Strategies to mitigate and treat orthopaedic device-associated infections

DG Kennedy, AM O'Mahony, EP Culligan… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Orthopaedic device implants play a crucial role in restoring functionality to patients suffering
from debilitating musculoskeletal diseases or to those who have experienced traumatic …

Biofilm heterogeneity-adaptive photoredox catalysis enables red light-triggered nitric oxide release for combating drug-resistant infections

J Cheng, G Gan, S Zheng, G Zhang, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of biofilms is closely associated with persistent and chronic infections, and
physiological heterogeneity such as pH and oxygen gradients renders biofilms highly …

Stimuli-responsive assembly and disassembly of anionic suprasomes with tunable antibacterial activity

BM Prusty, R Karn, A Patel, P Mazumder… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Host–guest complexation-based suprasomes successfully deliver benzimidazolium
amphiphiles. β-CD and Zn2+ or an acidic environment act as the stimuli for the assembly …

A Self-Immolative Linker for the pH-Responsive Release of Amides

A Petrini, G Ievoli, F Migliorini, M Taddei, S Siciliano - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The administration of therapeutics using bioconjugation has been mainly limited to drugs
containing amine, alcohol, or thiol functional groups. Here, we report a general procedure …

Phage Lytic Protein CHAPSH3b Encapsulated in Niosomes and Gelatine Films

V Marchianò, AC Duarte, S Agún, S Luque, I Marcet… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a global health challenge, sparking
worldwide interest in exploring the antimicrobial potential of natural compounds as an …

Layer-by-layer assembly of peptides-decorated coaxial nanofibrous membranes with antibiofilm and visual pH sensing capability

Z Yingjie, Z Shuying, T Zhimin, L Yan, W Lu - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The countermeasure of biofilm infections leaving a challenge due to a dense antibiotic-
resistant barrier formed by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Although antibiotic …

Utilizing surface plasmon resonance as a novel method for monitoring in-vitro P-glycoprotein efflux

PH Nguyen, S Cui, AM Kozarich, A Rautio… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is known for its dichotomous roles as both a safeguarding efflux
transporter against xenobiotics and as a catalyst for multidrug resistance. Given the …

Side Chain Engineering of Amphiphilic Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Biofilm Ablation

R Jinghan, C Zhanshuo, W Minghui… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilm recalcitrance, which enables bacteria to survive deep within the body under
antimicrobial treatment, leading to persistent infections by reducing the penetration of …

Performance Evaluation of Ciprofloxacin loaded Micellar Bioconjugate Carrier for Eradication of Bacterial Biofilms

C Gupta, SK Ghosh, R Sen - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
This study reports the utilization of a Curcumin-Exopolysaccharide (Cur-EPS) micellar
bioconjugate comprising acid-labile ester bond as a carrier for ciprofloxacin (Cip) to improve …

Encapsulation of the Phage Lytic Protein CHAPSH3b in Non-ionic Surfactant-Based Vesicles

V Marchianò, ACL Duarte, S Agun, S Luque, I Marcet… - 2023 - preprints.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a worldwide health problem. Consequently,
there is a global interest in the study of the antimicrobial activity of natural compounds as an …