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ArticleNanoscale advances2023

Chelating silica nanoparticles for efficient antibiotic delivery and particle imaging in Gram-negative bacteria.

Asier R Muguruza, Alessandro di Maio, Nikolas J Hodges, Jessica M A Blair, Zoe Pikramenou

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Article in Nanoscale advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asier R MuguruzaSchool of Chemistry, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT UK z.pikramenou@bham.ac.uk +44 (0)121 4142290.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-5024
Alessandro di MaioBirmingham Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5129-1168
Nikolas J HodgesSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3306-7688
Jessica M A BlairInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT UK J.M.A.Blair@bham.ac.uk +44 (0)121 4147606.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-4253
Zoe PikramenouSchool of Chemistry, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT UK z.pikramenou@bham.ac.uk +44 (0)121 4142290.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6001-1380
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inefficacy of antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria is a major challenge for treatment of many clinically important bacterial infections. The complex structure of the double cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria makes it inaccessible to many key antibiotics such as vancomycin and also presents a major challenge for drug development. In this study we design of a novel hybrid silica nanoparticle system bearing membrane targeting groups with the antibiotic encapsulated together with a ruthenium luminescent tracking agent, for optical detection of the nanoparticle delivery in the bacterial cell. The hybrid system shows delivery of vancomycin and efficacy against a library of Gram negative bacterial species. Evidence of penetration of nanoparticles in bacteria cells is achieved

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PMID37143796
PMCPMC10153079
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