Journal Publications
At Syracuse University
40. Fangchao Song and Dacheng Ren, "Stiffness of cross-linked poly(dimethylsiloxane) affects bacterial adhesion and antibiotic susceptibility of attached cells".
Langmuir. 2014, 30 (34): 10354-10362.
[Link].
39. Huan Gu and Dacheng Ren, "Material and surface engineering to control bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation: a review of recent advances".
Frontiers of Chemical Science & Engineering (Invited Review). 2014.
[Link].
38. Ali Adem Bahar and Dacheng Ren, "Antimicrobial Peptides".
Pharmaceuticals (Invited Review). 2013, 6 (12): 1543-1575.
[Link].
37. Jiachuan Pan and Dacheng Ren. "Structural effects on persister control by brominated furanones".
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2013, 23 (24): 6559-6562.
[Link].
36. Jiachuan Pan, Xin Xie, Wang Tian, Ali Adem Bahar, Nan Lin, Fangchao Song, Jing An and Dacheng Ren. "(
Z)-4-bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-methylfuran-2(5
H)-one sensitizes
Escherichia coli persister cells to antibiotics".
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2013, 97 (20): 9145-9154.
[Link]
35. Huan Gu, Shuyu Hou, Chanokpon Yongyat, Suzanne De Tore and Dacheng Ren."Patterned Biofilm Formation Reveals A Mechanism for Structural Heterogeneity in Bacterial Biofilms".
Langmuir. 2013, 29 (35) 11145-11153.
[Link]
34. Chen Chen, Shuyu Hou, Dacheng Ren, Mingming Ren and Qi Wang. "3-D spatial–temporal structures of biofilms in a water channel". Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 2013, Accepted.
33. Jiachuan Pan, Fangchao Song, and Dacheng Ren. "Controlling persister cells of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PDO300 by (
Z)-4-bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-methylfuran-2(5
H)-one".
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2013, 23:4648-4651.
[Link]
32. Jiachuan Pan, Ali Adem Bahar, Haseeba Syed, and Dacheng Ren. "
Reverting antibiotic tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 persister cells by (Z)-4-bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-methylfuran-2(5H)-one".
PLoS ONE. 2012, 7(9): e45778. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045778.
[Link]
31. Tagbo H. R.. Niepa, Jeremy L. Gilbert and Dacheng Ren. "Controlling
Pseudomonas aeruginosa persister cells by weak electrochemical currents and synergistic effects with tobramycin".
Biomaterials. 2012, 33: 7356–7365.
[Link]
30. Robert Szkotak, Tagbo H R Niepa, Nikhil Jawrani, Jeremy L Gilbert, Marcus B Jones and Dacheng Ren. “Differential Gene Expression to Investigate the Effects of Low-level Electrochemical Currents on
Bacillus subtilis”.
AMB Express. 2011, 1:39.
[Link]
29. Xi Chen, Mi Zhang, Chunhui Zhou, Neville R. Kallenbach and Dacheng Ren, “Control of bacterial persister cells by Trp/Arg antimicrobial peptides”.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2011, 77(14): 4878-4885.
[Link]
28. Wen-Hsuan Huang, Zhiqiang Wang, Geetika Choudhary, Beverly Guo, Jianshun Zhang and Dacheng Ren*, “Characterization of Microbial Species in a Regenerative Bio-filter System for VOC Removal”. 2011. HVAC&R Research. Accepted.
27. Shuyu Hou†, Huan Gu†, Cassandra Smith and Dacheng Ren, “Microtopographic patterns affect
Escherichia coli biofilm formation on polydimethylsiloxane surfaces”.
Langmuir. 2011, 27(6): 2686-2691. †These authors contributed equally.
[Link]
26. Jensen Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang and Dacheng Ren, "Botanical Air Filtration for Improving IAQ: Myths and Facts." ASHRAE Journal. 2010, Dec.:138-140
25. Shuyu Hou, Zhigang Liu, Anne Young, Sheron Mark, Neville Kallenbach and Dacheng Ren, "Structural effects on inhibition of planktonic growth and biofilm formation of
Escherichia coli by Trp/Arg containing antimicrobial peptides."
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2010,76(6): 1967-1974.
[Link]
24. Marcus B. Jones, Scott N. Peterson, Rosslyn Benn, John C. Braisted, Behnam Jarrahi, Kenneth Shatzkes, Dacheng Ren, Thomas K. Wood and Martin J. Blaser, "Role of
luxS in
Bacillus anthracis growth and virulence factor expression".
Virulence. 2010, 1(2): 72-83.
[Link]
23. Tianzhu Zang, Bobby W.K. Lee, Lisa M. Cannon, Kathryn A. Ritter, Shujia Dai, Dacheng Ren, Thomas K. Wood, and Zhaohui Sunny Zhou, "A Naturally Occurring Brominated Furanone Covalently Modifies and Inactivates LuxS".
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2009, 19(21):6200-6204.
[Link]
22. Shuyu Hou, Chunhui Zhou, Zhigang Liu, Anne W. Young, Zhengshuang Shi, Dacheng Ren and Neville R. Kallenbach, "Antimicrobial dendrimer active against
Escherichia coli biofilms".
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2009, 19(18): 5478-5481.
[Link]
21. Jiachuan Pan and Dacheng Ren, "Quorum sensing inhibitors: a patent overview".
Expert Opinion On Therapeutic Patents (Invited Review). 2009, 19(11):1581-1601.
[Link]
20. Miao Duo, Mi Zhang, Yan-Yeung Luk and Dacheng Ren, "Inhibition of
Candida albicans Growth by Brominated Furanones".
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2009, 84(6):1551-1563.
[Link]
19. Jian Wu†, Shuyu Hou†, Dacheng Ren and Patrick T. Mather, "Antimicrobial Properties of Nanostructured Hydrogel Webs Containing Silver".
Biomacromolecules. 2009(10): 2686-2693. †These authors contributed equally.
[Link]
18. Shuyu Hou, Erik A. Button, Ricky Lei Wu, Yan-Yeung Luk and Dacheng Ren, "Prolonged Control of Patterned Biofilm Formation by Bio-inert Surface Chemistry".
Chemical Communication. 2009: 1207-1209.
[Link]
17. Erik A. Burton, Karen A. Simon, Shuyu Hou, Dacheng Ren, and Yan-Yeung Luk, "Molecular Gradients of Bio-inertness Reveal Mechanistic Difference between Mammalian Cell Adhesion and Bacterial Biofilm Formation".
Langmuir. 2009, 25(3): 1547-1553.
[Link]
16. Miao Duo, Shuyu Hou, and Dacheng Ren, "Identifying
Escherichia coli genes involved in intrinsic multidrug resistance"
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2008, 81(4): 731-741.
[Link]
15. Yongbin Han, Shuyu Hou, Karen A. Simon, Dacheng Ren, and Yan-Yeung Luk "Identifying the important structural elements of brominated furanones for inhibiting biofilm formation by
Escherichia coli"
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2008, 18: 1006-1010.
[Link]
14. Shuyu Hou, Erik A. Burton, Karen A. Simon, Dustin Blodgett, Yan-Yeung Luk, Dacheng Ren, "Inhibiting
Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Functional Alkanethiols on Gold."
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2007, 73: 4300-4307.
[Link]
Previously
13. Andres Gonzalez, Rongju Zuo, Dacheng Ren, and T. K. Wood, "Hha, YbaJ, and OmpA Regulate Escherichia coli K12 Biofilm Formation and Conjugation Plasmids Abolish Motility," Biotechnology and Bioengineering.,93: 188-200, (2006). [Link]
12. Jinpian Diao, Dacheng Ren, James R. Engstrom, and Kelvin H. Lee "A Surface Modification Strategy on Silicon Nitride for Developing Biosensors Made of Giant Magnetoresistive Materials". Analytical Biochemistry, 343: 322-328 (2005) [Link]
11. Dacheng Ren, Rongjun Zuo, Laura A. Bedzyk, Rick W. Ye, Gary Eldridge, Mark Pasmore, and Thomas K. Wood “Differential Gene Expression to Investigate Escherichia coli Biofilm Inhibition by Plant Extract Ursolic Acid”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 4022-4034 (2005). [Link]
10. Marcus B. Jones, Rachana Jani, Dacheng Ren, Thomas K. Wood, and Martin J. Blaser "Inhibition of Bacillus anthracis growth and virulence gene expression by inhibitors of quorum-sensing". Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191: 1881-1888 (2005). [Link]
9. Dacheng Ren, Rongjun Zuo, and Thomas K. Wood "Quorum-Sensing Antagonist (5Z)-4-Bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone Influences Siderophore Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 66(6): 689-695 (2005). [Link]
8. Dacheng Ren and Thomas K. Wood "(5Z)-4-Bromo-5-(Bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone Reduces Corrosion from Desulfotomaculum orientis". Environmental Microbiology, 6(5): 535-540 (2004). [Link]
7. Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Rick W. Ye, Stuart M. Thomas, and Thomas K. Wood "Stationary-Phase Signals Affect Autoinducer-2 and Gene Expression in Escherichia coli". Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(4): 2038-2043 (2004). [Link]
6. Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Peter Setlow, Dacre F. England, Staffan Kjelleberg, Stuart M. Thomas, Rick W. Ye, and Thomas K. Wood "Differential Gene Expression to Investigate the Effect of (5Z)-4-Bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone on Bacillus subtilis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(8): 4941-4949 (2004).[Link]
5. Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Rick Ye, Stuart M. Thomas, and Thomas K. Wood "Differential gene expression shows natural brominated furanones interfere with the autoinducer-2 bacterial signaling system of Escherichia coli". Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 88(5):630-642 (2004). [Link]
4. Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Rick Ye, Stuart M. Thomas, and Thomas K. Wood "Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Biofilms". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 64(4):515-524 (2004). [Link]
3. Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Peter Setlow, Stuart M. Thomas, Rick W. Ye, and Thomas K. Wood "Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis Surface Biofilms with and without Sporulation and the Importance of yveR for Biofilm Maintenance". Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 86(3): 344-364 (2004). [Link]
2. Dacheng Ren, James J. Sims, and Thomas K. Wood. Inhibition of Biofilm Formation and Swarming of Bacillus subtilis by (5Z)-4-Bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 34: 293-299 (2002). [Link]
1. Dacheng Ren, James J. Sims, and Thomas K. Wood. Inhibition of Biofilm Formation and Swarming of Escherichia coli by (5Z)-4-Bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone. Environmental Microbiology, 3(11): 731-736 (2001). [Link]
