Noncoding RNA therapeutics—challenges and potential solutions

M Winkle, SM El-Daly, M Fabbri, GA Calin - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Therapeutic targeting of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and
long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), represents an attractive approach for the treatment of …

Novel antimicrobial agents for combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria

RYK Chang, SC Nang, HK Chan, J Li - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic therapy has become increasingly ineffective against bacterial infections due to the
rise of resistance. In particular, ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus …

Pre-optimized phage therapy on secondary Acinetobacter baumannii infection in four critical COVID-19 patients

N Wu, J Dai, M Guo, J Li, X Zhou, F Li… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Phage therapy is recognized as a promising alternative to antibiotics in treating pulmonary
bacterial infections, however, its use has not been reported for treating secondary bacterial …

A Mammalian Cell's Guide on How to Process a Bacteriophage

L Kan, JJ Barr - Annual Review of Virology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Bacteriophages are enigmatic entities that defy definition. Classically, they are specialist
viruses that exclusively parasitize bacterial hosts. Yet this definition becomes limiting when …

Phages against pathogenic bacterial biofilms and biofilm-based infections: a review

S Liu, H Lu, S Zhang, Y Shi, Q Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial biofilms formed by pathogens are known to be hundreds of times more resistant to
antimicrobial agents than planktonic cells, making it extremely difficult to cure biofilm-based …

Bacteriophage uptake by mammalian cell layers represents a potential sink that may impact phage therapy

MC Bichet, WH Chin, W Richards, YW Lin… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
It is increasingly apparent that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria and more
commonly referred to as simply phages, have tropisms outside their bacterial hosts. Using …

Recent progress toward the implementation of phage therapy in Western medicine

JP Pirnay, T Ferry, G Resch - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Like the sword of Damocles, the threat of a post-antibiotic era is hanging over humanity's
head. The scientific and medical community is thus reconsidering bacteriophage therapy …

Formulation strategies for bacteriophages to target intracellular bacterial pathogens

W Yan, P Banerjee, M Xu, S Mukhopadhyay… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacteriophages (Phages) are antibacterial viruses that are unaffected by antibiotic drug
resistance. Many Phase I and Phase II phage therapy clinical trials have shown acceptable …

Paving the way for phage therapy using novel drug delivery approaches

T Briot, C Kolenda, T Ferry, M Medina, F Laurent… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial resistance against antibiotics is an emergent medical issue. The development of
novel therapeutic approaches is urgently needed and, in this context, bacteriophages …

Phage therapy: An alternative treatment modality for MDR bacterial infections

N Pal, P Sharma, M Kumawat, S Singh… - Infectious …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing global incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections threatens
public health and compromises various aspects of modern medicine. Recognising the …