Supramolecular Antibiotic Switches: A Potential Strategy for Combating Drug Resistance

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• 作者：Haotian Bai ; Prof. Fengting Lv ; Prof. Libing Liu and Prof. Shu Wang
• 刊名：Chemistry - A European Journal
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 1, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：22
• 期：32
• 页码：11114-11121
• 全文大小：4564K
• ISSN：1521-3765

文摘

Bacterial infectious disease is a serious public health concern throughout the world. Pathogen drug resistance, arising from both rational use and abuse/misuse of germicides, complicates the situation. Aside from developing novel antibiotics and antimicrobial agents, molecular approaches have become another significant method to overcome the problem of pathogen drug resistance. Established supramolecular systems, the antibiotic properties of which can be switched “on” and “off” through host–guest interactions, show great potential in combating issues regarding antibiotic resistance in the long term, as indicated by several recent studies. In this Concept, recently developed strategies for antibacterial regulation are summarized and further directions for research into antibiotic switches are proposed.