Leveraging disulfiram to treat cancer: Mechanisms of action, delivery strategies, and treatment regimens

Y Lu, Q Pan, W Gao, Y Pu, K Luo, B He, Z Gu - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Disulfiram (DSF) has been used as an alcoholism drug for 70 years. Recently, it has
attracted increasing attention owing to the distinguished anticancer activity, which can be …

Mycobacterium abscessus, an Emerging and Worrisome Pathogen among Cystic Fibrosis Patients

G Degiacomi, JC Sammartino, LR Chiarelli… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have recently emerged as important pathogens among
cystic fibrosis (CF) patients worldwide. Mycobacterium abscessus is becoming the most …

Epidemic of Postsurgical Infections Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense

RS Duarte, MCS Lourenço, LS Fonseca… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
An epidemic of infections after video-assisted surgery (1,051 possible cases) caused by
rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and involving 63 hospitals in the state of Rio de …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative therapies against Mycobacterium abscessus infections

I Palucci, G Delogu - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) is considered as the most pathogenic
rapid-growing mycobacteria in humans, causing pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases …

Pipeline of anti‐Mycobacterium abscessus small molecules: Repurposable drugs and promising novel chemical entities

A Egorova, M Jackson, V Gavrilyuk… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Mycobacterium abscessus complex is a group of emerging pathogens that are difficult
to treat. There are no effective drugs for successful M. abscessus pulmonary infection …

Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish

MD Johansen, HP Spaink, SH Oehlers, L Kremer - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
The incidence of infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has increased
rapidly in recent years, surpassing tuberculosis in developed countries. Due to inherent …

Drug re‐engineering and repurposing: A significant and rapid approach to tuberculosis drug discovery

DS Reddy, A Sinha, A Kumar, VK Saini - Archiv der Pharmazie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single
infectious agent, ranking it above all other contagious diseases. The problem to tackle this …

Update on drug-repurposing: is it useful for tackling antimicrobial resistance?

G Kaul, M Shukla, A Dasgupta, S Chopra - Future Microbiology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been globally recognized as a threat to human health
and healthcare systems [1]. In fact, AMR is estimated to be responsible for over 700,000 …

In Vitro and In Vivo Activity of Gepotidacin against Drug-Resistant Mycobacterial Infections

MN Ahmad, T Garg, S Singh, R Shukla… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterial pathogens, including nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, are pathogens of significant worldwide interest owing to their …

[HTML][HTML] Disulfiram: A repurposed drug in preclinical and clinical development for the treatment of infectious diseases

MM Custodio, J Sparks, TE Long - Anti-infective agents, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This article reviews preclinical and clinical studies on the repurposed use of disulfiram
(Antabuse) as an antimicrobial agent. Preclinical research covered on the alcohol sobriety …