Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in the treatment of enteric infections

D Yan, Y Li, Y Liu, N Li, X Zhang, C Yan - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics played an important role in controlling the development of enteric infection.
However, the emergence of antibiotic resistance and gut dysbiosis led to a growing interest …

Molecular mechanisms of chitosan interactions with fungi and plants

F Lopez-Moya, M Suarez-Fernandez… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a versatile compound with multiple biotechnological applications. This polymer
inhibits clinically important human fungal pathogens under the same carbon and nitrogen …

Chitosan and their derivatives: Antibiofilm drugs against pathogenic bacteria

F Khan, DTN Pham, SF Oloketuyi… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofilm formed by several pathogenic bacteria results in the development of resistance
against antimicrobial compounds. The polymeric materials present in the biofilm architecture …

Targeting and arginine-driven synergizing photodynamic therapy with nutritional immunotherapy nanosystems for combating MRSA biofilms

A Zhang, H Wu, X Chen, Z Chen, Y Pan, W Qu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The resistance and immune escape of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
biofilms cause recalcitrant infections. Here, we design a targeting and synergizing cascade …

Approaches to dispersing medical biofilms

D Fleming, KP Rumbaugh - Microorganisms, 2017 - mdpi.com
Biofilm-associated infections pose a complex problem to the medical community, in that
residence within the protection of a biofilm affords pathogens greatly increased tolerances to …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides and their interaction with biofilms of medically relevant bacteria

G Batoni, G Maisetta, S Esin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilm-associated infections represent one of the major threats of modern medicine. Biofilm-
forming bacteria are encased in a complex mixture of extracellular polymeric substances …

Targeting biofilms therapy: current research strategies and development hurdles

Y Jiang, M Geng, L Bai - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biofilms are aggregate of microorganisms in which cells are frequently embedded within a
self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) and adhere to each other …

Baicalin inhibits biofilm formation, attenuates the quorum sensing-controlled virulence and enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa clearance in a mouse peritoneal …

J Luo, B Dong, K Wang, S Cai, T Liu, X Cheng, D Lei… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The quorum sensing (QS) circuit plays a role in the precise regulation of genes controlling
virulence factors and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. QS-controlled biofilm …

Potent antibacterial nanoparticles against biofilm and intracellular bacteria

H Mu, J Tang, Q Liu, C Sun, T Wang, J Duan - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The chronic infections related to biofilm and intracellular bacteria are always hard to be
cured because of their inherent resistance to both antimicrobial agents and host defenses …

Antimicrobial effect of a novel chitosan derivative and its synergistic effect with antibiotics

Z Si, Z Hou, YS Vikhe, KRV Thappeta… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cationic polymers are promising antibacterial agents because bacteria have a low
propensity to develop resistance against them, but they usually have low biocompatibility …