"Peptidoglycan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.
| Descriptor ID |
D010457
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.400.420.700 D09.698.718.594 D12.644.233.594 D12.776.395.560.800 D23.050.161.616.594
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peptidoglycan" by people in Profiles.
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Chen S, Putnik R, Li X, Diwaker A, Vasconcelos M, Liu S, Gondi S, Zhou J, Guo L, Xu L, Temme S, Bersch K, Hyland S, Yin J, Burstein E, Bahnson BJ, Gildersleeve JC, Grimes CL, Reinecker HC. PGLYRP1-mediated intracellular peptidoglycan detection promotes intestinal?mucosal protection. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 21; 16(1):1864.
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Schafer JJ, McRae J, Prioli KM, Harris LF, McCoy M, Cannon-Dang E, Pizzi LT. Exploring beliefs about pneumococcal vaccination in a predominantly older African American population: the Pharmacists' Pneumonia Prevention Program (PPPP). Ethn Health. 2021 04; 26(3):364-378.
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Liang H, DeMeester KE, Hou CW, Parent MA, Caplan JL, Grimes CL. Metabolic labelling of the carbohydrate core in bacterial peptidoglycan and its applications. Nat Commun. 2017 04 20; 8:15015.
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Sandoval NR, Papoutsakis ET. Engineering membrane and cell-wall programs for tolerance to toxic chemicals: Beyond solo genes. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2016 10; 33:56-66.
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Humann J, Mann B, Gao G, Moresco P, Ramahi J, Loh LN, Farr A, Hu Y, Durick-Eder K, Fillon SA, Smeyne RJ, Tuomanen EI. Bacterial Peptidoglycan Traverses the Placenta to Induce Fetal Neuroproliferation and Aberrant Postnatal Behavior Cell Host Microbe. 2016 03 09; 19(3):388-99.
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Yuan Y, Bi C, Nicolaou SA, Zingaro KA, Ralston M, Papoutsakis ET. Overexpression of the Lactobacillus plantarum peptidoglycan biosynthesis murA2 gene increases the tolerance of Escherichia coli to alcohols and enhances ethanol production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2014 Oct; 98(19):8399-411.
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Garcia AE, Rico MC, Liverani E, DeLa Cadena RA, Bray PF, Kunapuli SP. Erosive arthritis and hepatic granuloma formation induced by peptidoglycan polysaccharide in rats is aggravated by prasugrel treatment. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e69093.
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Fines M, Perichon B, Reynolds P, Sahm DF, Courvalin P. VanE, a new type of acquired glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecalis BM4405. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Sep; 43(9):2161-4.
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Janoff A, Blondin J. The effect of human granulocyte elastase on bacterial suspensions. Lab Invest. 1973 Oct; 29(4):454-7.