| Title |
Extracellular ATP inhibits twitching motility-mediated biofilm expansion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12866-015-0392-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura M Nolan, Rosalia Cavaliere, Lynne Turnbull, Cynthia B Whitchurch |
| Abstract |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that exploits damaged epithelia to cause infection. Type IV pili (tfp) are polarly located filamentous structures which are the major adhesins for attachment of P. aeruginosa to epithelial cells. The extension and retraction of tfp powers a mode of surface translocation termed twitching motility that is involved in biofilm development and also mediates the active expansion of biofilms across surfaces. Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) is a key "danger" signalling molecule that is released by damaged epithelial cells to alert the immune system to the potential presence of pathogens. As P. aeruginosa has a propensity for infecting damaged epithelial tissues we have explored the influence of eATP on tfp biogenesis and twitching motility-mediated biofilm expansion by P. aeruginosa. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 15% |
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| Australia | 2 | 15% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 7 | 54% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Romania | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 53 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 27% |
| Researcher | 12 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 43% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 20% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 4% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
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