Targeting Energy Metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a New Paradigm in Antimycobacterial Drug Discovery

D Bald, C Villellas, P Lu, A Koul - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Drug-resistant mycobacterial infections are a serious global health challenge, leading to
high mortality and socioeconomic burdens in developing countries worldwide. New …

[PDF][PDF] Critical discussion on drug efflux in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Remm, JC Earp, T Dick, V Dartois… - FEMS microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) can withstand months of antibiotic treatment. An important
goal of tuberculosis research is to shorten the treatment to reduce the burden on patients …

Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

AR Brochado, A Telzerow, J Bobonis, M Banzhaf… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The spread of antimicrobial resistance has become a serious public health concern, making
once-treatable diseases deadly again and undermining the achievements of modern …

A microbe-derived efflux pump inhibitor of the resistance-nodulation-cell division protein restores antibiotic susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas …

R Tambat, N Mahey, N Chandal, DK Verma… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The use of efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) as potentiators along with the traditional antibiotics
assists in the warfare against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Efflux pumps of the resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the mechanisms of intrinsic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

NC Poulton, JM Rock - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the most difficult infections to treat, requiring several months of
multidrug therapy to produce a durable cure. The reasons necessitating long treatment times …

Efflux pumps in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their inhibition to tackle antimicrobial resistance

M Laws, P Jin, KM Rahman - Trends in microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, was the leading cause of mortality worldwide in 2019 due to a single infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Challenging the drug-likeness dogma for new drug discovery in tuberculosis

D Machado, M Girardini, M Viveiros… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of multi-and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis worldwide poses a great
threat to human health and highlight the need to discover and develop new, effective and …

The human proton pump inhibitors inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin efflux and macrophage-induced rifampicin tolerance

MA Lake, KN Adams, F Nie, E Fowler… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Tuberculosis treatment requires months-long combination chemotherapy with multiple
drugs, with shorter treatments leading to relapses. A major impediment to shortening …

Repositioning of non-antibiotic drugs as an alternative to microbial resistance: a systematic review

VS Foletto, TF da Rosa, MB Serafin, A Bottega… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global spread of microbial resistance coupled with high costs and slow pace in the
discovery of a new antibiotic have made drug repositioning an attractive and promising …

[HTML][HTML] Bioenergetic Inhibitors: Antibiotic Efficacy and Mechanisms of Action in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

EJ Hasenoehrl, TJ Wiggins, M Berney - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Development of novel anti-tuberculosis combination regimens that increase efficacy and
reduce treatment timelines will improve patient compliance, limit side-effects, reduce costs …