D. Goodman, Lauren O. Bakaletz, Michael T. Bailey   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dissecting the Ecological Structure of Health and Disease in the Global Gut Microbiome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We introduce Wiredancer, a framework that identifies three continuous ecological factors of the gut microbiota. These factors exhibit distinct patterns across health and disease, jointly capturing disrupted ecological stability and offering a new perspective for precision diagnostics and therapeutic strategies.
Baoyuan Zhu, Shuhao Chen, Yunheng Diao, Wei Wang, Yuanyuan Huang, Liqin Liang, Xiaodan Lu, Rui Han, Minxin Guo, Zhaobo Li, Shuhong Wang, Hehua Li, Chenyu Liu, Jing Zhou, Dongsheng Xiong, Xiaobo Li, Yuping Ning, Xuetao Shi, Fengchun Wu, Kai Wu   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respiratory tract antimicrobial peptides more effectively killed multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates after disruption from biofilm residence

Microbiology Spectrum
Bacteria newly released (NRel) from biofilm residence via multiple methodologies are commonly significantly more sensitive to antibiotics. We’ve induced NRel with this phenotype after incubation of biofilms formed by diverse human pathogens with an ...
Nikola Kurbatfinski, Joseph A. Jurscisek, Kathryn Q. Wilbanks, Steven D. Goodman, Lauren O. Bakaletz   +4 more
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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Responds to Virus-Infected Cells with a Significant Increase in Type IV Pilus Expression

mSphere, 2020
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) colonizes the human nasopharynx, but when the host immune response is dysregulated by upper respiratory tract (URT) virus infection, NTHI can gain access to more distal airway sites and cause disease.
Elaine M. Mokrzan, Kolapo A. Dairo, Laura A. Novotny, Lauren O. Bakaletz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathogenesis of microbial keratitis

, 2016
Microbial keratitis is a sight-threatening ocular infection caused by bacteria, fungi, and 2 protist pathogens. Epithelial defects and injuries are key predisposing factors making the eye 3 susceptible to corneal pathogens. Among bacterial pathogens,
Lakhundi, Sahreena, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano *, Khan, Naveed Ahmed *   +5 more
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Canagliflozin Alleviates Diabetic Glomerular Endothelial Injury via Melibiose in a Microbiota‐Dependent Manner

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Canagliflozin treatment reshapes the gut microbiota in DKD and elevates levels of melibiose, a metabolite derived from Roseburia intestinalis. Melibiose directly binds to and enhances the enzymatic activity of glyoxalase 1, leading to decreased methylglyoxal accumulation.
Wei Zhang, Yi Song, Changkun Li, Yuanyuan Luo, Mingwei Shao, Feng Guo, Fangyi Wei, Xunjie Fan, Wenwen Guo, Fengmei Xu, Yanhong Sang, Dongming Zhang, Yanhong Zhou, Lianwei Wang, Zhiqiang Kang, Yingjun Yang, Chunhua Song, Yanxia Liu, Xiaojun Ma, Jiao Wang, Chong Li, Shengnan Ma, Lin Zhao, Zhi Qin, Guolan Xing, Qiubo Zhao, Jun Li, Shumin Song, Dan Zhao, Ting Huang, Qingzhu Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Guijun Qin   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infection-relevant conditions dictate differential versus coordinate expression of Salmonella chaperones and cochaperones

mBio
Molecular chaperones are critical for protein homeostasis. In bacteria, chaperone trigger factor (TF) folds proteins co-translationally, and chaperone DnaK requires a J-domain cochaperone and nucleotide exchange factor GrpE to fold proteins largely post ...
Carissa Chan, Keiichiro Mukai, Eduardo A. Groisman   +2 more
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Nanocellulose Alleviates Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy via Gut Microbiota‐Mediated Bile Acid Homeostasis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanocellulose, derived from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) through sulfuric acid hydrolysis or mechanical grinding to produce CNC or CNF, was tested in a rat ICP model. Particularly, CNF improved gut microbiota composition, reduced secondary bile acid metabolism, and restored bile acid homeostasis through modulation of the gut–liver axis.
Muhua Yu, Hongjie Dai, Xiaocui Zhong, Qibin Li, Hui Yuan, Yang Yang, Daiyong Huang, Lei Zhang, Rui Ran, Tian He, Yuanzhi Huang, Silas Villas‐Boas, Sergey Tumanov, Richard D. Cannon, Boris Novakovic, Richard Saffery, Yuhao Zhang, Xiaojing Dong, Ting‐Li Han   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source