Mechanistic Understanding of Candida albicans Biofilm Formation and Approaches for Its Inhibition

T Atriwal, K Azeem, FM Husain, A Hussain… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the demand for novel antifungal therapies has increased several-folds due
to its potential to treat severe biofilm-associated infections. Biofilms are made by the sessile …

Drug repurposing for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections

A Miró-Canturri, R Ayerbe-Algaba… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens pose a well-recognized global health threat that
demands effective solutions; the situation is deemed a global priority by the World Health …

A comprehensive overview of the medicinal chemistry of antifungal drugs: perspectives and promise

KC Howard, EK Dennis, DS Watt… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The emergence of new fungal pathogens makes the development of new antifungal drugs a
medical imperative that in recent years motivates the talents of numerous investigators …

Augmenting azoles with drug synergy to expand the antifungal toolbox

A Kane, DA Carter - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal infections impact the lives of at least 12 million people every year, killing over 1.5
million. Wide-spread use of fungicides and prophylactic antifungal therapy have driven …

Repurposing psychiatric drugs as anti-cancer agents

J Huang, D Zhao, Z Liu, F Liu - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major public health problem and one of the leading contributors to the global
disease burden. The high cost of development of new drugs and the increasingly severe …

Astrocytes are direct cellular targets of lithium treatment: novel roles for lysyl oxidase and peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor-γ as astroglial targets of lithium

AD Rivera, AM Butt - Translational psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
Astrocytes are multifunctional glial cells that play essential roles in supporting synaptic
signalling and white matter-associated connectivity. There is increasing evidence that …

Antifungal drug repurposing

JH Kim, LW Cheng, KL Chan, CC Tam, N Mahoney… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Control of fungal pathogens is increasingly problematic due to the limited number of
effective drugs available for antifungal therapy. Conventional antifungal drugs could also …

Antimicrobial properties of antidepressants and antipsychotics—possibilities and implications

M Caldara, N Marmiroli - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spreading of antibiotic resistance is responsible annually for over 700,000 deaths
worldwide, and the prevision is that this number will increase exponentially. The …

Drug repurposing in medical mycology: Identification of compounds as potential antifungals to overcome the emergence of multidrug-resistant fungi

L Peyclit, H Yousfi, JM Rolain, F Bittar - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Immunodepression, whether due to HIV infection or organ transplantation, has increased
human vulnerability to fungal infections. These conditions have created an optimal …

Drug repurposing of haloperidol: discovery of new benzocyclane derivatives as potent antifungal agents against cryptococcosis and candidiasis

C Ji, N Liu, J Tu, Z Li, G Han, J Li… - ACS Infectious …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Despite the high morbidity and mortality of invasive fungal infections (IFIs), effective and safe
antifungal agents are rather limited. Starting from antifungal lead compound haloperidol that …