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The innate immune protein calprotectin incapacitates the bactericidal activity of β-lactam antibiotics.

Amanda Z Velez, Jana N Radin, Emily N Kennedy, Joshua B Parsons, Heather M Tong, Emma Jung, Emily Alam, Lauren C Radlinski, Nikki J Wagner, Vance G Fowler and 3 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Amanda Z VelezDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Jana N RadinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, United States.
Emily N KennedyDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Joshua B ParsonsDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Heather M TongDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Emma JungDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Emily AlamDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Lauren C RadlinskiDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Nikki J WagnerDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Vance G FowlerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Sarah E RoweDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Thomas Kehl-FieDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, United States.
Brian P ConlonDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2155-8375

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Diabetes and Antibiotic Treatment FailureR01AI173004 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Brian Patrick Conlon, Lance R. Thurlow · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Calprotectin and Antibiotic Activities at the Infection InterfaceR01AI179695 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Brian Patrick Conlon, Thomas Everett Kehl-Fie · 2024 to 2026
$2.3M
Identifying the contribution of zinc limitation to antibiotic tolerance during S. aureus infectionR21AI159369 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CONLON, BRIAN PATRICK · 2021 to 2022
$431k
Zeiss LSM900 laser scanning confocal microscope for the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillS10OD036215 · OD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ARIEL, PABLO · 2024 to 2024
$262k
Identifying the role of manganese limitation in antibiotic killing of Staphylococcus aureusF30AI169746 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Amanda Zoyla Velez · 2023 to 2026
$183k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI169746NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI173004NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI179695NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI159369NIH HHS S10 OD036215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-lactam antibiotics are widely used to treat bacterial infections, yet treatment failures frequently occur even without resistance. Here, we show that the innate immune protein calprotectin (CP), released by neutrophils and abundant at infection sites, induces tolerance to β-lactam antibiotics in

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