Flourishing antibacterial strategies for osteomyelitis therapy

X Wang, M Zhang, T Zhu, Q Wei, G Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Osteomyelitis is a destructive disease of bone tissue caused by infection with pathogenic
microorganisms. Because of the complex and long‐term abnormal conditions, osteomyelitis …

Prevention and potential remedies for antibiotic resistance: current research and future prospects

RT Khan, V Sharma, SS Khan, S Rasool - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The increasing threat of antibiotic resistance and shrinking treatment options for infections
have pushed mankind into a difficult position. The looming threat of the return of the pre …

Martini-3 Coarse-Grained Models for the Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli

R Vaiwala, KG Ayappa - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The outer lipopolysaccharide (LPS) membrane of Gram-negative bacteria forms the main
barrier for transport of antimicrobial molecules into the bacterial cell. In this study we develop …

Per/polyfluoroalkyl substances modulate plasmid transfer of antibiotic resistance genes: a balance between oxidative stress and energy support

C Liu, X Zhu, L You, KYH Gin, H Chen, B Chen - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants can accelerate the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) from environmental bacteria to human pathogens via plasmid conjugation, posing a …

Fabrication of Bilayer Nanofibrous-Hydrogel Scaffold from Bacterial Cellulose, PVA, and Gelatin as Advanced Dressing for Wound Healing and Soft Tissue …

R Khan, MU Aslam Khan, GM Stojanović, A Javed… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tissue engineering is currently one of the fastest-growing areas of engineering, requiring
the fabrication of advanced and multifunctional materials that can be used as scaffolds or …

Antimicrobial Peptide Coating of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Boosted Antimicrobial Effects

L Caselli, T Traini, S Micciulla… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the coating of photocatalytic nanoparticles with antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) for boosted antimicrobial effects, and how such effects depend on AMP properties …

Faster but Not Sweeter: A Model of Escherichia coli Re-level Lipopolysaccharide for Martini 3 and a Martini 2 Version with Accelerated Kinetics

AF Brandner, D Prakaash… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a complex glycolipid molecule that is the main lipidic
component of the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. It has very …

Urinary catheters coated with a novel biofilm preventative agent inhibit biofilm development by diverse bacterial uropathogens

S Navarro, E Sherman, JA Colmer-Hamood, T Nelius… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the implementation of stringent guidelines for the prevention of catheter-associated
(CA) urinary tract infection (UTI), CAUTI remains one of the most common health care …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular interactions, elastic properties, and nanostructure of Langmuir bacterial-lipid monolayers: Towards solving the mystery in bacterial membrane …

X Guo, WH Briscoe - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane of Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) is especially robust due to the additional,
unique highly asymmetric outer membrane, with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) as the main …

Detection and photothermal inactivation of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bloodstream bacteria using photonic crystal biosensor and plasmonic core–shell

RB Hayilesilassie, AB Gemta, FT Maremi, AG Kumela… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmonics and core–shell nanomaterials hold great potential to develop pharmaceuticals
and medical equipment due to their eco-friendly and cost effective fabrication procedures …