Current applications of nanoparticles in infectious diseases

H Zazo, CI Colino, JM Lanao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016 - Elsevier
For decades infections have been treated easily with drugs. However, in the 21st century,
they may become lethal again owing to the development of antimicrobial resistance …

Current insights on antifungal therapy: Novel nanotechnology approaches for drug delivery systems and new drugs from natural sources

F Sousa, D Ferreira, S Reis, P Costa - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high incidence of fungal infections has become a worrisome public health issue, having
been aggravated by an increase in host predisposition factors. Despite all the drugs …

Paracoccidioidomycosis: eco-epidemiology, taxonomy and clinical and therapeutic issues

AL Bocca, AC Amaral, MM Teixeira, PK Sato… - Future …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Acquired by inhalation of the thermal dimorphic fungi Paracoccidioides spp. conidia,
paracoccidioidomycosis ranges from symptomatic to severe and potentially fatal …

Early state research on antifungal natural products

M Negri, TP Salci, CS Shinobu-Mesquita, IRG Capoci… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Nosocomial infections caused by fungi have increased greatly in recent years, mainly due to
the rising number of immunocompromised patients. However, the available antifungal …

Therapies and vaccines based on nanoparticles for the treatment of systemic fungal infections

B Kischkel, SA Rossi, SR Santos… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Treatment modalities for systemic mycoses are still limited. Currently, the main antifungal
therapeutics include polyenes, azoles, and echinocandins. However, even in the setting of …

Oral administration of amphotericin B nanoparticles: antifungal activity, bioavailability and toxicity in rats

MA Radwan, BT AlQuadeib, L Šiller, MC Wright… - Drug Delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Amphotericin B (AMB) is used most commonly in severe systemic life-threatening fungal
infections. There is currently an unmet need for an efficacious (AMB) formulation amenable …

Antifungal resistance, metabolic routes as drug targets, and new antifungal agents: an overview about endemic dimorphic fungi

JA Parente-Rocha, AM Bailão… - Mediators of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diseases caused by fungi can occur in healthy people, but immunocompromised patients
are the major risk group for invasive fungal infections. Cases of fungal resistance and the …

Antifungal therapy for systemic mycosis and the nanobiotechnology era: improving efficacy, biodistribution and toxicity

ACO Souza, AC Amaral - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fungal diseases have been emerging as an important public health problem worldwide with
the increase in host predisposition factors due to immunological dysregulations …

Apigenin-loaded PLGA-DMSA nanoparticles: a novel strategy to treat melanoma lung metastasis

R Sen, S Ganguly, S Ganguly, MC Debnath… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The flavone apigenin (APG), alone as well as in combination with other chemotherapeutic
agents, is known to exhibit potential anticancer effects in various tumors and inhibit growth …

Comparative genomics allowed the identification of drug targets against human fungal pathogens

AKR Abadio, ES Kioshima, MM Teixeira, NF Martins… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background The prevalence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has increased steadily
worldwide in the last few decades. Particularly, there has been a global rise in the number of …