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ReviewMedical microbiology and immunology2020

Interaction with the host: the role of fibronectin and extracellular matrix proteins in the adhesion of Gram-negative bacteria.

Diana J Vaca, Arno Thibau, Monika Schütz, Peter Kraiczy, Lotta Happonen, Johan Malmström, Volkhard A J Kempf

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Review in Medical microbiology and immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 111 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Diana J VacaInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt, Germany.
Arno ThibauInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt, Germany.
Monika SchützInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Eberhard Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
Peter KraiczyInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt, Germany.
Lotta HapponenDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Johan MalmströmDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Volkhard A J KempfInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt, Germany. volkhard.kempf@kgu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-7551
Goethe University Frankfurt · DELund University · SEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG FOR 2251H2020 European Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No 765042Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany 1369-354Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany Bartonella consiliary laboratory
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capacity of pathogenic microorganisms to adhere to host cells and avoid clearance by the host immune system is the initial and most decisive step leading to infections. Bacteria have developed different strategies to attach to diverse host surface structures. One important strategy is the adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins (e.g., collagen, fibronectin, laminin) that are highly abundant in connective tissue and basement membranes. Gram-negative bacteria express variable outer membrane proteins (adhesins) to attach to the host and to initiate the process of infection. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion is a prerequisite for targeting this interaction by "anti-ligands" to prevent colonization or infection of the host. Future development of such "anti-ligands" (specifically interfering with bacteria-host matrix interactions) might result in the development of a new class of anti-infective drugs for the therapy of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. This review summarizes our current knowledge about the manifold interactions of adhesins expressed by Gram-negative bacteria with ECM proteins and the use of this information for the generation of novel therapeutic antivirulence strategies.

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionHost Microbial InteractionsAdhesins, BacterialExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibronectinsGram-Negative BacteriaHumansAdhesins, BacterialExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibronectinsAdhesinsCollagenExtracellular matrix proteinsFibronectinGram-negative bacteriaLaminin

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PMID31784893
PMCPMC7248048
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