Immunomodulatory biomaterials against bacterial infections: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives

S Zhang, H Yang, M Wang, D Mantovani, K Yang… - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Bacterial infectious diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Even with
the use of multiple antibiotic treatment strategies, 4.95 million people died from drug …

[HTML][HTML] Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus

G Li, MJ Walker, DMP De Oliveira - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common
commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Human serum triggers antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus

EVK Ledger, S Mesnage, AM Edwards - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Staphylococcus aureus frequently causes infections that are challenging to treat, leading to
high rates of persistent and relapsing infection. Here, to understand how the host …

[HTML][HTML] Polymyxin and lipopeptide antibiotics: membrane-targeting drugs of last resort

EVK Ledger, A Sabnis, AM Edwards - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The polymyxin and lipopeptide classes of antibiotics are membrane-targeting drugs of last
resort used to treat infections caused by multi-drug-resistant pathogens. Despite similar …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in important gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens and novel antibiotic solutions

L Kakoullis, E Papachristodoulou, P Chra, G Panos - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multidrug-resistant bacteria have on overwhelming impact on human health, as they cause
over 670,000 infections and 33,000 deaths annually in the European Union alone. Of these …

[HTML][HTML] Efflux pump mediated antimicrobial resistance by staphylococci in health-related environments: challenges and the quest for inhibition

A Dashtbani-Roozbehani, MH Brown - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococcal bacteria is a major
health threat worldwide due to significant morbidity and mortality resulting from their …

β-Lactams against the Fortress of the Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium

JF Fisher, S Mobashery - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biological diversity of the unicellular bacteria—whether assessed by shape, food,
metabolism, or ecological niche—surely rivals (if not exceeds) that of the multicellular …

Microbial metabolomics: From novel technologies to diversified applications

D Ye, X Li, J Shen, X Xia - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial metabolomics focuses on the analysis of intracellular or extracellular primary
metabolites, signaling molecules, hormones, and secondary metabolites, and it is an …

The role of bacterial lipid diversity and membrane properties in modulating antimicrobial peptide activity and drug resistance

TH Lee, V Hofferek, F Separovic, GE Reid… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review provides an analysis of the role that membrane composition and structure plays
in the resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). We describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Model architectures for bacterial membranes

AB Carey, A Ashenden, I Köper - Biophysical reviews, 2022 - Springer
The complex composition of bacterial membranes has a significant impact on the
understanding of pathogen function and their development towards antibiotic resistance. In …