Overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis cell wall-anchored proteins: potential targets to inhibit biofilm formation

Silvestre Ortega-Peña, Sergio Martínez-García, Sandra Rodríguez-Martínez, Mario E. Cancino-Diaz, Juan C. Cancino-Diaz

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Currently, the treatment of infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) represents a challenge because some strains have multidrug-resistance to antimicrobial products (antibiotic and biocides) and can produce biofilms. These biofilms protect bacterial cells from both antimicrobials and the host immune response. Therefore, it is crucial to encourage research on the development of new treatments. One method is immunotherapy, targeting components of S. epidermidis, such as S. epidermidis surface (Ses) proteins. Ses is expressed constitutively in most strains, and they participate in biofilm formation. This review is an update on Ses, regarding their structure, biological function, their relationship with S. epidermidis biofilm formation, and its possible role as therapeutic targets to develop immunotherapeutic treatments to prevent infections by S. epidermidis.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)771-784
Número de páginas14
PublicaciónMolecular Biology Reports
Volumen47
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ene. 2020

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