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José A. Bengoechea is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across multiple disciplines within the life sciences, including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, immunology, and microbiology.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of particular focus are Molecular Medicine, Immunology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The main research topics covered in their work involve:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

José A. Bengoechea has contributed to various recent scientific papers including:

  • SARS -CoV-2, bacterial co-infections, and AMR: the deadly trio in COVID -19? (2020), published in EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Stepwise evolution of Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 causing bloodstream infection in Africa (2020), published in Nature Microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae type VI secretion system-mediated microbial competition is PhoPQ controlled and reactive oxygen species dependent (2020), published in PLoS Pathogens
  • Modelling the Gastrointestinal Carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections (2023), published in mBio
  • A trans-kingdom T6SS effector induces the fragmentation of the mitochondrial network and activates innate immune receptor NLRX1 to promote infection (2023), published in Nature Communications

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • mBio
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

José A. Bengoechea collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Joana Sá-Pessoa
  • Amy Dumigan
  • Ricardo Calderón-González
  • Grant Mills
  • Rebecca Lancaster

Best Publications

  • Capsule Polysaccharide Mediates Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides

    Miguel A. Campos;Miguel A. Vargas;Verónica Regueiro;Catalina M. Llompart

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae AcrAB Efflux Pump Contributes to Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence

    Emma Padilla;Enrique Llobet;Antonio Doménech-Sánchez;Luis Martínez-Martínez

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae infection biology: living to counteract host defences.

    José A Bengoechea;Joana Sa Pessoa

  • Phosphoethanolamine Modification of Lipid A in Colistin-Resistant Variants of Acinetobacter baumannii Mediated by the pmrAB Two-Component Regulatory System

    Alejandro Beceiro;Enrique Llobet;Jesús Aranda;José Antonio Bengoechea

  • Capsule polysaccharide is a bacterial decoy for antimicrobial peptides

    Enrique Llobet;Juan M. Tomás;Jose A Bengoechea

  • Complement Factor H Is a Serum-binding Protein for Adrenomedullin, and the Resulting Complex Modulates the Bioactivities of Both Partners

    Rubén Pı́o;Alfredo Martı́nez;Edward J. Unsworth;Jeffrey A. Kowalak

  • Bactericidal activity of Lys49 and Asp49 myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops asper snake venom--synthetic Lys49 myotoxin II-(115-129)-peptide identifies its bactericidal region

    Leandro Páramo;Bruno Lomonte;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;José-Antonio Bengoechea

  • Modeling Klebsiella pneumoniae Pathogenesis by Infection of the Wax Moth Galleria mellonella

    José Luis Insua;Enrique Llobet;David Moranta;Camino Pérez-Gutiérrez

  • SARS-CoV-2, bacterial co-infections, and AMR: the deadly trio in COVID-19?

    Jose A. Bengoechea;Connor G.G. Bamford

  • Temperature-regulated efflux pump/potassium antiporter system mediates resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides in Yersinia.

    José Antonio Bengoechea;Mikael Skurnik

  • A Klebsiella pneumoniae antibiotic resistance mechanism that subdues host defences and promotes virulence

    Timothy J Kidd;Timothy J Kidd;Grant Mills;Joana Sá‐Pessoa;Amy Dumigan

  • Comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes identifies a phospholipase D family protein as a novel virulence factor

    Letícia M S Lery;Letícia M S Lery;Letícia M S Lery;Lionel Frangeul;Anna Tomas;Virginie Passet;Virginie Passet

  • Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae clearance by alveolar macrophages is impaired by exposure to cigarette smoke.

    Pau Martí-Lliteras;Verónica Regueiro;Pau Morey;Derek W. Hood

  • Lipopolysaccharide O antigen status of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 is essential for virulence and absence of O antigen affects the expression of other Yersinia virulence factors

    José Antonio Bengoechea;Hristo Najdenski;Mikael Skurnik;Mikael Skurnik

  • Role of bacterial surface structures on the interaction of Klebsiella pneumoniae with phagocytes

    Catalina March;Victoria Cano;David Moranta;Enrique Llobet

  • The Lipopolysaccharide Core of Brucella abortus Acts as a Shield Against Innate Immunity Recognition

    Raquel Conde-Álvarez;Vilma Arce-Gorvel;Maite Iriarte;Mateja Manček-Keber

  • Elucidation of the RamA regulon in Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals a role in LPS regulation.

    Shyamasree De Majumdar;Jing Yu;Maria Fookes;Sean P. McAteer

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae survives within macrophages by avoiding delivery to lysosomes.

    Victoria Cano;Catalina March;Jose Luis Insua;Nacho Aguiló

  • Analysis of the Networks Controlling the Antimicrobial-Peptide-Dependent Induction of Klebsiella pneumoniae Virulence Factors

    Enrique Llobet;Miguel A. Campos;Paloma Giménez;David Moranta

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsule Polysaccharide Impedes the Expression of β-Defensins by Airway Epithelial Cells

    David Moranta;Verónica Regueiro;Catalina March;Enrique Llobet

  • The lipopolysaccharide outer core of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 is required for virulence and plays a role in outer membrane integrity

    Mikael Skurnik;Reija Venho;José‐Antonio Bengoechea;José‐Antonio Bengoechea;Ignacio Moriyón

  • The biosynthesis and biological role of lipopolysaccharide O-antigens of pathogenic Yersiniae

    Mikael Skurnik;José A Bengoechea

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki
Willem van Schaik
Willem van Schaik University of Birmingham
Rob J. L. Willems
Rob J. L. Willems Utrecht University
Philippe J. Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti Institut Pasteur
Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Marc J. M. Bonten
Marc J. M. Bonten Utrecht University
Josefina Liñares
Josefina Liñares University of Barcelona
Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Michael M. Tunney
Michael M. Tunney Queen's University Belfast
Juan Ortín
Juan Ortín Spanish National Research Council

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