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ArticleBiosafety and health2025

Targeting anti-virulence factor strategies of bacterial pathogens.

Jiashu Li, Tianyuan Jia, Liang Yang

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Article in Biosafety and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Binding ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Anti-QS Strategies AgainstMicroorganisms · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Jiashu LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Joint Laboratory of Guangdong-Hong Kong Universities for Vascular Homeostasis and Diseases, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Tianyuan JiaDepartment of Pharmacology, Joint Laboratory of Guangdong-Hong Kong Universities for Vascular Homeostasis and Diseases, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Liang YangDepartment of Pharmacology, Joint Laboratory of Guangdong-Hong Kong Universities for Vascular Homeostasis and Diseases, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens pose substantial biosafety and health hazards, leading to millions of deaths each year. The evolution of bacterial virulence factors is mainly propelled by horizontal gene transfer (HGT). In addition to traditional antibiotics, antimicrobial strategies targeting biofilm-related virulence factors and quorum sensing (QS)-related virulence factors can effectively restrain drug-resistant bacteria. Future anti-virulence strategies, encompassing natural drugs, antibiotic resistance inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and vaccines, are in the development pipeline. Consequently, by disrupting virulence factors, these drugs can eliminate the ability of bacterial pathogens to cause disease. In conclusion, this Perspective comprehensively summarizes current anti-bacterial virulence factor strategies and prospects for future cutting-edge approaches, which may address the issues of antibacterial resistance and curtail the spread of pathogens in the future.

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Anti-biofilm strategiesHorizontal gene transferIrulence factorsQuorum-sensing (QS)

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PMID41635302
PMCPMC12861749

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