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Bioengineering Techniques in Human Microbial Infection: Immune Response and Clinical Challenges

A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2023) | Viewed by 7355

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Dr. Kandasamy Saravanakumar

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Department of Bio Health Convergence, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea
Interests: microbial biotechnology; fungal biology; natural products; biomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,

Bacterial and fungal infections are highly challenging to treat and showing resistance to most of the existing antimicrobial drugs. The recent increase in multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, and the emergence of deadly fungal infections, place patients, especially post-COVID-19 recovery and among immunocompromised patients, at high risk of organ damage with a higher percentage of fatality. This Special Issue will cover a broad range of combinatorial therapeutic approaches which comprise antibacterial and antifungal responses through the action of natural compounds, peptides, drugs, alternative antifungal compounds, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles, and polymeric nanomaterials. We welcome high-quality reviews and original research articles that address the present scenario of antibacterial and antifungal therapy against pharmaceutically important, multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms.

Dr. Kandasamy Saravanakumar
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • antifungal activity
  • antibacterial activity
  • mechanism of action
  • antimicrobial nanoconjugates
  • synthesis of antifungal and antibacterial compounds
  • drug delivery
  • antifungal metabolites
  • antimicrobial peptides
  • candida
  • yeast
  • aspergillus

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Chain-Engineering-Based De Novo Drug Design against MPXVgp169 Virulent Protein of Monkeypox Virus: A Molecular Modification Approach
by Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Noor-ul Ain, Khushbakht Javed, Sarmad Mahmood, Tariq Aziz, Ayaz Ali Khan, Ghulam Nabi, Muhammad Shahzad, Mousa Essa Alharbi, Metab Alharbi and Abdulrahman Alshammari
Bioengineering 2023, 10(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10010011 - 21 Dec 2022
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The unexpected appearance of the monkeypox virus and the extensive geographic dispersal of cases have prompted researchers to concentrate on potential therapeutic approaches. In addition to its vaccine build techniques, there should be some multiple integrated antiviral active compounds because of the MPV [...] Read more.
The unexpected appearance of the monkeypox virus and the extensive geographic dispersal of cases have prompted researchers to concentrate on potential therapeutic approaches. In addition to its vaccine build techniques, there should be some multiple integrated antiviral active compounds because of the MPV (monkeypox virus) outbreak in 2022. This study offers a computational engineering-based de novo drug discovery mediated by random antiviral active compounds that were screened against the virulent protein MPXVgp169, as one of the key players directing the pathogenesis of the virus. The screening of these candidates was supported by the use of 72 antiviral active compounds. The top candidate with the lowest binding affinity was selected for the engineering of chains or atoms. Literature assisted to identify toxic chains or atoms that were impeding the stability and effectiveness of antiviral compounds to modify them for enhanced efficacy. With a binding affinity of −9.4 Kcal/mol after chain, the lipophilicity of 0.41, the water solubility of 2.51 as soluble, and synthetic accessibility of 6.6, chain-engineered dolutegravir was one of the best active compounds, as proved by the computational engineering analysis. This study will revolutionize the era of drug engineering as a potential therapeutic strategy for monkeypox infection. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioengineering Techniques in Human Microbial Infection: Immune Response and Clinical Challenges)
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Current and Perspective Sensing Methods for Monkeypox Virus
by Ijaz Gul, Changyue Liu, Xi Yuan, Zhicheng Du, Shiyao Zhai, Zhengyang Lei, Qun Chen, Muhammad Akmal Raheem, Qian He, Qiuyue Hu, Chufan Xiao, Zhang Haihui, Runming Wang, Sanyang Han, Ke Du, Dongmei Yu, Can Yang Zhang and Peiwu Qin
Bioengineering 2022, 9(10), 571; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9100571 - 18 Oct 2022
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The outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in non-endemic countries is an emerging global health threat and may have an economic impact if proactive actions are not taken. As shown by the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective virus detection techniques play a [...] Read more.
The outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in non-endemic countries is an emerging global health threat and may have an economic impact if proactive actions are not taken. As shown by the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective virus detection techniques play a pivotal role in disease diagnosis and control. Considering the sudden multicountry MPXV outbreak, a critical evaluation of the MPXV detection approaches would be a timely addition to the endeavors in progress for MPXV control and prevention. Herein, we evaluate the current MPXV detection methods, discuss their pros and cons, and provide recommended solutions to the problems. We review the traditional and emerging nucleic acid detection approaches, immunodiagnostics, whole-particle detection, and imaging-based MPXV detection techniques. The insights provided in this article will help researchers to develop novel techniques for the diagnosis of MPXV. Full article
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