NIH R01 · 2024
Bacterial polyphosphates in sepsis
Project Summary: Sepsis remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality with almost 50 million cases per year worldwide. In the absence of FDA-approved drugs, there is a high demand for better insights into the host- microbe interactions that define the molecular pathogenesis of sepsis. Polyphosphates are linear polymers of inorganic phosphate (Pi) residues that are present in all living organisms. The metabolism of bacteria accumulates long-chains of polyphosphates (Pi: n≥1,000) in contrast to the short-chain polyphosphates (Pi: n<100) typically found in mammalian cells. The biologic effects are dependent on chain length. Emerging data suggest that short-chain polyphosphates modulate…
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