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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2017

Signal Biosynthesis Inhibition with Ambuic Acid as a Strategy To Target Antibiotic-Resistant Infections.

Daniel A Todd, Corey P Parlet, Heidi A Crosby, Cheryl L Malone, Kristopher P Heilmann, Alexander R Horswill, Nadja B Cech

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel A ToddThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Corey P ParletDepartment of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Heidi A CrosbyDepartment of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Cheryl L MaloneDepartment of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Kristopher P HeilmannDepartment of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Alexander R HorswillDepartment of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA alex-horswill@uiowa.edu nadja_cech@uncg.edu.
Nadja B CechThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA alex-horswill@uiowa.edu nadja_cech@uncg.edu.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

Vector Core-Core 2P30DK054759 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Alejandro Antonio Pezzulo · 1998 to 2026
$30.5M
TRAINING IN MECHANISMS OF PARASITISMT32AI007511 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BUTLER, NOAH SULLIVAN, WEBER, MARY · 1996 to 2025
$8.1M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASEST32AI007343 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STAPLETON, JACK T. · 1988 to 2024
$5.0M
Strategies to Investigate Synergy in Botanical MedicinesR01AT006860 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI CECH, NADJA B · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
Quorum Sensing Dependent Interactions with Biofilms and Innate Immunity DefensesI01BX002711 · VA · VA EASTERN COLORADO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI ALEXANDER R HORSWILL · 2015 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX002711NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT006860NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007343NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007511NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK054759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been major interest by the scientific community in antivirulence approaches against bacterial infections. However, partly due to a lack of viable lead compounds, antivirulence therapeutics have yet to reach the clinic. Here we investigate the development of an antivirulence lead targeting quorum sensing signal biosynthesis, a process that is conserved in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. Some preliminary studies suggest that the small molecule ambuic acid is a signal biosynthesis inhibitor. To confirm this, we constructed a methicillin-resistant

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCyclohexanonesDisease Models, AnimalGram-Positive BacteriaGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansMaleMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPeptides, CyclicQuorum SensingSignal TransductionStaphylococcal InfectionsAgrD protein, Staphylococcusambuic acidAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCyclohexanonesPeptides, CyclicVirulence FactorsAgr systemambuic acidinhibitorsStaphylococcus aureusvirulence regulation

Identifiers

PMID28607020
PMCPMC5527603
OpenAlexW2626029790

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