Molecular Targets Related Drug Resistance Mechanisms in MDR-, XDR-, and TDR-Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains

HMA Hameed, MM Islam, C Chhotaray… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a formidable infectious disease that remains a major cause of death
worldwide today. Escalating application of genomic techniques has expedited the …

Drug resistance mechanisms and novel drug targets for tuberculosis therapy

MM Islam, HMA Hameed, J Mugweru… - Journal of genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) poses a significant challenge to the successful treatment
and control of TB worldwide. Resistance to anti-TB drugs has existed since the beginning of …

A chemical rescue screen identifies a Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast inhibitor targeting MEP isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis

W Wu, Z Herrera, D Ebert, K Baska… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The apicoplast is an essential plastid organelle found in Plasmodium parasites which
contains several clinically validated antimalarial-drug targets. A chemical rescue screen …

Development of Inhibitors of the 2C-Methyl-d-erythritol 4-Phosphate (MEP) Pathway Enzymes as Potential Anti-Infective Agents

T Masini, AKH Hirsch - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
Important pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium falciparum, the
causative agents of tuberculosis and malaria, respectively, and plants, utilize the 2 C-methyl …

The multifaceted MEP pathway: Towards new therapeutic perspectives

A Allamand, T Piechowiak, D Lièvremont, M Rohmer… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Isoprenoids, a diverse class of natural products, are present in all living organisms. Their two
universal building blocks are synthesized via two independent pathways: the mevalonate …

Transcriptomic profiling reveals MEP pathway contributing to ginsenoside biosynthesis in Panax ginseng

L Xue, Z He, X Bi, W Xu, T Wei, S Wu, S Hu - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Panax ginseng CA Mey is one of famous medicinal herb plant species.
Its major bioactive compounds are various ginsenosides in roots and rhizomes. It is …

Pseudilins: halogenated, allosteric inhibitors of the non‐mevalonate pathway enzyme IspD

A Kunfermann, M Witschel, B Illarionov… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The enzymes of the non‐mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis have been
identified as attractive targets with novel modes of action for the development of herbicides …

An immunoPEGliposome for targeted antimalarial combination therapy at the nanoscale

A Biosca, L Dirscherl, E Moles, S Imperial… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Combination therapies, where two drugs acting through different mechanisms are
administered simultaneously, are one of the most efficient approaches currently used to treat …

Combination of Miconazole and Domiphen Bromide Is Fungicidal against Biofilms of Resistant Candida spp

J Tits, F Cools, K De Cremer, K De Brucker… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The occurrence and recurrence of mucosal biofilm-related Candida infections, such as oral
and vulvovaginal candidiasis, are serious clinical issues. Vaginal infections caused by …

IMB-XMA0038, a new inhibitor targeting aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

X Wang, R Yang, S Liu, Y Guan, C Xiao… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) constitutes a major challenge to TB
control programmes. There is an urgent need to develop effective anti-TB drugs with novel …