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ArticleInfection and immunity2016

Displacement of Pathogens by an Engineered Bacterium Is a Multifactorial Process That Depends on Attachment Competition and Interspecific Antagonism.

Fitua Al-Saedi, Daniel Henry Stones, Diana Pereira Vaz, Anne Marie Krachler

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fitua Al-SaediInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Daniel Henry StonesInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Diana Pereira VazInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Anne Marie KrachlerInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom a.krachler@bham.ac.uk.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L007916/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M021513/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogen attachment to host cells is a key process during infection, and inhibition of pathogen adhesion is a promising approach to the prevention of infectious disease. We have previously shown that multivalent adhesion molecules (MAMs) are abundant in both pathogenic and commensal bacterial species, mediate early attachment to host cells, and can contribute to virulence. Here, we investigated the efficacy of an engineered bacterium expressing a commensal MAM on its surface in preventing pathogen attachment and pathogen-mediated cytotoxicity in a tissue culture infection model. We were able to dissect the individual contributions of adhesion and interspecific antagonism on the overall outcome of infection for a range of different pathogens by comparison with the results obtained with a fully synthetic adhesion inhibitor. We found that the potential of the engineered bacterium to outcompete the pathogen is not always solely dependent on its ability to hinder host attachment but, depending on the pathogenic species, may also include elements of interspecific antagonism, such as competition for nutrients and its ability to cause a loss of fitness due to production of antimicrobial factors.

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AntibiosisHost-Pathogen InteractionsAdhesins, BacterialBacterial AdhesionCell EngineeringEnterococcus faecalisEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHeLa CellsHumansPlasmidsPseudomonas aeruginosaRecombinant Fusion ProteinsStaphylococcus aureusVirulenceAdhesins, BacterialRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID27001540
PMCPMC4907129
OpenAlexW2304596811

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