Understanding bacterial biofilms: From definition to treatment strategies

A Zhao, J Sun, Y Liu - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms are complex microbial communities encased in extracellular polymeric
substances. Their formation is a multi-step process. Biofilms are a significant problem in …

Recent progress of supramolecular chemotherapy based on host–guest interactions

M Yan, S Wu, Y Wang, M Liang, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is widely recognized as an effective approach for treating cancer due to its
ability to eliminate cancer cells using chemotherapeutic drugs. However, traditional …

Reversal of cisplatin chemotherapy resistance by glutathione-resistant copper-based nanomedicine via cuproptosis

Y Lu, Q Pan, W Gao, Y Pu, B He - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Platinum-based chemotherapy is widely used to treat various cancers. However, exogenous
platinum is likely to cause severe side effects and drug resistance induced by upregulated …

Supramolecular coordination complexes for synergistic cancer therapy

Y Li, F Huang, PJ Stang, S Yin - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs) are predictable and size-
tunable supramolecular self-assemblies constructed through directional coordination bonds …

Recent developments in the construction and applications of platinum-based metallacycles and metallacages via coordination

Y Sun, C Chen, J Liu, PJ Stang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Coordination-driven suprastructures have attracted much interest due to their unique
properties. Among these structures, platinum-based architectures have been broadly …

Biomedically relevant self-assembled metallacycles and metallacages

H Sepehrpour, W Fu, Y Sun… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Diverse metal–organic complexes (MOCs), shaped as rectangles, triangles, hexagons,
prisms, and cages, can be formed by coordination between metal ions (Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Ir, Zn …

RNA-extraction-free nano-amplified colorimetric test for point-of-care clinical diagnosis of COVID-19

M Alafeef, P Moitra, K Dighe, D Pan - Nature Protocols, 2021 - nature.com
The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) highlights the shortcomings
of the current testing paradigm for viral disease diagnostics. Here, we report a stepwise …

Recent trends in hydroxyapatite supplementation for osteoregenerative purposes

A Zastulka, S Clichici, M Tomoaia-Cotisel, A Mocanu… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bone regeneration has gained attention in the biomedical field, which has led to the
development of materials and synthesis methods meant to improve osseointegration and …

Liposome-encapsulated curcumin-loaded 3D printed scaffold for bone tissue engineering

N Sarkar, S Bose - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
Curcumin, the active constituent for turmeric, is known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory,
anticancer, and osteogenic activities. However, it shows extremely poor bioavailability, rapid …

Host-guest chemistry in supramolecular theranostics

G Yu, X Chen - Theranostics, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macrocyclic hosts, such as cyclodextrins, calixarenes, cucurbiturils, and pillararenes, exhibit
unparalleled advantages in disease diagnosis and therapy over the past years by fully …