2020
Targeting the Heme Oxygenase 1/Carbon Monoxide Pathway to Resolve Lung Hyper-Inflammation and Restore a Regulated Immune Response in Cystic Fibrosis
Di Pietro C, Öz HH, Murray TS, Bruscia EM. Targeting the Heme Oxygenase 1/Carbon Monoxide Pathway to Resolve Lung Hyper-Inflammation and Restore a Regulated Immune Response in Cystic Fibrosis. Frontiers In Pharmacology 2020, 11: 1059. PMID: 32760278, PMCID: PMC7372134, DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCF lung diseaseCarbon monoxide pathwayCystic fibrosisImmune responseHO-1Lung diseaseInflammatory responseMonoxide pathwayBacterial infectionsHost defenseHO-1/CO pathwayOxidative stressDefective host defenseRegulated immune responseEndogenous HO-1Non-resolving inflammationBactericidal activityHO-1 activationHO-1 inductionCF lung tissueContinuous tissue damagePotential cellular mechanismsPersistent bacterial infectionsMonocytes/MΦsBactericidal mediators
2009
Pseudomonas aeruginosa OspR is an oxidative stress sensing regulator that affects pigment production, antibiotic resistance and dissemination during infection
Lan L, Murray TS, Kazmierczak BI, He C. Pseudomonas aeruginosa OspR is an oxidative stress sensing regulator that affects pigment production, antibiotic resistance and dissemination during infection. Molecular Microbiology 2009, 75: 76-91. PMID: 19943895, PMCID: PMC2881571, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06955.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBeta-Lactam ResistanceBeta-LactamsFemaleGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGlutathione PeroxidaseHydrogen PeroxideMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, BiologicalMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOxidative StressPigments, BiologicalPneumoniaPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsQuorum SensingRepressor ProteinsSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalTyrosineVirulenceConceptsOxidative stress sensingCys-24Stress sensingPigment productionNull mutant strainOxidative stressSerine substitution mutantsGlobal regulatorPromoter DNASubstitution mutantsAdditional genesInside hostsQuorum sensingCys residuesMutant strainConstitutive expressionMultiple pathwaysRegulatory effectsBeta-lactam resistanceGenesSignificant inductionRegulatorTyrosine metabolismOSPRP. aeruginosa