ReviewEcoSal Plus2018
Function and Biogenesis of Lipopolysaccharides.
Review in EcoSal Plus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 397 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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397 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 716 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Chondroitin sulfate modulates gut microbiota to improve bone metabolism and reduce locomotion problems in yellow-feathered broilers.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Article
- LPS in gram-negative bacterial growth and physiology: outside but fully integrated.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2026Review
- When folding CARDs wins the game: molecular snapshots of lipopolysaccharide sensing by the non-canonical inflammasome.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026Review
- Glutamate Potentiates Meropenem Killing of Carbapenem-ResistantACS omega · 2026Article
- What goes around comes around: updates in the study ofInfection and immunity · 2026Review
- Protein-Protein Interactions Between Peptidoglycan, Lipopolysaccharide, and Phospholipid Biosynthesis Enzymes in Escherichia coli.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of LPS/IFN-γ and LPS/ATP-Induced Inflammatory Models in BV2 Microglia.Neurochemical research · 2026Article
- Chain-Length Regulation by WzzE Is Necessary for, but Genetically Separable From, Cyclic Enterobacterial Common Antigen Synthesis.Molecular microbiology · 2026Article
- Mucin-induced metabolic reprogramming inmSystems · 2026Article
- Influence of Ligand Functionalization on the Synthesis of Metallic-Decorated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Treatment.ACS applied nano materials · 2026Article
- Targeting bacterial phosphotransferase system to prevent the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2026Article
- TLR4-paxillin-Rac1 signaling mediates LPS-induced dysregulation of keratinocyte function.iScience · 2026Article
- Pathogen-Specific Regulation of Renin-Angiotensin System Genes in Epithelial Cells: A Comparative Study of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein N-Terminal Domain Fragment and Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Silent Link: Exploring the Impact of Periodontal Diseases on Head and Neck Carcinogenesis.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Review
- Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Pd(II)-Pincer-Type Complex.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Biofilm-driven LPS remodeling and colanic acid overproduction mediate biocide adaptation and antibiotic cross-resistance in E. coli.npj antimicrobials and resistance · 2026Article
- A Primary Spinal Cord Mixed Culture Method for In Vitro Analysis of Glial Heterogeneity and Inflammatory Responses.Neurochemical research · 2026Article
- Molecular mechanisms behind the temporal dynamics of LPS-induced inflammatory response in splenic phagocytes of the wall lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
337 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The cell envelope is the first line of defense between a bacterium and the world-at-large. Often, the initial steps that determine the outcome of chemical warfare, bacteriophage infections, and battles with other bacteria or the immune system greatly depend on the structure and composition of the bacterial cell surface. One of the most studied bacterial surface molecules is the glycolipid known as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which is produced by most Gram-negative bacteria. Much of the initial attention LPS received in the early 1900s was owed to its ability to stimulate the immune system, for which the glycolipid was commonly known as endotoxin. It was later discovered that LPS also creates a permeability barrier at the cell surface and is a main contributor to the innate resistance that Gram-negative bacteria display against many antimicrobials. Not surprisingly, these important properties of LPS have driven a vast and still prolific body of literature for more than a hundred years. LPS research has also led to pioneering studies in bacterial envelope biogenesis and physiology, mostly using
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