Cancer multidrug-resistance reversal by ABCB1 inhibition: A recent update

K Engle, G Kumar - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer that uses one or more anti-
cancer drugs as a part of the standardized chemotherapy regimen. Cytotoxic chemicals …

Antimicrobial peptides, conventional antibiotics, and their synergistic utility for the treatment of drug‐resistant infections

Y Zhu, W Hao, X Wang, J Ouyang… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides (HDPs), are important
effector immune defense molecules in multicellular organisms. AMPs exert their …

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents

MF Varela, J Stephen, M Lekshmi, M Ojha, N Wenzel… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial pathogens as causative agents of infection constitute an alarming concern in the
public health sector. In particular, bacteria with resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing for next-generation combination therapies against multidrug-resistant bacteria

Y Liu, Z Tong, J Shi, R Li, M Upton, Z Wang - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance has been a global health challenge that threatens our ability to
control and treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Despite ongoing efforts to identify new …

Distribution and spread of the mobilised RND efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD-toprJ in clinical Gram-negative bacteria: a molecular epidemiological study

N Dong, Y Zeng, Y Wang, C Liu, J Lu, C Cai… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background TMexCD1-TOprJ1, which is associated with phenotypic resistance to
multiple classes of antibiotics, is a transmissible resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family …

A comprehensive review of nanoparticles for oral delivery in food: biological fate, evaluation models, and gut microbiota influences

J Xue, C Blesso, Y Luo - Annual Review of Food Science and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Edible nanoparticles are being developed for the oral delivery of nutrients to improve human
health and well-being. Because of the extremely demanding conditions foods experience …

Inhibition of multidrug efflux pumps belonging to the major facilitator superfamily in bacterial pathogens

MF Varela, J Stephen, D Bharti, M Lekshmi, S Kumar - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple structurally distinct antimicrobial agents are
causative agents of infectious disease, and they thus constitute a serious concern for public …

Macrophage targeted iron oxide nanodecoys augment innate immunological and drug killings for more effective Mycobacterium Tuberculosis clearance

L Shen, K Liao, E Yang, F Yang, W Lin, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, is still one of the
top killers worldwide among infectious diseases. The escape of Mtb from immunological …

A 2.8 Å Structure of Zoliflodacin in a DNA Cleavage Complex with Staphylococcus aureus DNA Gyrase

H Morgan, M Lipka-Lloyd, AJ Warren… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since 2000, some thirteen quinolones and fluoroquinolones have been developed and
have come to market. The quinolones, one of the most successful classes of antibacterial …

A multifunctional polymeric micelle for targeted delivery of paclitaxel by the inhibition of the P-glycoprotein transporters

S Razzaq, A Rauf, A Raza, S Akhtar, TA Tabish… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
P-glycoprotein (P-gP) efflux-mediated multidrug resistance is a fundamental aspect of
chemotherapeutic failure in oncology. The current study aims to deliver paclitaxel (PTX) …