"Quorum Sensing" 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 phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of signaling molecules. A reaction occurs when a substance accumulates to a sufficient concentration. This is most commonly seen in bacteria.
| Descriptor ID |
D053038
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.085.700 G06.550.700
|
| Concept/Terms |
Quorum Quenching- Quorum Quenching
- Quenching, Quorum
- Quenchings, Quorum
- Quorum Quenchings
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quorum Sensing".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Quorum Sensing".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quorum Sensing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quorum Sensing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Quorum Sensing" by people in Profiles.
-
Tanoto FR, Liew JH, Stocks CJ, Rawat D, Chong KKL, Pethe K, Antypas H, Kline KA. Gelatinase regulates the egress of intracellular replicating populations during Enterococcus faecalis infection. PLoS Pathog. 2026 Mar; 22(3):e1013738.
-
Antypas H, Schmidtchen V, Staiger WI, Yanhong LI, Tan RJW, Ng KKF, Neo CJY, Radhesh SM, Tanoto FR, da Silva RAG, Colomer-Winter C, Sch?tz SD, Kloehn J, Muthualagu Natarajan L, Manzano C, Wong JJ, Pethe K, Hasse B, Brugger SD, Wong SL, Van Tyne D, Zinkernagel AS, Kline KA. Loss of Fsr quorum sensing promotes biofilm formation and worsens outcomes in enterococcal infective endocarditis. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 14; 17(1):1668.
-
Neil B, Cheney GL, Rosenzweig JA, Sha J, Chopra AK. Antimicrobial resistance in aeromonads and new therapies targeting quorum sensing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2024 Feb 13; 108(1):205.
-
Naoun AA, Raphael I, Forsthuber TG. Immunoregulation via Cell Density and Quorum Sensing-like Mechanisms: An Underexplored Emerging Field with Potential Translational Implications. Cells. 2022 08 06; 11(15).
-
Essock-Burns T, Bennett BD, Arencibia D, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Medeiros M, McFall-Ngai MJ, Ruby EG. Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Regulation Induces Morphological Change in a Key Host Tissue during the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Symbiosis. mBio. 2021 10 26; 12(5):e0240221.
-
Tan CAZ, Antypas H, Kline KA. Overcoming the challenge of establishing biofilms in vivo: a roadmap for Enterococci. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2020 02; 53:9-18.
-
Ayala JC, Benitez JA, Silva AJ. A proteome-wide screen to identify transcription factors interacting with the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter. J Microbiol Methods. 2019 10; 165:105702.
-
Ayala JC, Wang H, Benitez JA, Silva AJ. Molecular basis for the differential expression of the global regulator VieA in Vibrio cholerae biotypes directed by H-NS, LeuO and quorum sensing. Mol Microbiol. 2018 02; 107(3):330-343.
-
Singh S, Mohamed W, Aguessy A, Dyett E, Shah S, Khan M, Baskar R, Brazill D. Functional interaction of PkcA and PldB regulate aggregation and development in Dictyostelium discoideum. Cell Signal. 2017 06; 34:47-54.
-
Chen S, Thompson KM, Francis MS. Environmental Regulation of Yersinia Pathophysiology. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2016; 6:25.