Mingkai Li

Dr. Mingkai Li

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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 January 2020 in Journal of Biomedical Science
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DNDan Nie
Dan Nie
YHYue Hu
Yue Hu
ZCZhou Chen
Zhou Chen
MLMingkai Li
Mingkai Li
ZHZheng Hou
Zheng Hou
XXXiaoyan Xue
Xiaoyan Xue
Acinetobacter baumannii(A. baumannii) is an important opportunistic pathogen causing serious nosocomial infections, which is considered as the most threatening Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). Outer membrane protein A (OmpA), a major component of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in GNB, is a key virulence factor which mediates bacterial biofilm formation, eukaryotic cell infection, antibiotic resistance and immunomodulation. The characteristics of OmpA inEscherichia coli(E. coli) have been extensively studied since 1974, but only in recent years researchers started to clarify the functions of OmpA inA. baumannii. In this review, we summarized the structure and functions of OmpA inA. baumannii(AbOmpA), collected novel therapeutic strategies against it for treatingA. baumanniiinfection, and emphasized the feasibility of using AbOmpA as a potential therapeutic target.

24 July 2020 in Science Advances
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DQDi Qu
Di Qu
ZHZheng Hou
Zheng Hou
JLJing Li
Jing Li
LLLiyang Luo
Liyang Luo
SSShan Su
Shan Su
MLMingkai Li
Mingkai Li
Coumarin compound DCH combats methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection via inhibiting bacterial arginine repressor.

20 April 2021 in Genes & Diseases
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ZLZhoupeng Li
Zhoupeng Li
DKDehui Kong
Dehui Kong
YLYongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu
MLMingkai Li
Mingkai Li
Infections caused by viruses are one of the foremost causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Although a number of antiviral drugs are currently used for treatment of various kinds of viral infection diseases, there is still no available therapeutic agent for most of the viruses in clinical practice. Coumarin is a chemical compound which is found naturally in a variety of plants, it can also be synthetically produced possessing diverse biological effects. More recently, reports have highlighted the potential role of coumarin derivatives as antiviral agents. This review outlines the advances in coumarin-based compounds against various viruses including human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis virus, herpes simplex virus, Chikungunya virus and Enterovirus 71, as well as the structure activity relationship and the possible mechanism of action of the most potent coumarin derivatives.

26 June 2023 in EMBO Reports
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CFChao Fang
Chao Fang
PRPan Ren
Pan Ren
GBGanlan Bian
Ganlan Bian
JWJian Wang
Jian Wang
JBJiaxin Bai
Jiaxin Bai
ZHZheng Hou
Zheng Hou

18 September 2015 in Molecules
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JLJing Li
Jing Li
CLChang-Wei Lv
Chang-Wei Lv
XLXiaojun Li
Xiaojun Li
DQDi Qu
Di Qu
ZHZheng Hou
Zheng Hou
MLMingkai Li
Mingkai Li
In an attempt to find a new class antibacterial agents, a series of biscoumarins (1–4) and dihydropyrans (5–13) were successfully prepared. The molecular structures of four representative compounds, that is, 4, 5, 8 and 12 were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. These synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial activity in vitro against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ATCC 29213), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA XJ 75302), vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (Mu50 ATCC 700699), USA 300 (Los Angeles County clone, LAC), Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis ATCC 14990), methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE XJ 75284) and Escherichia coli (E. coli ATCC 25922). Additionally, there are two classical intramolecular O–H···O hydrogen bonds (HBs) in biscoumarins 1–4 and the corresponding HB energies were further performed with the density functional theory (DFT) [B3LYP/6-31G*] method.

6 January 2015 in Research on Chemical Intermediates
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JLJing Li
Jing Li
JMJing-Ru Meng
Jing-Ru Meng
DQDi Qu
Di Qu
ZZZi-Dan Zhang
Zi-Dan Zhang
FLFen Li
Fen Li
MLMingkai Li
Mingkai Li