[HTML][HTML] Gallium and gallium compounds: New insights into the “Trojan horse” strategy in medical applications

W Sun, M Qi, S Cheng, C Li, B Dong, L Wang - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Infection, inflammation, tumors, and other illnesses have for a long time posed a major
danger to human health and have developed into a global public health issue. However, the …

Emerging target-directed approaches for the treatment and diagnosis of microbial infections

MC Almeida, PM da Costa, E Sousa… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the rising levels of drug resistance, developing efficient antimicrobial therapies has
become a priority. A promising strategy is the conjugation of antibiotics with relevant …

The use of artificial sputum media to enhance investigation and subsequent treatment of cystic fibrosis bacterial infections

A Aiyer, J Manos - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
In cystic fibrosis (CF), mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator protein
reduce ionic exchange in the lung, resulting in thicker mucus, which impairs mucociliary …

Antivirulence compounds: a future direction to overcome antibiotic resistance?

S Buroni, LR Chiarelli - Future Microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognized as a major threat
to global health and to healthcare systems, being the cause for almost 700,000 deaths …

Phenotype-Guided Comparative Genomics Identifies the Complete Transport Pathway of the Antimicrobial Lasso Peptide Ubonodin in Burkholderia

T Do, A Thokkadam, R Leach, AJ Link - ACS chemical biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
New antibiotics are needed as bacterial infections continue to be a leading cause of death,
but efforts to develop compounds with promising antibacterial activity are hindered by a poor …

Overview on the bacterial iron-riboflavin metabolic axis

I Sepúlveda Cisternas, JC Salazar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Redox reactions are ubiquitous in biological processes. Enzymes involved in redox
metabolism often use cofactors in order to facilitate electron-transfer reactions. Common …

Application of nematicide avermectin enriched antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in farmland soil

X Zhao, G Qi, Y Feng, C Du - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has resulted in the accumulation
of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in …

Dual role of mechanisms involved in resistance to predation by protozoa and virulence to humans

S Sun, P Noorian, D McDougald - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Most opportunistic pathogens transit in the environment between hosts and the environment
plays a significant role in the evolution of protective traits. The coincidental evolution …

Profiling cell envelope-antibiotic interactions reveals vulnerabilities to β-lactams in a multidrug-resistant bacterium

AM Hogan, ASMZ Rahman, A Motnenko… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex
(Bcc) presents unique restrictions to antibiotic penetration. As a consequence, Bcc species …

Molecular mechanisms of microbial survivability in outer space: a systems biology approach

T Milojevic, W Weckwerth - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Since the dawn of space exploration, the survivability of terrestrial life in outer space
conditions has attracted enormous attention. Space technology has enabled the …