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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Antibiotic Persistence Emerges from Cell-State-Driven Transcriptional Reprogramming.

Qiang Liu, Zehui Yu, Xiaoli Liu, Amy Iverson, Tyler Simmons, Jason W Rosch, Peijun Ma

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Qiang LiuDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Zehui YuDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Xiaoli LiuDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Amy IversonDepartment of Host-Microbe Interactions, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Tyler SimmonsDepartment of Host-Microbe Interactions, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Jason W RoschDepartment of Host-Microbe Interactions, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Peijun MaDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7670-7016

Funding

Deciphering the genetic regulation of bacterial heterogeneity in response to antibiotic stress using single-cell transcriptomicsR35GM157243 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Peijun Ma · 2025 to 2026
$925k
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM157243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic persistence allows a subpopulation of bacterial cells to survive antibiotic treatment without acquiring resistance mutations, often contributing to treatment failure. Although many genes have been linked to persistence, their deletion rarely abolishes the phenotype, highlighting redundancy in persistence mechanisms. Moreover, the transient and heterogeneous nature of persister formation has made it difficult to resolve its molecular basis using bulk analyses. Here, we use bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing and functional assays in

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PMCPMC12934810

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