Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades?

M Vallet-Regí, F Schüth, D Lozano, M Colilla… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

Recent advances in research on antibacterial metals and alloys as implant materials

J Jiao, S Zhang, X Qu, B Yue - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Implants are widely used in orthopedic surgery and are gaining attention of late. However,
their use is restricted by implant-associated infections (IAI), which represent one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for lipid-based nanocomposites with potential activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Microbial resistance challenge and drug delivery trends

AC Hatae, CA Roque-Borda, FR Pavan - OpenNano, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis, stands as an
immensely devastating and persistently relevant pathogen, claiming the lives of millions …

Nanoparticles for antimicrobial agents delivery—an up-to-date review

DA Mercan, AG Niculescu, AM Grumezescu - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases constitute an increasing threat to public health and medical systems
worldwide. Particularly, the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens has left the …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan-based systems aimed at local application for vaginal infections

VHS Araujo, MPC de Souza, GC Carvalho… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaginal administration is a promising route for the local treatment of infectious vaginal
diseases since it can bypass the first-pass metabolism, drug interactions, and adverse …

Galleria mellonella for systemic assessment of anti-Candida auris using amphotericin B loaded in nanoemulsion

GD Marena, MADS Ramos, LC Lima, M Chorilli… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Galleria mellonella is a model that uses adult larvae to assess the prophylactic, therapeutic,
and acute toxic potential of substances. Given their benefits, G. mellonella models are being …

[HTML][HTML] Highlights in poloxamer-based drug delivery systems as strategy at local application for vaginal infections

GC Carvalho, VHS Araujo, B Fonseca-Santos… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases related to the vagina include diseases caused by the imbalance of the
vaginal flora and by sexually transmitted infections. Some of these present themselves as a …

Development and characterization of an amphotericin B-loaded nanoemulsion applied to Candida auris biofilms control

GD Marena, MA dos Santos Ramos… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoemulsions (NE) belong to the class of emulsions widely used in the scientific field in
order to improve drugs bioavailability and selectivity, especially in the control of microbial …

Ph-sensitive drug delivery system based on chitin nanowhiskers–sodium alginate polyelectrolyte complex

NV Dubashynskaya, VA Petrova, DP Romanov… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), based on partially deacetylated chitin nanowhiskers
(CNWs) and anionic polysaccharides, are characterized by their variability of properties …

Nanotechnology-based lipid systems applied to resistant bacterial control: A review of their use in the past two decades

MA dos Santos Ramos, LG de Toledo, L Sposito… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rate of infections caused by resistant bacteria to the antimicrobials available for human
use grows exponentially every year, which generates major impacts on human health and …