Advances and future prospects of enzyme‐based biofilm prevention approaches in the food industry

S Nahar, MFR Mizan, AJ Ha… - … Reviews in Food Science …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Food poisoning and foodborne diseases are a growing public health concern worldwide.
Approximately 30 known and many unknown pathogens are the main culprits for these …

The epidermal lipid barrier in microbiome–skin interaction

AK Tchoupa, D Kretschmer, B Schittek, A Peschel - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
The corneocyte layers forming the upper surface of mammalian skin are embedded in a
lamellar-membrane matrix which repels harmful molecules while retaining solutes from …

Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and virulence factor production by petroselinic acid and other unsaturated C18 fatty acids

JH Lee, YG Kim, J Lee - Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that secretes several toxins associated
with the pathogenesis of sepsis and pneumonia. Its antibiotic resistance is notorious, and its …

Recent advances in responsive antibacterial materials: design and application scenarios

B Zhang, D Lu, H Duan - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infection is one of the leading causes of death globally, although modern medicine
has made considerable strides in the past century. As traditional antibiotics are suffering …

Lugdunin amplifies innate immune responses in the skin in synergy with host-and microbiota-derived factors

K Bitschar, B Sauer, J Focken, H Dehmer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Recently our groups discovered lugdunin, a new cyclic peptide antibiotic that inhibits S
taphylococcus aureus epithelial colonization in humans and rodents. In this work, we …

Identification of a S. aureus virulence factor by activity-based protein profiling (ABPP)

CS Lentz, JR Sheldon, LA Crawford, R Cooper… - Nature chemical …, 2018 - nature.com
Serine hydrolases play diverse roles in regulating host–pathogen interactions in a number
of organisms, yet few have been characterized in the human pathogen Staphylococcus …

Bacterial lipolysis of immune-activating ligands promotes evasion of innate defenses

X Chen, F Alonzo III - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Commensal and pathogenic bacteria hydrolyze host lipid substrates with secreted lipases
and phospholipases for nutrient acquisition, colonization, and infection. Bacterial lipase …

Virulence factors produced by Staphylococcus aureus biofilms have a moonlighting function contributing to biofilm integrity*[S]

AC Graf, A Leonard, M Schäuble… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2019 - ASBMB
Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent of various biofilm-associated infections in
humans causing major healthcare problems worldwide. This type of infection is inherently …

[HTML][HTML] Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization is enhanced by the interaction of neutrophil extracellular traps with keratinocytes

K Bitschar, L Staudenmaier, L Klink, J Focken… - Journal of Investigative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus is a facultative pathogen found on skin and nasal surfaces. It is
usually absent from the skin of healthy humans but frequently colonizes the skin of patients …

Virulence mechanisms of staphylococcal animal pathogens

GYC Cheung, M Otto - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Staphylococci are major causes of infections in mammals. Mammals are colonized by
diverse staphylococcal species, often with moderate to strong host specificity, and …