Accelerated spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) induced by non-antibiotic conditions: roles and mechanisms

X Shi, Y Xia, W Wei, BJ Ni - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
The global spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has wreaked havoc with the
treatment efficiency of antibiotics and, ultimately, anti-microbial chemotherapy, and has been …

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 …

Unrealized targets in the discovery of antibiotics for gram-negative bacterial infections

U Theuretzbacher, B Blasco, M Duffey… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Advances in areas that include genomics, systems biology, protein structure determination
and artificial intelligence provide new opportunities for target-based antibacterial drug …

Periodontitis and cardiometabolic disorders: The role of lipopolysaccharide and endotoxemia

PJ Pussinen, E Kopra, M Pietiäinen… - Periodontology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lipopolysaccharide is a virulence factor of gram‐negative bacteria with a crucial importance
to the bacterial surface integrity. From the host's perspective, lipopolysaccharide plays a role …

Structure of the essential inner membrane lipopolysaccharide–PbgA complex

T Clairfeuille, KR Buchholz, Q Li, E Verschueren, P Liu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) resides in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria where it
is responsible for barrier function,. LPS can cause death as a result of septic shock, and its …

Breaking down the cell wall: Still an attractive antibacterial strategy

J Zhou, Y Cai, Y Liu, H An, K Deng, MA Ashraf… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Since the advent of penicillin, humans have known about and explored the phenomenon of
bacterial inhibition via antibiotics. However, with changes in the global environment and the …

Antibacterial discovery: 21st century challenges

PS Hoffman - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
It has been nearly 50 years since the golden age of antibiotic discovery (1945–1975) ended;
yet, we still struggle to identify novel drug targets and to deliver new chemical classes of …

Molecular mechanism of antibiotic resistance induced by mono-and twin-chained quaternary ammonium compounds

Y Jia, H Lu, L Zhu - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The usage of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) as disinfectants has increased
dramatically since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, leading to potentially accelerated …

Inhibitory mechanisms of promising antimicrobials from plant byproducts: A review

M Qian, BB Ismail, Q He, X Zhang… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant byproducts and waste present enormous environmental challenges and an
opportunity for valorization and industrial application. Due to consumer demands for natural …

Targeting LPS biosynthesis and transport in gram-negative bacteria in the era of multi-drug resistance

KP Romano, DT Hung - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gram-negative bacteria pose a major threat to human health in an era fraught with multi-
drug resistant bacterial infections. Despite extensive drug discovery campaigns over the …