TY - JOUR
T1 - Inter-kingdom signaling
T2 - chemical language between bacteria and host
AU - Pacheco, Alline R.
AU - Sperandio, Vanessa
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - Chemical communication between cells ensures coordination of behavior. In prokaryotes, this chemical communication is usually referred to as quorum sensing, while eukaryotic cells signal through hormones. In the past years, a growing number of reports have shown that bacterial quorum sensing signals, called autoinducers, signal to eukaryotic cells, mimicking hormones. Conversely, host hormones can signal to bacterial cells through converging pathways to autoinducer signaling. This inter-kingdom signaling mediates symbiotic and pathogenic relationships between bacteria, mammalian and plant hosts.
AB - Chemical communication between cells ensures coordination of behavior. In prokaryotes, this chemical communication is usually referred to as quorum sensing, while eukaryotic cells signal through hormones. In the past years, a growing number of reports have shown that bacterial quorum sensing signals, called autoinducers, signal to eukaryotic cells, mimicking hormones. Conversely, host hormones can signal to bacterial cells through converging pathways to autoinducer signaling. This inter-kingdom signaling mediates symbiotic and pathogenic relationships between bacteria, mammalian and plant hosts.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19318290
AN - SCOPUS:63749127958
SN - 1369-5274
VL - 12
SP - 192
EP - 198
JO - Current Opinion in Microbiology
JF - Current Opinion in Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -