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ReviewMarine drugs2019

Widespread Existence of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors in Marine Bacteria: Potential Drugs to Combat Pathogens with Novel Strategies.

Jing Zhao, Xinyun Li, Xiyan Hou, Chunshan Quan, Ming Chen

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In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Research Progress on the Quorum Sensing System ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Anti-QS Strategies AgainstMicroorganisms · 2025
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  7. Quorum Sensing and its Inhibition inCurrent drug targets · 2025
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  13. Curvularin Isolated FromFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  19. Alterocin, an Antibiofilm Protein Secreted byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2020
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  20. Quorum Quenching in a NovelMicroorganisms · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jing ZhaoKey Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization (Dalian Minzu University), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116600, China. zhaojing@dlnu.edu.cn.
Xinyun LiKey Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization (Dalian Minzu University), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116600, China. lixinyun9118@163.com.
Xiyan HouKey Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization (Dalian Minzu University), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116600, China. xyhous@dlnu.edu.cn.
Chunshan QuanKey Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization (Dalian Minzu University), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116600, China. mikyeken@dlnu.edu.cn.
Ming ChenSchool of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116600, China. chenming@dlpu.edu.cn.
Dalian Minzu University · CNDalian Polytechnic University · CNMinzu University of China · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is a phenomenon of intercellular communication discovered mainly in bacteria. A QS system consisting of QS signal molecules and regulatory protein components could control physiological behaviors and virulence gene expression of bacterial pathogens. Therefore, QS inhibition could be a novel strategy to combat pathogens and related diseases. QS inhibitors (QSIs), mainly categorized into small chemical molecules and quorum quenching enzymes, could be extracted from diverse sources in marine environment and terrestrial environment. With the focus on the exploitation of marine resources in recent years, more and more QSIs from the marine environment have been investigated. In this article, we present a comprehensive review of QSIs from marine bacteria. Firstly, screening work of marine bacteria with potential QSIs was concluded and these marine bacteria were classified. Afterwards, two categories of marine bacteria-derived QSIs were summarized from the aspects of sources, structures, QS inhibition mechanisms, environmental tolerance, effects/applications, etc. Next, structural modification of natural small molecule QSIs for future drug development was discussed. Finally, potential applications of QSIs from marine bacteria in human healthcare, aquaculture, crop cultivation, etc. were elucidated, indicating promising and extensive application perspectives of QS disruption as a novel antimicrobial strategy.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsBacteriaDrug DevelopmentEnzymesMolecular StructureQuorum SensingAnti-Infective AgentsEnzymesapplicationmarine bacteriaQS inhibition mechanismsQS inhibitorsquorum quenching enzymessmall molecule QS inhibitorsstructural modification

Identifiers

PMID31072008
PMCPMC6562741
OpenAlexW2945658214

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