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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Propranolol Ameliorates the Antifungal Activity of Azoles in Invasive Candidiasis.

Venkatesh Mayandi, Wen-Tyng Kang, Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Eunice Tze Leng Goh, Myoe Naing Lynn, Thet Tun Aung, Jamuna Vadivelu, Veluchamy Amutha Barathi, Anita Sook Yee Chan, Rajamani Lakshminarayanan

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Venkatesh MayandiOcular Infections and Anti-Microbials Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Wen-Tyng KangDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Darren Shu Jeng TingOcular Infections and Anti-Microbials Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-1081-1141
Eunice Tze Leng GohOcular Infections and Anti-Microbials Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Myoe Naing LynnTranslational Ophthalmic Pathology-Immunology Platform, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Thet Tun AungOcular Infections and Anti-Microbials Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0960-2860
Jamuna VadiveluDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-4129
Veluchamy Amutha BarathiOphthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6477-9784
Anita Sook Yee ChanOphthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore.
Rajamani LakshminarayananOcular Infections and Anti-Microbials Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-8214-5315
Singapore Eye Research Institute · SGUniversity of Malaya · MYNational University of Singapore · SGSingapore National Eye Center · SG

Funding

Open Funding -Independent Research Grant MOH-000963-00Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical 587 Research Council under its Centre Grant Program MOH-001001-00SNEC Ophthalmic 589 Technology Incubator Program R1285/91/2015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effectiveness of current antifungal therapies is hampered by the emergence of drug resistance strains, highlighting an urgent need for new alternatives such as adjuvant antifungal treatments. This study aims to examine the synergism between propranolol and antifungal drugs, based on the premise that propranolol is known to inhibit fungal hyphae. In vitro studies demonstrate that propranolol potentiates the antifungal activity of azoles and that the effect is more pronounced for propranolol-itraconazole combination. Using an in vivo murine systemic candidemia model, we show that propranolol-itraconazole combination treatment resulted in a lower rate of body weight loss, decreased kidney fungal bioburden and renal inflammation when compared to propranolol and azole treatment alone or untreated control. Altogether, our findings suggest that propranolol increases the efficacy of azoles against

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antifungal therapiesCandida albicanspropranolol–itraconazolesynergism

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PMID37111530
PMCPMC10144167
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