Resistance of gram-negative bacteria to current antibacterial agents and approaches to resolve it

Z Breijyeh, B Jubeh, R Karaman - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance represents an enormous global health crisis and one of the most
serious threats humans face today. Some bacterial strains have acquired resistance to …

Metallo-β-lactamases in the age of multidrug resistance: from structure and mechanism to evolution, dissemination, and inhibitor design

G Bahr, LJ Gonzalez, AJ Vila - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The
spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of …

NDM metallo-β-lactamases and their bacterial producers in health care settings

W Wu, Y Feng, G Tang, F Qiao… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is a metallo-β-lactamase able to hydrolyze almost all
β-lactams. Twenty-four NDM variants have been identified in> 60 species of 11 bacterial …

Green chemistry meets medicinal chemistry: a perspective on modern metal-free late-stage functionalization reactions

JD Lasso, DJ Castillo-Pazos, CJ Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The progress of drug discovery and development is paced by milestones reached in organic
synthesis. In the last decade, the advent of late-stage functionalization (LSF) reactions has …

Antibiotic adjuvants: a versatile approach to combat antibiotic resistance

G Dhanda, Y Acharya, J Haldar - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The problem of antibiotic resistance is on the rise, with multidrug-resistant strains emerging
even to the last resort antibiotics. The drug discovery process is often stalled by stringent cut …

Targeting metalloenzymes for therapeutic intervention

AY Chen, RN Adamek, BL Dick, CV Credille… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes are central to a wide range of essential biological activities, including
nucleic acid modification, protein degradation, and many others. The role of metalloenzymes …

Bismuth antimicrobial drugs serve as broad-spectrum metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors

R Wang, TP Lai, P Gao, H Zhang, PL Ho… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Drug-resistant superbugs pose a huge threat to human health. Infections by
Enterobacteriaceae producing metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), eg, New Delhi metallo-β …

Current status and recent research achievements in SiC/SiC composites

Y Katoh, LL Snead, CH Henager Jr, T Nozawa… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
The silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon carbide matrix (SiC/SiC) composite system for
fusion applications has seen a continual evolution from development a fundamental …

An update on β-lactamase inhibitor discovery and development

JD Docquier, S Mangani - Drug Resistance Updates, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance, and the emergence of pan-resistant clinical isolates, seriously
threatens our capability to treat bacterial diseases, including potentially deadly hospital …

β-Lactamase inhibitors to restore the efficacy of antibiotics against superbugs

C Gonzalez-Bello, D Rodríguez, M Pernas… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Infections caused by resistant bacteria are nowadays too common, and some pathogens
have even become resistant to multiple types of antibiotics, in which case few or even no …