Advances in key drug target identification and new drug development for tuberculosis

J Mi, W Gong, X Wu - BioMed Research International, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe infectious disease worldwide. The increasing emergence of
drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has markedly hampered TB control …

Anti-tuberculosis drug development via targeting the cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

X Xu, B Dong, L Peng, C Gao, Z He, C Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a dynamic cell envelope, which consists of a
peptidoglycan layer, a mycolic acid layer, and an arabinogalactan polysaccharide. This …

Novel 4-aminoquinolines: Synthesis, inhibition of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase, antitubercular activity, SAR, and preclinical …

JD Paz, ND de Moura Sperotto, AS Ramos… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein a series of 4-aminoquinolines were synthesized in an attempt to optimize and study
the structural features related to LABIO-17 biological activity, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Recent advances in anti-tuberculosis drug discovery based on hydrazide–hydrazone and thiadiazole derivatives targeting inhA

Y Teneva, R Simeonova, V Valcheva, VT Angelova - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis is an extremely serious problem of global public health. Its incidence is
worsened by the presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium …

Efficacy and Mode of Action of a Direct Inhibitor of Mycobacterium abscessus InhA

M Alcaraz, F Roquet-Baneres… - ACS Infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is an unmet medical need for effective treatments against Mycobacterium abscessus
pulmonary infections, to which cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are particularly vulnerable …

Novel quinoline-based thiosemicarbazide derivatives: synthesis, DFT calculations, and investigation of antitubercular, antibacterial, and antifungal activities

E Özcan, SK Vagolu, MG Gündüz… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of new antimicrobial agents as a means of treating drug-resistant microbial
pathogens is of utmost significance to overcome their immense risk to human well-being …

Isoniazid linked to sulfonate esters via hydrazone functionality: design, synthesis, and evaluation of antitubercular activity

E Koçak Aslan, Mİ Han, VS Krishna, R Tamhaev… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Isoniazid (INH) is one of the key molecules employed in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB),
the most deadly infectious disease worldwide. However, the efficacy of this cornerstone drug …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming Mycobacterium tuberculosis through small molecule inhibitors to break down cell wall synthesis

W Kuang, H Zhang, X Wang, P Yang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) utilizes multiple mechanisms to obtain antibiotic
resistance during the treatment of infections. In addition, the biofilms, secreted by MTB, can …

In silico drug design strategies for discovering novel tuberculosis therapeutics

CSC Canales, AR Pavan, JL Dos Santos… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Tuberculosis remains a significant concern in global public health due to its
intricate biology and propensity for developing antibiotic resistance. Discovering new drugs …

Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional repressor EthR inhibitors: Shape-based search and machine learning studies

RV Chikhale, GE Eldesoky, MS Kolpe, VS Suryawanshi… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Tuberculosis has been a challenge to the world since prehistoric times, and with the advent
of drug-resistant strains, it has become more challenging to treat this infection. Ethionamide …