With increasing pathogenic bacterial infection that is occurring worldwide, antibacterial therapy has become an important research field. There is great antimicrobial potential in the nanomaterial-based metal-organic framework (MOF) platform because it is highly biocompatible, biodegradable, and nontoxic, and it is now widely used in the anticancer agent industry and in the production of medical products. This review summarizes the possible mechanisms of representative MOF-based nanomaterials, and recounts recent progress in the design and development of MOF-based antibacterial materials for the remedy of postoperative infection. The existing shortcomings and future perspectives of the rapidly growing field of antimicrobial therapy addressing patient quality of life issues are also briefly discussed. Because of their wide applicability, further studies on the use of different MOF antimicrobial therapies will be of great interest.
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Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
The rise of antimicrobial resistance represents a significant global health threat, driven by the diminishing efficacy of existing antibiotics, a lack of novel antibacterials entering the market, and an over- or misuse of existing antibiotics, which accelerates the evolution of resistant bacterial strains. This review focuses on innovative therapies by highlighting 19 novel antibacterials in clinical development as of June 2024. These selected compounds are characterized by new chemical scaffolds, novel molecular targets, and/or unique mechanisms of action, which render their potential to break antimicrobial resistance particularly high.
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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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January 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, 69004, France.
Purpose: Abdominal wall reconstruction is a common surgical procedure, with a post-operative risk of mesh-associated infection of which management is poorly known. This study aims to comprehensively analyze clinical and microbiological aspects of mesh infection, treatment modalities, and associated outcomes.
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Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
The discovery of the involvement of microRNAs (miRNAs) in cystic fibrosis (CF) has generated increasing interest in the past years, due to their possible employment as a novel class of drugs to be studied in pre-clinical settings of therapeutic protocols for cystic fibrosis. In this narrative review article, consider and comparatively evaluate published laboratory information of possible interest for the development of miRNA-based therapeutic protocols for cystic fibrosis. We consider miRNAs involved in the upregulation of CFTR, miRNAs involved in the inhibition of inflammation and, finally, miRNAs exhibiting antibacterial activity.
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