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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles in Potentiating Cancer Vaccines: Progress and Prospects

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) have emerged as versatile platforms for cancer vaccine development owing to their intrinsic immunostimulatory properties and high engineering flexibility. This review summarizes OMV biology, immune mechanisms, and engineering strategies that enhance vaccine efficacy, discusses key translational challenges, and ...
Jiabeini Zhang, Tianyu Shao, Fengjiang Qu, Caiyun Bai, Sijie Li, Pin Gao, Wenna Li, Keman Cheng, Xiao Zhao, Zhimin Fan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Single Dual-Function Enzyme Controls the Production of Inflammatory NOD Agonist Peptidoglycan Fragments by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

mBio, 2017
Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonococcus (GC) is a Gram-negative betaproteobacterium and causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. During growth, GC releases lipooligosaccharide (LOS) and peptidoglycan (PG) fragments, which contribute ...
Jonathan D. Lenz, Kathleen T. Hackett, Joseph P. Dillard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living Hydrogels: Harnessing Microorganism–Material Synergy for Next‐Generation Therapeutics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
 . ABSTRACT Microorganism‐based therapies, particularly those utilizing probiotics, have emerged as a powerful biomedical strategy owing to their inherent living functionalities. These living systems can dynamically interact with host environments and self‐regulate their activity, offering superior adaptability, prolonged functionality, and ...
Shuifang Mao, Bingyao Bai, Xingqian Ye, Yiliang Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hanks-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases and Phosphatases in Bacteria: Roles in Signaling and Adaptation to Various Environments [PDF]

, 2018
Reversible phosphorylation is a key mechanism that regulates many cellular processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In prokaryotes, signal transduction includes two-component signaling systems, which involve a membrane sensor histidine kinase and a ...
Janczarek, Monika, Karaś, Magdalena, Lipa, Paulina, Vinardell González, José María   +3 more
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Genetics of Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis

Microbiology Spectrum, 2014
ABSTRACT The complex cell envelope is a hallmark of mycobacteria and is anchored by the peptidoglycan layer, which is similar to that of Escherichia coli and a number of other bacteria but with modifications to the monomeric units and other structural complexities that are likely related to a role for the ...
Martin S, Pavelka, Sebabrata, Mahapatra, Dean C, Crick   +2 more
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A Photothermal‐Responsive PRP‐Loaded Hydrogel Engineered With Composite Nanobottle for Controllable Delivery of Growth Factors and Multifunctional Therapy of Diabetic Wounds

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A photothermal‐responsive engineered platelet‐rich plasma hydrogel (CNB‐ePRP) incorporated with thrombin‐functionalized composite nanobottle was developed, which enables in situ PRP activation, on‐demand growth factor release, multifunctionality, and personalized antimicrobial loading for treatment of diabetic wounds. The CNB‐ePRP hydrogel demonstrated
Wen‐Qiang Qu, Hui‐Yun Gu, Si‐Min Zeng, Chang‐Jiang Liu, Xiao Yan, Ting Pan, Chao Jian, Xian‐Zheng Zhang, Ai‐Xi Yu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synergistic Induction of Eotaxin and VCAM-1 Expression in Human Corneal Fibroblasts by Staphylococcal Peptidoglycan and Either IL-4 or IL-13

Allergology International, 2011
Background: Common features of allergic or atopic ocular and skin diseases are the participation of Th2 lymphocytes and eosinophils and colonization by Staphylococcus aureus. To examine the role of interaction between Th2 cells and bacterial infection in
Ken Fukuda, Teruo Nishida, Atsuki Fukushima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerated X-ray Structure Elucidation of a 36 kDa Muramidase/Transglycosylase Using wARP [PDF]

, 1998
The X-ray structure of the 36kDa soluble lytic transglycosylase from Escherichia coli has been determined starting with the multiple isomorphous replacement method with inclusion of anomalous scattering at 2.7 Å resolution. Subsequently, before any model
Asselt, Erik J. van,, Dijkstra, Bauke W.,, Kalk, Kor H.,, Lamzin, Victor S.,, Perrakis, Anastassis,   +4 more
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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drosophila immunity: analysis of PGRP-SB1 expression, enzymatic activity and function.

PLoS ONE, 2011
Peptidoglycan is an essential and specific component of the bacterial cell wall and therefore is an ideal recognition signature for the immune system. Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are conserved from insects to mammals and able to bind PGN ...
Anna Zaidman-Rémy, Mickael Poidevin, Mireille Hervé, David P Welchman, Juan C Paredes, Carina Fahlander, Hakan Steiner, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, Bruno Lemaitre   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source