Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for control of microbial biofilms: a review

MA Dos Santos Ramos, PB Da Silva… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Since the dawn of civilization, it has been understood that pathogenic microorganisms
cause infectious conditions in humans, which at times, may prove fatal. Among the different …

Vaccines for human fungal diseases: close but still a long way to go

LVN Oliveira, R Wang, CA Specht, SM Levitz - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the substantial global burden of human fungal infections, there are no approved
fungal vaccines to protect at risk individuals. Here, we review the progress that has been …

Nanotechnology in combating biofilm: A smart and promising therapeutic strategy

YK Mohanta, I Chakrabartty, AK Mishra… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the birth of civilization, people have recognized that infectious microbes cause serious
and often fatal diseases in humans. One of the most dangerous characteristics of …

Fungi as part of the microbiota and interactions with intestinal bacteria

M Kapitan, MJ Niemiec, A Steimle, JS Frick… - Fungal physiology and …, 2019 - Springer
The human microbiota consists of bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi that build a highly
complex network of interactions between each other and the host. While there are many …

Efflux pump-mediated resistance to antifungal compounds can be prevented by conjugation with triphenylphosphonium cation

W Chang, J Liu, M Zhang, H Shi, S Zheng, X Jin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Antifungal resistance due to upregulation of efflux pumps is prevalent in clinical Candida
isolates. Potential efflux pump substrates (PEPSs), which are active against strains deficient …

Synergism Effect of the Essential Oil from Ocimum basilicum var. Maria Bonita and Its Major Components with Fluconazole and Its Influence on Ergosterol …

NNR Cardoso, CS Alviano, AF Blank… - Evidence‐Based …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity of the EO and its major components of
Ocimum basilicum var. Maria Bonita, a genetically improved cultivar, against the fluconazole …

Moonlight-like proteins of the cell wall protect sessile cells of Candida from oxidative stress

I Serrano-Fujarte, E López-Romero… - Microbial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilms of Candida species are associated with high morbidity and hospital mortality.
Candida forms biofilms by adhering to human host epithelium through cell wall proteins …

Integrating metabolomics and whole genome sequencing to elucidate the metabolic pathways in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

D Samanta, RN Singh, KM Goh, RK Sani - Systems Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Methanotrophs, relying on methane as their primary carbon source, are renowned for their
exceptional capacity to generate a diverse range of methane-based bioproducts, making the …

Employment of methylene blue irradiated with laser light source in photodynamic inactivation of biofilm formed by Candida albicans strain resistant to fluconazole

L Černáková, S Dižová, H Bujdáková - Medical Mycology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
A promising approach for the eradication of biofilm formed by the yeast Candida albicans
seems to be photodynamic inactivation (PDI). This work presents a use of methylene blue …

Effectiveness of the Photoactive Dye Methylene Blue versus Caspofungin on the Candida parapsilosis Biofilm in vitro and ex vivo

L Černáková, J Chupáčová, K Židlíková… - Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This research studied the effectiveness of the photoactive compound methylene blue (MB)
activated with red LED light (576–672 nm) compared to that of caspofungin (CAS) on 1 …