JS research group
Laboratory of systems microbiology and host-microbe interactions
PUBLICATIONS
* = corresponding author
2025
Long K, Liu P, Wang Y, Sulaiman JE, Hoque M, Li HY, Zhao D, Lee PK, Siu KH, Lee WT, Liu Z, So PK, Cai Y, Woo C, Chan CB, Xu A, Cheng KY*. Subcutaneous white adipose tissue-derived extracellular vesicles maintain intestinal homeostasis via IgA biosynthesis in aging mice. Accepted in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Long K, Liu Z, Liu P, Wang B, Xu A, Sulaiman JE*, Cheng KY*. Lipodystrophy induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and its related glucose dysmetabolism in mice. Under review.
Gan G, Chen R, Zheng P, Long K, Cheng KY*, Sulaiman JE*, Huang X*. Oral pathogens meet the gut microbiome in systemic diseases: Key pathogens and underlying mechanisms. In revision.
Sulaiman JE*, Zhan Y, Wang S, Lai KL, Li JHW, Yu DY, Tsim KWK, Cheng KY*, Lai Y*, Lam H*. Proteomic study of Akkermansia muciniphila and Bifidobacterium species co-culture under different carbon sources. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15:1666747 (2025).
Pan Y, Wong TY, Sulaiman JE*, Lam H*. Proteomic study of evolved Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains grown in Staphylococcus aureus- and Klebsiella pneumoniae-conditioned media, mSystems, e00111-25 (2025).
Sulaiman JE, Thompson J, Cheung PLK, Qian Y, Mill J, James I, Im H, Vivas E, Simcox J, Venturelli O*. Phocaeicola vulgatus shapes the long term growth dynamics and evolutionary adaptations of Clostridioides difficile, Cell Host & Microbe, 33:42-58 (2025).
2024
Sulaiman JE, Thompson J, Qian Y, Vivas E, Diener C, Gibbons S, Safdar N, Venturelli O*. Elucidating human gut microbiota interactions that robustly inhibit diverse Clostridioides difficile strains across different nutrient landscapes, Nature Communications, 15:7416 (2024).
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Blog post about the paper, see here.
2023
Long L, Xiao Y, Sulaiman JE, et al. Mechanistic Insight into the Inhibitory Activity of Elasnin-based Coating Against Early Marine Biofilms,
Environmental Science & Technology, 57(26):9515 (2023).
Cheng A, Zhang Y, Sun J, Huang D, Sulaiman JE, et al. Pterosin sesquiterpenoids from Pteris laeta Wall. ex Ettingsh. Protect cells from glutamate excitotoxicity by modulating mitochondrial signals, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 308:116308 (2023).
2022
Sulaiman JE, Wu L, Lam H*, Mutation in the Two-component System Regulator YycH Leads to Daptomycin Tolerance in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus upon Evolution with a Population Bottleneck, Microbiology Spectrum, 10(4):e01687-22 (2022).
Sulaiman JE, Long L, Qian P-Y, Lam H*, Proteome Profiling of Evolved Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains with Distinct Daptomycin Tolerance and Resistance Phenotypes, Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:970146 (2022).
Sulaiman JE, Long L, Qian P-Y*, Lam H*, Proteomics and Transcriptomics Uncover Key Processes for Elasnin Tolerance in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, mSystems, 7(1):e01393-21 (2022).
Sulaiman JE, Long L, Qian P-Y*, Lam H*, Elasnin Effectively Eradicates Daptomycin-Resistant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms, Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1):e02320-21 (2022).
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Proteomics in Antibiotic Resistance and Tolerance Research: Mapping the Resistome and the Tolerome of Bacterial Pathogens, Proteomics, 22(8):2100409 (2022).
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Featured in Ben Orsburn's Proteomics News, see here.
Long L, Sulaiman JE, Xiao Y, Cheng A, Wang R, Malit JJ, Wong WC, Liu W, Li Y-X, Chen F, Lam H*, Qian P-Y*, Mode of Action of Elasnin as Biofilm Formation Eradicator of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:967845 (2022).
2021
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Novel Daptomycin Tolerance and Resistance Mutations in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Adaptive Laboratory Evolution, mSphere, 6(5):e00692-21 (2021).
Sulaiman JE, Long L, Wu L, Qian P-Y, Lam H*, Comparative Proteomic Investigation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Generated through Adaptive Laboratory Evolution, iScience, 24(9):102950 (2021).
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Evolution of Bacterial Tolerance under Antibiotic Treatment and its Implications on the Development of Resistance, Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:617412 (2021).
2020
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Proteomic Study of the Survival and Resuscitation Mechanisms of Filamentous Persisters in an Evolved Escherichia coli Population from Cyclic Ampicillin Treatment, mSystems, 5(4):e00462-20 (2020).
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Proteomic Investigation of Tolerant Escherichia coli Populations from Cyclic Antibiotic Treatment, Journal of Proteome Research, 19(2):900 (2020).
2019
Sulaiman JE, Lam H*, Application of Proteomics in Studying Bacterial Persistence, Expert Review of Proteomics, 16(3):227 (2019).
2018
Sulaiman JE, Hao C, Lam H*, Specific Enrichment and Proteomics Analysis of Escherichia coli Persisters from Rifampin Pretreatment, Journal of Proteome Research, 17(11):3984 (2018).
2017
Sulaiman JE, Zhu S, Xing Z, Chang Q, Shao M*, Pt-Ni Octahedra as electrocatalysts for the ethanol electro-oxidation reaction,
ACS Catalysis, 7(8):5134-5141 (2017).
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