Lipidomic landscape in cancer: Actionable insights for membrane‐based therapy and diagnoses

PK Agarwala, R Aneja, S Kapoor - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells display altered cellular lipid metabolism, including disruption in endogenous
lipid synthesis, storage, and exogenous uptake for membrane biogenesis and functions …

Model architectures for bacterial membranes

AB Carey, A Ashenden, I Köper - Biophysical reviews, 2022 - Springer
The complex composition of bacterial membranes has a significant impact on the
understanding of pathogen function and their development towards antibiotic resistance. In …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords

R Mishra, M Hannebelle, VP Patil, A Dubois… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cultured axenically without detergent forms biofilm-like
cords, a clinical identifier of virulence. In lung-on-chip (LoC) and mouse models, cords in …

The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts: drug transport in the context of two membranes with active efflux

VV Rybenkov, HI Zgurskaya, C Ganguly… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cell envelope plays a dual role in the life of bacteria by simultaneously protecting it from a
hostile environment and facilitating access to beneficial molecules. At the heart of this ability …

Transporters involved in the biogenesis and functionalization of the mycobacterial cell envelope

M Jackson, CM Stevens, L Zhang, HI Zgurskaya… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biology of mycobacteria is dominated by a complex cell envelope of unique composition
and structure and of exceptionally low permeability. This cell envelope is the basis of many …

Lipoarabinomannan as a point-of-care assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis: how far are we to use it?

J Flores, JC Cancino, L Chavez-Galan - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a severe public health problem; the current diagnostic tests have
limitations that delay treatment onset. Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a glycolipid that is a …

Mycobacterial membranes as actionable targets for lipid-centric therapy in tuberculosis

B Modak, S Girkar, R Narayan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Infectious diseases remain significant health concerns worldwide, and resistance is
particularly common in patients with tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Supramolecular organisation and dynamics of mannosylated phosphatidylinositol lipids in the mycobacterial plasma membrane

CM Brown, RA Corey, Y Gao, YK Choi, M Gilleron… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
661-Pos Supramolecular organisation and dynamics of mannosylated phosphatidylinositol
lipids in the mycobacterial plasma membrane Chelsea M. Brown1, Robin A. Corey2, Ya …

Decoding the role of mycobacterial lipid remodelling and membrane dynamics in antibiotic tolerance

AP Menon, TH Lee, MI Aguilar, S Kapoor - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Current treatments for tuberculosis primarily target Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
infections, often neglecting the emerging issue of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) which …

A critical review of short antimicrobial peptides from scorpion venoms, their physicochemical attributes, and potential for the development of new drugs

PA Fong-Coronado, V Ramirez… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Scorpion venoms have proven to be excellent sources of antimicrobial agents. However,
although many of them have been functionally characterized, they remain underutilized as …