The development of efflux pump inhibitors to treat Gram-negative infections

P Blanco, F Sanz-García… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: One of the possibilities for reducing the emergence and spread of antibiotic
resistance is the use of anti-resistance compounds capable of resensitizing resistant …

Inhibition of bacterial efflux pumps: a new strategy to combat increasing antimicrobial agent resistance

GW Kaatz - Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Resistance to multiple drugs in medically important bacteria results in therapeutic
challenges for the clinician. The mechanisms by which bacteria evade the effects of …

Efflux pump inhibitors: a novel approach to combat efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria

Y Wang, H Venter, S Ma - Current drug targets, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The increasing multi-drug resistance has become a major threat to the public health.
Overexpression of multidrug efflux pumps is one of the major mechanisms of drug resistance …

[PDF][PDF] Inhibition of efflux pumps as a novel approach to combat drug resistance in bacteria

O Lomovskaya, W Watkins - Journal of molecular microbiology and …, 2001 - caister.com
Efflux mechanisms have become broadly recognized as major components of resistance to
many classes of antibiotics. Some efflux pumps selectively extrude specific antibiotics, while …

A comprehensive review on pharmacology of efflux pumps and their inhibitors in antibiotic resistance

V Thakur, A Uniyal, V Tiwari - European Journal of Pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential for the build-up of resistance to a particular antibiotic endangers its therapeutic
application over time. In recent decades, antibiotic resistance has become one of the most …

Bacterial efflux pump inhibitors from natural sources

M Stavri, LJV Piddock, S Gibbons - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The rapid spread of bacteria expressing multidrug resistance (MDR) has necessitated the
discovery of new antibacterials and resistance-modifying agents. Since the initial discovery …

Efflux pumps: their role in antibacterial drug discovery

O Lomovskaya, WJ Watkins - Current medicinal chemistry, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
The emergence of active efflux as a major causative factor in antibiotic resistance has been
one of the most significant trends in antiinfective chemotherapy over the last decade. The …

Practical applications and feasibility of efflux pump inhibitors in the clinic—a vision for applied use

O Lomovskaya, KA Bostian - Biochemical pharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
The world of antibiotic drug discovery and development is driven by the necessity to
overcome antibiotic resistance in common Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens …

Update on the discovery of efflux pump inhibitors against critical priority Gram-negative bacteria

N Compagne, A Vieira Da Cruz, RT Müller… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a major problem in public health leading to an
estimated 4.95 million deaths in 2019. The selective pressure caused by the massive and …

Bacterial efflux systems and efflux pumps inhibitors

B Marquez - Biochimie, 2005 - Elsevier
It is now well established that bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a serious
problem of public health that concerns almost all antibacterial agents and that manifests in …