Antimicrobials functioning through ros-mediated mechanisms: Current insights

A Vaishampayan, E Grohmann - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance and infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are global health
concerns. Reducing the overuse and misuse of antibiotics is the primary step toward …

Quinolone antibiotics: Resistance and therapy

K Tang, H Zhao - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The clinical application of quinolone antibiotics is particularly extensive. In addition to their
high efficiency in infectious diseases, the treatment process brings multiple hidden dangers …

Reactive metabolic byproducts contribute to antibiotic lethality under anaerobic conditions

F Wong, JM Stokes, SC Bening, C Vidoudez… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding how bactericidal antibiotics kill bacteria remains an open question. Previous
work has proposed that primary drug-target corruption leads to increased energetic …

Optical methods for label-free detection of bacteria

P Wang, H Sun, W Yang, Y Fang - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic bacteria are the leading causes of food-borne and water-borne infections, and
one of the most serious public threats. Traditional bacterial detection techniques, including …

Recent insight into the biological activities and SAR of quinolone derivatives as multifunctional scaffold

V Sharma, R Das, DK Mehta, S Gupta… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quinolones are a type of bicyclic privileged building block with immense therapeutic
potential. They are known for their crucial role in modulating numerous diseases conditions …

Moxifloxacin-mediated killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis involves respiratory downshift, reductive stress, and accumulation of reactive oxygen species

S Shee, S Singh, A Tripathi, C Thakur… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Moxifloxacin is central to treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Effects of moxifloxacin
on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis redox state were explored to identify strategies for …

Dual effect: high NADH levels contribute to efflux-mediated antibiotic resistance but drive lethality mediated by reactive oxygen species

A Arce-Rodríguez, D Pankratz, M Preusse, PI Nikel… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
In light of the antibiotic crisis, emerging strategies to sensitize bacteria to available
antibiotics should be explored. Several studies on the mechanisms of killing suggest that …

Redox impact on bacterial macromolecule: a promising avenue for discovery and development of novel antibacterials

JO Aribisala, S Sabiu - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria has remained a serious public health concern, resulting in
substantial deaths and morbidity each year. Factors such as mutation and abuse of currently …

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Mediated Antibacterial Oxidative Therapies: Available Methods to Generate ROS and a Novel Option Proposal

S Alfei, GC Schito, AM Schito, G Zuccari - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens causes difficult-to-treat
infections with long-term hospitalizations and a high incidence of death, thus representing a …

An Oxygen Supply Strategy for Sonodynamic Therapy in Tuberculous Granuloma Lesions Using a Catalase-Loaded Nanoplatform

C Hu, Y Qiu, J Guo, Y Cao, D Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(MTB) that remains a major global health challenge. One of the main obstacles to effective …