ReviewFuture microbiology2012
Future perspective on host-pathogen interactions during bacterial biofilm formation within the nasopharynx.
Review in Future microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Differences Between Children with Hypertrophic Adenoids and Healthy Controls.Biology · 2026Article
- Measuring Niche-Associated Metabolic Activity in Planktonic and Biofilm Bacteria.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae minimize phagocytosis and cytokine expression by macrophage cell line.AMB Express · 2022Article
- Immunometabolism in biofilm infection: lessons from cancer.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2022Review
- Interrogation ofSaudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Article
- Edible marine algae: a new source for anti-mycobacterial agents.Folia microbiologica · 2021Article
- Msh Pilus Mutations Increase the Ability of a Free-Living Bacterium to Colonize a Piscine Host.Genes · 2021Article
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- Bacterial-Host Interactions: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Respiratory Infection.Physiological reviews · 2018Review
- Should the biofilm mode of life be taken into consideration for microbial biocontrol agents?Microbial biotechnology · 2017Review
- Adenoid bacterial colonization in a paediatric population.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Observational
- Determinants of chronic otitis media with effusion in preschool children: a case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2017Article
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- Human plasma enhances the expression of Staphylococcal microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules promoting biofilm formation and increases antimicrobial tolerance In Vitro.BMC research notes · 2014Article
- Pneumococci in biofilms are non-invasive: implications on nasopharyngeal colonization.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2014Review
- Anatomical site-specific contributions of pneumococcal virulence determinants.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.)Article
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Abstract
Nasopharyngeal colonization provides bacteria with a place of residence, a platform for person-to-person transmission and for many opportunistic pathogens it is a prerequisite event towards the development of invasive disease. Therefore, how host factors within the nasopharynx contribute to, inhibit or otherwise shape biofilm formation, the primary mode of existence for colonizing bacteria, and how biofilm bacteria subvert the acute inflammatory response that facilitates clearance, are important topics for future microbiological research. This review proposes the examination of host components as bridging molecules for bacterial interactions during biofilm formation, altered virulence determinant production and cell wall modification as a mechanism for immunoquiescence, and the role of host factors as signals and co-opted mechanisms for bacterial dissemination, together providing an opportunity for disease.
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