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ArticleThe ISME journal2016

The fermentation product 2,3-butanediol alters P. aeruginosa clearance, cytokine response and the lung microbiome.

Mytien Nguyen, Anurag Sharma, Wenzhu Wu, Rika Gomi, Biin Sung, Denina Hospodsky, Largus T Angenent, Stefan Worgall

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Article in The ISME journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mytien NguyenDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Anurag SharmaDepartment of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Wenzhu WuDepartment of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Rika GomiDepartment of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Biin SungDepartment of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Denina HospodskyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Largus T AngenentDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Stefan WorgallDepartment of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Cornell University · USWeill Cornell Medicine · US

Funding

Mucosal Immunization Against P. aeruginosa by Modified Adenovirus VectorsR01AI103341 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI WORGALL, STEFAN · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI103341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diseases that favor colonization of the respiratory tract with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are characterized by an altered airway microbiome. Virulence of P. aeruginosa respiratory tract infection is likely influenced by interactions with other lung microbiota or their products. The bacterial fermentation product 2,3-butanediol enhances virulence and biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa in vitro. This study assessed the effects of 2,3-butanediol on P. aeruginosa persistence, inflammatory response, and the lung microbiome in vivo. Here, P. aeruginosa grown in the presence of 2,3-butanediol and encapsulated in agar beads persisted longer in the murine respiratory tract, induced enhanced TNF-α and IL-6 responses and resulted in increased colonization in the lung tissue by environmental microbes. These results led to the following hypothesis that now needs to be tested with a larger study: fermentation products from the lung microbiota not only have a role in P. aeruginosa virulence and abundance, but also on the increased colonization of the respiratory tract with environmental microbes, resulting in dynamic shifts in microbiota diversity and disease susceptibility.

Indexed as

MicrobiotaAnimalsBacteriaButylene GlycolsCystic FibrosisCytokinesFermentationInterleukin-6LungMicePseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas Infections2,3-butylene glycolButylene GlycolsCytokinesInterleukin-6

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PMID27177192
PMCPMC5148197
OpenAlexW2382974371

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