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ReviewPhotochemistry and photobiology

Strategies to potentiate antimicrobial photoinactivation by overcoming resistant phenotypes.

Domingo Mariano Adolfo Vera, Mark H Haynes, Anthony R Ball, Tianhong Dai, Christos Astrakas, Michael J Kelso, Michael R Hamblin, George P Tegos

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Review in Photochemistry and photobiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Photoactivated 2,3-distyrylindoles kill multi-drug resistant bacteria.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2018
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  13. Photoantimicrobials-are we afraid of the light?The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017
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  16. Design and Application of Antimicrobial Peptide Conjugates.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Domingo Mariano Adolfo VeraDepartment of Chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Mark H Haynes
Anthony R Ball
Tianhong Dai
Christos Astrakas
Michael J Kelso
Michael R Hamblin
George P Tegos

Funding

Yeast Biology ConsortiumU54MH084690 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI TEGOS, GEORGE P · 2008 to 2013
$14.4M
Photodynamic Therapy of Localized InfectionsR01AI050875 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2003 to 2017
$4.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050875NIMH NIH HHS 5U54MH084690-02NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH084690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional antimicrobial strategies have become increasingly ineffective due to the emergence of multidrug resistance among pathogenic microorganisms. The need to overcome these deficiencies has triggered the exploration of alternative treatments and unconventional approaches towards controlling microbial infections. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was originally established as an anticancer modality and is currently used in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. The concept of photodynamic inactivation requires cell exposure to light energy, typically wavelengths in the visible region that causes the excitation of photosensitizer molecules either exogenous or endogenous, which results in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS produce cell inactivation and death through modification of intracellular components. The versatile characteristics of PDT prompted its investigation as an anti-infective discovery platform. Advances in understanding of microbial physiology have shed light on a series of pathways, and phenotypes that serve as putative targets for antimicrobial drug discovery. Investigations of these phenotypic elements in concert with PDT have been reported focused on multidrug efflux systems, biofilms, virulence and pathogenesis determinants. In many instances the results are promising but only preliminary and require further investigation. This review discusses the different antimicrobial PDT strategies and highlights the need for highly informative and comprehensive discovery approaches.

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PhotochemotherapyAnti-Infective AgentsBacteriaBiofilmsFungiHumansPhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAnti-Infective AgentsPhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID22242675
PMCPMC3345078

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