Smart micro/nanoparticles in stimulus-responsive drug/gene delivery systems

M Karimi, A Ghasemi, PS Zangabad… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
New achievements in the realm of nanoscience and innovative techniques of nanomedicine
have moved micro/nanoparticles (MNPs) to the point of becoming actually useful for …

Controlled anti-cancer drug release through advanced nano-drug delivery systems: Static and dynamic targeting strategies

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

[HTML][HTML] The extracellular matrix of mycobacterial biofilms: could we shorten the treatment of mycobacterial infections?

P Chakraborty, A Kumar - Microbial cell, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A number of non-tuberculous mycobacterium species are opportunistic pathogens and
ubiquitously form biofilms. These infections are often recalcitrant to treatment and require …

Interaction of pattern recognition receptors with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

E Mortaz, IM Adcock, P Tabarsi, MR Masjedi… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a major worldwide health problem with 10 million new
cases diagnosed each year. Our understanding of TB immunology has become greater and …

Distribution of reactive oxygen species defense mechanisms across domain bacteria

LA Johnson, LA Hug - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria are the most diverse and numerous organisms on the planet, inhabiting
environments from the deep subsurface to particles in clouds. Across this range of …

Thiol reductive stress induces cellulose-anchored biofilm formation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Trivedi, PS Mavi, D Bhatt, A Kumar - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) forms biofilms harbouring antibiotic-tolerant bacilli in vitro,
but the factors that induce biofilm formation and the nature of the extracellular material that …

Reengineering Redox Sensitive GFP to Measure Mycothiol Redox Potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during Infection

A Bhaskar, M Chawla, M Mehta, P Parikh… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) survives under oxidatively hostile environments
encountered inside host phagocytes. To protect itself from oxidative stress, Mtb produces …

The oxidative stress network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals coordination between radical detoxification systems

S Nambi, JE Long, BB Mishra, R Baker, KC Murphy… - Cell host & …, 2015 - cell.com
M. tuberculosis (Mtb) survives a hostile environment within the host that is shaped in part by
oxidative stress. The mechanisms used by Mtb to resist these stresses remain ill-defined …

Mutation rate and the emergence of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M McGrath, NC Gey van Pittius… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
remains a major concern of tuberculosis control programmes worldwide, as treatment …

Surveillance-activated defenses block the ROS–induced mitochondrial unfolded protein response

ED Runkel, S Liu, R Baumeister, E Schulze - PLoS genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Disturbance of cellular functions results in the activation of stress-signaling pathways that
aim at restoring homeostasis. We performed a genome-wide screen to identify components …