Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead

M Unemo, CS Bradshaw, JS Hocking… - The Lancet infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
WHO estimated that nearly 1 million people become infected every day with any of four
curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs): chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and …

The impact of selected bacterial sexually transmitted diseases on pregnancy and female fertility

K Smolarczyk, B Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia
trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium are a common cause of pelvic inflammatory …

Structural basis of early translocation events on the ribosome

EJ Rundlet, M Holm, M Schacherl, SK Natchiar… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Peptide-chain elongation during protein synthesis entails sequential aminoacyl-tRNA
selection and translocation reactions that proceed rapidly (2–20 per second) and with a low …

SUMOylation inhibitors synergize with FXR agonists in combating liver fibrosis

J Zhou, S Cui, Q He, Y Guo, X Pan, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a promising target for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
and fibrosis. Although various FXR agonists have shown anti-fibrotic effects in diverse …

Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Treatment of Gonorrhea

M Unemo, D Golparian, DW Eyre - Neisseria gonorrhoeae: methods and …, 2019 - Springer
Gonorrhea and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae are major public
health concerns globally. Dual antimicrobial therapy (mainly ceftriaxone 250–500 mg× 1 …

Development of 2nd generation aminomethyl spectinomycins that overcome native efflux in Mycobacterium abscessus

GA Phelps, MN Cheramie… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab), a nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) species, is an
emerging pathogen with high intrinsic drug resistance. Current standard-of-care therapy …

Reengineering antibiotics to combat bacterial resistance: click chemistry [1, 2, 3]‐triazole vancomycin dimers with potent activity against MRSA and VRE

SM Silverman, JE Moses… - Chemistry–A European …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vancomycin has long been considered a drug of last resort. Its efficiency in treating multiple
drug‐resistant bacterial infections, particularly methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

Ribosome‐targeting antibacterial agents: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

L Zhang, J He, L Bai, S Ruan, T Yang… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosomes, which synthesize proteins, are critical organelles for the survival and growth of
bacteria. About 60% of approved antibiotics discovered so far combat pathogenic bacteria …

Structure–activity relationships of spectinamide antituberculosis agents: a dissection of ribosomal inhibition and native efflux avoidance contributions

J Liu, DF Bruhn, RB Lee, Z Zheng, T Janusic… - ACS infectious …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Spectinamides are a novel class of antitubercular agents with the potential to treat drug-
resistant tuberculosis infections. Their antitubercular activity is derived from both ribosomal …

Aminomethyl spectinomycins as therapeutics for drug-resistant gonorrhea and chlamydia coinfections

MM Butler, SL Waidyarachchi… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial sexually transmitted infections are widespread and common, with Neisseria
gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) and Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) being the two most …