Abstract：
:Bacteria have existed on Earth for three billion years or so and have become adept at protecting themselves against toxic chemicals. Antibiotics have been in clinical use for a little more than 6 decades. That antibiotic resistance is now a major clinical problem all over the world attests to the success and speed of bacterial adaptation. Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are varied and include target protection, target substitution, antibiotic detoxification and block of intracellular antibiotic accumulation. Acquisition of genes needed to elaborate the various mechanisms is greatly aided by a variety of promiscuous gene transfer systems, such as bacterial conjugative plasmids, transposable elements and integron systems, that move genes from one DNA system to another and from one bacterial cell to another, not necessarily one related to the gene donor. Bacterial plasmids serve as the scaffold on which are assembled arrays of antibiotic resistance genes, by transposition (transposable elements and ISCR mediated transposition) and site-specific recombination mechanisms (integron gene cassettes).The evidence suggests that antibiotic resistance genes in human bacterial pathogens originate from a multitude of bacterial sources, indicating that the genomes of all bacteria can be considered as a single global gene pool into which most, if not all, bacteria can dip for genes necessary for survival. In terms of antibiotic resistance, plasmids serve a central role, as the vehicles for resistance gene capture and their subsequent dissemination. These various aspects of bacterial resistance to antibiotics will be explored in this presentation.
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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Bennett PMdoi
10.1038/sj.bjp.0707607subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-03-01 00:00:00pages
S347-57eissn
0007-1188issn
1476-5381pii
0707607journal_volume
153 Suppl 1pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:1. To determine the possible role of Ca(2+)-activated K+ (KCa) channels in the regulation of resting tone of arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the effects of agents which interact with these channels on tension and 86Rb efflux were compared in endothelium-denuded strips of carotid, femoral and mesen...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13465.x
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Nicotine can activate primary afferent nociceptors, one result of which is to increase neurogenic plasma extravasation. In this study we have demonstrated a novel proinflammatory effect of sub-nanomolar nicotine, mediated by peripheral action at sensory neurons. This action is normally masked by adrenal medulla-der...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0704031
更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb11847.x
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.14857
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0701844
更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The accumulation of (3)H-gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by the isolated rat retina has been measured.2. When retinae were incubated at 37 degrees C in a medium containing (3)H-GABA, tissue:medium ratios of about 25:1 were attained after a 30 min incubation.3. After incubations of 40 min at 37 degrees C, almost all ...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08184.x
更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb16368.x
更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Previous studies suggested that nitric oxide (NO) may cause hyperpolarization and relaxation of canine colonic smooth muscle by both cGMP-dependent and cGMP-independent mechanisms. This hypothesis was tested using 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ), a novel inhibitor of NO-stimulated guanylate cycla...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0701487
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0705558
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.13121
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0702471
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15960.x
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) regulates the expression of the key genes involved in lipid metabolism following activation of this receptor by various ligands. Ginseng, a highly valuable medicine in oriental societies, is also reported to modulate lipid metabolism, although the mechani...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0705169
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1111/bph.12742
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11585.x
更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11415.x
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1 The L6 myocyte cell line expresses high affinity receptors for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) which are coupled to activation of adenylyl cyclase. The biochemical pharmacology of these receptors has been examined by radioligand binding or adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) accumulation. 2 In i...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14272.x
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0707608
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1975.tb07427.x
更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.14124
更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjp.2008.286
更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1038/bjp.2008.24
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb08759.x
更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. In the neuronally isolated cortex of the cat, local application of bemegride, picrotoxin, nikethamide, caffeine and strychnine facilitated the surface positive response of the isolated cortex and lowered the stimulus threshold for this response. Excepting nikethamide, they all produced convulsive discharge in the i...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1970.tb09897.x
更新日期：1970-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1111/bph.14181
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13908.x
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. In the rat isolated diaphragm preparation hexamethonium and other low potency competitive antagonists of acetylcholine (ACh), including gallamine and hyoscine butylbromide, reverse block by the potent antagonists tubocurarine, pancuronium and alcuronium. 2. In the presence of tubocurarine, hexamethonium increases t...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1975.tb07414.x
更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Various neurotransmitters in the brain regulate gastric acid secretion. Previously, we reported that the central injection of kappa-opioid receptor agonists stimulated this secretion in rats. Although the existence of kappa(1)-kappa(3)-opioid receptor subtypes has been proposed, the character is not defined. We inv...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0705082
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The fall in arterial blood pressure with bradycardia that occurs on injection of clonidine into the cerebral ventricles and into the cisterna magna is attributed to an action on ;chemosensitive zones' situated at the ventral surface of the brain stem. This conclusion is based on the following results obtained in ca...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08532.x
更新日期：1973-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The vasodilator response to acetylcholine (ACh) was investigated in the aortic arches of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens). 2. With adrenaline pre-constricted preparations, both ACh and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) caused concentration-dependent relaxations. Damage to the endothelial layer abolished relaxations to ACh,...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15568.x
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
