Efflux in Gram-negative bacteria: what are the latest opportunities for drug discovery?

T Gil-Gil, P Laborda, LE Ochoa-Sánchez… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family is the most important group of
multidrug efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria. Their inhibition increases the …

Bacterial efflux pump inhibitors

BJ Kamicker, MT Sweeney, F Kaczmarek… - New Antibiotic …, 2008 - Springer
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens play a major role in the
morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients. The rise of resistance to current antibiotic …

Can efflux inhibitors really counter resistance?

K Poole, O Lomovskaya - Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies, 2006 - Elsevier
Efflux, particularly that mediated by the resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family of
multiple antibiotic efflux systems that are prevalent in Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, is …

Bad bugs in the XXIst century: resistance mediated by multi-drug efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria

AV Vargiu, KM Pos, K Poole, H Nikaido - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of antibiotics represented a key milestone in the history of medicine. However,
with the rise of these life-saving drugs came the awareness that bacteria deploy defense …

Ever-adapting RND efflux pumps in gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens: a race against time

M Zwama, K Nishino - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rise in multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the greatest threats to human health
worldwide. MDR in bacterial pathogens is a major challenge in healthcare, as bacterial …

Efflux pumps: their role in antibacterial drug discovery

O Lomovskaya, WJ Watkins - Current medicinal chemistry, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
The emergence of active efflux as a major causative factor in antibiotic resistance has been
one of the most significant trends in antiinfective chemotherapy over the last decade. The …

Recent advances toward a molecular mechanism of efflux pump inhibition

TJ Opperman, ST Nguyen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Multidrug resistance (MDR) in Gram-negative pathogens, such as the Enterobacteriaceae
and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, poses a significant threat to our ability to effectively treat …

Resistance-nodulation-division multidrug efflux pumps in gram-negative bacteria: role in virulence

DM Fernando, A Kumar - Antibiotics, 2013 - mdpi.com
Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pumps are one of the most important
determinants of multidrug resistance (MDR) in Gram-negative bacteria. With an ever …

The ins and outs of RND efflux pumps in Escherichia coli

J Anes, MP McCusker, S Fanning… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases remain one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the
world. Relevant authorities including the WHO and CDC have expressed serious concern …

RND efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria; regulation, structure and role in antibiotic resistance

AL Colclough, I Alav, EE Whittle, HL Pugh… - Future …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Rresistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria remove
multiple, structurally distinct classes of antimicrobials from inside bacterial cells therefore …