Near‐Infrared Light‐Activatable Dual‐Action Nanoparticle Combats the Established Biofilms of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Its Accompanying …

Z Yuan, C Lin, L Dai, Y He, J Hu, K Xu, B Tao, P Liu… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clinically, inhibition of both bacterial infection and excessive inflammation is a crucial step
for improved wound treatments. Herein, the fabrication of near‐infrared‐light (NIR) …

[HTML][HTML] Recent studies on the antimicrobial activity of transition metal complexes of groups 6–12

S Nasiri Sovari, F Zobi - Chemistry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires
innovative solutions to counteract new resistance mechanisms emerging and spreading …

Emerging delivery strategies of carbon monoxide for therapeutic applications: from CO gas to CO releasing nanomaterials

H Yan, J Du, S Zhu, G Nie, H Zhang, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon monoxide (CO) therapy has emerged as a hot topic under exploration in the field of
gas therapy as it shows the promise of treating various diseases. Due to the gaseous …

Bacterial Oxidases of the Cytochrome bd Family: Redox Enzymes of Unique Structure, Function, and Utility As Drug Targets

VB Borisov, SA Siletsky, A Paiardini… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Cytochrome bd is a ubiquinol: oxygen oxidoreductase of many prokaryotic
respiratory chains with a unique structure and functional characteristics. Its primary role is to …

Type-I Photosensitizer-Triggered Controllable Carbon Monoxide Release for Effective Treatment of Staph Skin Infection

L Cao, X Lin, X Liu, M Wu, S Liu, T Wang, D Mao… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection is a major infectious skin disease that is highly
resistant to conventional antibiotic treatment and host immune defense, leading to …

Multifunctional SGQDs-CORM@ HA nanosheets for bacterial eradication through cascade-activated “nanoknife” effect and photodynamic/CO gas therapy

J Liu, RS Li, M He, Z Xu, LQ Xu, Y Kang, P Xue - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Infection associated with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria has become a serious threat to
public health, and there is an urgent demand of developing new antibiotics that offer …

Redox functions of heme oxygenase-1 and biliverdin reductase in diabetes

L Rochette, M Zeller, Y Cottin, C Vergely - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2018 - cell.com
In patients with diabetes, the hyperglycemia-driven excess generation of reactive oxygen
species (ROS) induces oxidative stress (OS) in a variety of tissues. OS is closely associated …

[HTML][HTML] Nature's marvels endowed in gaseous molecules I: carbon monoxide and its physiological and therapeutic roles

X Yang, W Lu, CP Hopper, B Ke, B Wang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature has endowed gaseous molecules such as O 2, CO 2, CO, NO, H 2 S, and N 2 with
critical and diverse roles in sustaining life, from supplying energy needed to power life and …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of antibacterial manganese (i) tricarbonyl complexes through combinatorial chemistry

M Scaccaglia, MP Birbaumer, S Pinelli, G Pelosi… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuous rise of antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human health and
already causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. While natural products and …

[HTML][HTML] CO-releasing materials: an emphasis on therapeutic implications, as release and subsequent cytotoxicity are the part of therapy

M Faizan, N Muhammad, KUK Niazi, Y Hu, Y Wang… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The CO-releasing materials (CORMats) are used as substances for producing CO
molecules for therapeutic purposes. Carbon monoxide (CO) imparts toxic effects to …