Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications of the gold drug auranofin

S Shen, J Shen, Z Luo, F Wang, J Min - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Auranofin (AUR) is an orally available lipophilic gold-based anti-inflammatory compound
used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent evidence indicates that AUR may …

Repurposing of the gold drug auranofin and a review of its derivatives as antibacterial therapeutics

Y Liu, Y Lu, Z Xu, X Ma, X Chen, W Liu - Drug Discovery Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a significant issue associated with the clinical application of
antibiotics. It is also challenging to discover and develop new antibiotics with novel …

Recent advances of gold compounds in anticancer immunity

S Yue, M Luo, H Liu, S Wei - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, gold compounds have gained more and more attentions in the design of
new metal anticancer drugs. Numerous researches have reported that gold compounds, in …

Thioredoxin reductase is a valid target for antimicrobial therapeutic development against gram-positive bacteria

LO Felix, E Mylonakis, BB Fuchs - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is a drought of new antibacterial compounds that exploit novel targets. Thioredoxin
reductase (TrxR) from the Gram-positive bacterial antioxidant thioredoxin system has …

Novel chitosan-based pH-responsive lipid-polymer hybrid nanovesicles (OLA-LPHVs) for delivery of vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

D Hassan, CA Omolo, VO Fasiku, C Mocktar… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of novel materials is necessary for adequate delivery of drugs to combat
the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) burden due to the limitations of …

Computational studies of Au (I) and Au (III) anticancer metallodrugs: A survey

I Tolbatov, A Marrone, C Coletti, N Re - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Owing to the growing hardware capabilities and the enhancing efficacy of computational
methodologies, computational chemistry approaches have constantly become more …

In vitro and in vivo activities of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, dorzolamide, against vancomycin-resistant enterococci

NS Abutaleb, AEM Elhassanny, DP Flaherty… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a serious public health threat and a leading
cause of healthcare-associated infections. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics recommended …

In Vivo Antibacterial Activity of Acetazolamide

NS Abutaleb, A Elkashif, DP Flaherty… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) represent a major public health threat that requires
the development of new therapeutics. In the present study, acetazolamide (AZM) was …

Investigation of auranofin and gold-containing analogues antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

A Elkashif, MN Seleem - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Neisseria gonorrhoeae represents an urgent public health threat due to the rapid
emergence of resistance to current antibiotics and the limited number of anti-gonococcal …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin: A natural derivative with antibacterial activity against Clostridium difficile

D Mody, AIM Athamneh, MN Seleem - Journal of global antimicrobial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The rapid emergence of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) isolates
and the paucity of effective anti-clostridial antibiotics call for extensive research to identify …