Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for the treatment of bacterial infection

Y Hu, X Ruan, X Lv, Y Xu, W Wang, Y Cai, M Ding… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The biofilm formation process and its microenvironmental characteristics are
described.•Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for anti-infection are …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH **ong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Janus nanoparticles targeting extracellular polymeric substance achieve flexible elimination of drug-resistant biofilms

Z Liu, K Guo, L Yan, K Zhang, Y Wang, X Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Safe and efficient antibacterial materials are urgently needed to combat drug-resistant
bacteria and biofilm-associated infections. The rational design of nanoparticles for flexible …

Antibiotic‐free antibacterial strategies enabled by nanomaterials: progress and perspectives

Y Wang, Y Yang, Y Shi, H Song, C Yu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infection is one of the top ten leading causes of death globally and the worst killer
in low‐income countries. The overuse of antibiotics leads to ever‐increasing antibiotic …

Infection microenvironment-related antibacterial nanotherapeutic strategies

Z Wang, X Liu, Y Duan, Y Huang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges in public
health. There is an urgent need to discover novel agents against the occurrence of multidrug …

The oral microbiota: dynamic communities and host interactions

RJ Lamont, H Koo, G Hajishengallis - Nature reviews microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic and polymicrobial oral microbiome is a direct precursor of diseases such as
dental caries and periodontitis, two of the most prevalent microbially induced disorders …

Construction of bio‐piezoelectric platforms: From structures and synthesis to applications

Q Xu, X Gao, S Zhao, YN Liu, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials, with their unique ability for mechanical‐electrical energy conversion,
have been widely applied in important fields such as sensing, energy harvesting …

Nanotechnology-based antimicrobials and delivery systems for biofilm-infection control

Y Liu, L Shi, L Su, HC van der Mei, PC Jutte… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial-infections are mostly due to bacteria in an adhering, biofilm-mode of growth and
not due to planktonically growing, suspended-bacteria. Biofilm-bacteria are much more …

Nanoarchitectonics of in Situ Antibiotic-Releasing Acicular Nanozymes for Targeting and Inducing Cuproptosis-like Death to Eliminate Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Z Hu, J Shan, X **, W Sun, L Cheng, XL Chen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A series of progress has been made in the field of antimicrobial use of nanozymes due to
their superior stability and decreased susceptibility to drug resistance. However, catalytically …

Surface charge switchable supramolecular nanocarriers for nitric oxide synergistic photodynamic eradication of biofilms

D Hu, Y Deng, F Jia, Q **, J Ji - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biofilm has resulted in numerous obstinate clinical infections, posing severe threats to public
health. It is urgent to develop original antibacterial strategies for eradicating biofilms. Herein …