Kengmo Tchoupa A, Elsherbini AMA, Xiaoqing F, Ghaneme O, Seibert L, Böcker MA, Lebtig M, Camus J, Lambidis SP, Schittek B, Kretschmer D, Lämmerhofer M, Peschel A. (2023) Lipase-mediated detoxification of host-derived antimicrobial fatty acids by Staphylococcus aureus. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2023.05.15.540481.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Kretschmer D, Schittek B, Peschel A. (2023) The epidermal lipid barrier in microbiome-skin interaction. Trends Microbiol. 31(7):723-734. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.01.009.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Eijkelkamp BA, Peschel A. (2022) Bacterial adaptation strategies to host-derived fatty acids. Trends Microbiol. 30(3):241-253. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.06.002.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Peschel A. (2020) Staphylococcus aureus Releases Proinflammatory Membrane Vesicles To Resist Antimicrobial Fatty Acids. mSphere. 30;5(5):e00804-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00804-20.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Watkins KE, Jones RA, Kuroki A, Alam MT, Perrier S, Chen Y, Unnikrishnan M. (2020) The type VII secretion system protects Staphylococcus aureus against antimicrobial host fatty acid toxicity. Scientific Reports 10 (1): 14838. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71653-z.
Kuroki A, Kengmo Tchoupa A, Hartlieb M, Peltier R, Locock KES, Unnikrishnan M, Perrier S. (2019) Targeting intracellular, multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus with guanidinium polymers by elucidating the structure-activity relationship. Biomaterials. 217:119249. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.
Muenzner P, Kengmo Tchoupa A, Klauser B, Brunner T, Putze J, Dobrindt U, Hauck CR. (2016) Uropathogenic E. coli Exploit CEA to Promote Colonization of the Urogenital Tract Mucosa. PLoS Pathog. 12(5):e1005608. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005608.
Königer V, Holsten L, Harrison U, Busch B, Loell E, Zhao Q, Bonsor DA, Roth A, Kengmo Tchoupa A, Smith SI, Mueller S, Sundberg EJ, Zimmermann W, Fischer W, Hauck CR, Haas R. (2016) Helicobacter pylori exploits human CEACAMs via HopQ for adherence and translocation of CagA. Nat Microbiol. 2:16188. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.188.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Lichtenegger S, Reidl J, Hauck CR. (2015) Outer membrane protein P1 is the CEACAM-binding adhesin of Haemophilus influenzae. Mol Microbiol. 98(3):440-55. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13134.
Kengmo Tchoupa A, Schuhmacher T, Hauck CR. (2014) Signaling by epithelial members of the CEACAM family - mucosal docking sites for pathogenic bacteria. Cell Commun Signal. 12:27. doi: 10.1186/1478-811X-12-27.