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John K. Walker

Researcher at Saint Louis University

Publications -  66
Citations -  1518

John K. Walker is an academic researcher from Saint Louis University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Efflux & Agonist. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 58 publications receiving 1237 citations. Previous affiliations of John K. Walker include University of Missouri–St. Louis & Indiana University.

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Reviving Antibiotics: Efflux Pump Inhibitors That Interact with AcrA, a Membrane Fusion Protein of the AcrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump.

TL;DR: The discovered EPIs bind to AcrA, a component of the prototypical AcrAB-TolC pump, change its structure in vivo, inhibit efflux of fluorescent probes, and potentiate the activities of antibiotics in Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria.
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 activation in astrocytes contributes to neuropathic pain.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that sphingosine-1-phosphate generated in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord in response to nerve injury drives neuropathic pain by selectively activating the S1P receptor subtype 1 (S1PR1) in astrocytes, and S1PR 1 is established as a target for therapeutic intervention with S1 PR1 antagonists as a class of nonnarcotic analgesics.