Phage therapy: What factors shape phage pharmacokinetics and bioavailability? Systematic and critical review

K Dąbrowska - Medicinal research reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriophages are not forgotten viruses anymore: scientists and practitioners seek to
understand phage pharmacokinetics in animals and humans, investigating bacteriophages …

Bacteriophages in natural and artificial environments

S Batinovic, F Wassef, SA Knowler, DTF Rice… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophages (phages) are biological entities that have attracted a great deal of attention
in recent years. They have been reported as the most abundant biological entities on the …

Bacteriophage transcytosis provides a mechanism to cross epithelial cell layers

S Nguyen, K Baker, BS Padman, R Patwa, RA Dunstan… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial viruses are among the most numerous biological entities within the human body.
These viruses are found within regions of the body that have conventionally been …

Intranasal delivery of biologics to the central nervous system

JJ Lochhead, RG Thorne - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases is very difficult due to the blood–brain
barrier's (BBB) ability to severely restrict entry of all but small, non-polar compounds …

Surface-modified nanocarriers for nose-to-brain delivery: from bioadhesion to targeting

F Sonvico, A Clementino, F Buttini, G Colombo… - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the field of nasal drug delivery, nose-to-brain delivery is among the most fascinating
applications, directly targeting the central nervous system, bypassing the blood brain barrier …

The influence of external factors on bacteriophages

E Jończyk, M Kłak, R Międzybrodzki, A Górski - Folia microbiologica, 2011 - Springer
The ability of bacteriophages to survive under unfavorable conditions is highly diversified.
We summarize the influence of different external physical and chemical factors, such as …

Engineered bacteriophage therapeutics: rationale, challenges and future

M Łobocka, K Dąbrowska, A Górski - BioDrugs, 2021 - Springer
The current problems with increasing bacterial resistance to antibacterial therapies, resulting
in a growing frequency of incurable bacterial infections, necessitates the acceleration of …

Using graphene oxide high near-infrared absorbance for photothermal treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

M Li, X Yang, J Ren, K Qu, X Qu - Advanced Materials (Deerfield …, 2012 - europepmc.org
A novel strategy to dissociate amyloid aggregation is presented, using localised heat
generation from a clinically used amyloid staining dye, thioflavin-S (ThS)-modified graphene …

Genetically engineered phages: a review of advances over the last decade

DP Pires, S Cleto, S Sillankorva… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soon after their discovery in the early 20th century, bacteriophages were recognized to have
great potential as antimicrobial agents, a potential that has yet to be fully realized. The …

Pharmacologically aware phage therapy: pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic obstacles to phage antibacterial action in animal and human bodies

K Dąbrowska, ST Abedon - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The use of viruses infecting bacteria (bacteriophages or phages) to treat bacterial infections
has been ongoing clinically for approximately 100 years. Despite that long history, the …