2017
A Tick Antivirulence Protein Potentiates Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus
Abraham NM, Liu L, Jutras BL, Murfin K, Acar A, Yarovinsky TO, Sutton E, Heisig M, Jacobs-Wagner C, Fikrig E. A Tick Antivirulence Protein Potentiates Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2017, 61: 10.1128/aac.00113-17. PMID: 28438938, PMCID: PMC5487661, DOI: 10.1128/aac.00113-17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifreeze ProteinsBiofilmsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcus aureusTicksConceptsNovel alternative therapeutic strategyAlternative therapeutic strategiesEfficacy of antibioticsTherapeutic strategiesTransgenic miceBacterial infectionsInfection modelDifferent antibioticsAntibioticsAntibiotic resistanceStaphylococcus aureusPotency of antibioticsClinical pathogensPeptides representativeImproved permeationPathogensPotent antibiofilm propertiesIAFGP
2014
Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein
Heisig M, Abraham NM, Liu L, Neelakanta G, Mattessich S, Sultana H, Shang Z, Ansari JM, Killiam C, Walker W, Cooley L, Flavell RA, Agaisse H, Fikrig E. Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein. Cell Reports 2014, 9: 417-424. PMID: 25373896, PMCID: PMC4223805, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifreeze ProteinsBiofilmsDisease ResistanceDrosophilaInsect ProteinsIxodesMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiceRecombinant ProteinsStaphylococcal InfectionsConceptsAntifreeze proteinsDiverse bacteriaProtein bindsWild-type animalsBiofilm formationAntivirulence agentsIAFGPMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusHost controlProteinAntifreeze glycoproteinsIxodes scapularisAntivirulence propertiesBacteriaSeptic shockTherapeutic strategiesBacterial infectionsInfectious diseasesMicrobesStaphylococcus aureusFliesBindsInfectionCatheter tubingPathogens