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Glycopolymers for Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications

Diseases induced by bacterial and viral infections are common occurrences in our daily life, and the main prevention and treatment strategies are vaccination and taking antibacterial/antiviral drugs. However, vaccines can only be used for specific viral infections, and the abuse of antibacterial/ant...

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Autores principales: Mei, Ruoyao, Heng, Xingyu, Liu, Xiaoli, Chen, Gaojian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9919862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36770653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28030985
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author Mei, Ruoyao
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description Diseases induced by bacterial and viral infections are common occurrences in our daily life, and the main prevention and treatment strategies are vaccination and taking antibacterial/antiviral drugs. However, vaccines can only be used for specific viral infections, and the abuse of antibacterial/antiviral drugs will create multi−drug−resistant bacteria and viruses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop more targeted prevention and treatment methods against bacteria and viruses. Proteins on the surface of bacteria and viruses can specifically bind to sugar, so glycopolymers can be used as potential antibacterial and antiviral drugs. In this review, the research of glycopolymers for bacterial/viral detection/inhibition and antibacterial/antiviral applications in recent years are summarized.
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spelling pubmed-99198622023-02-12 Glycopolymers for Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications Mei, Ruoyao Heng, Xingyu Liu, Xiaoli Chen, Gaojian Molecules Review Diseases induced by bacterial and viral infections are common occurrences in our daily life, and the main prevention and treatment strategies are vaccination and taking antibacterial/antiviral drugs. However, vaccines can only be used for specific viral infections, and the abuse of antibacterial/antiviral drugs will create multi−drug−resistant bacteria and viruses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop more targeted prevention and treatment methods against bacteria and viruses. Proteins on the surface of bacteria and viruses can specifically bind to sugar, so glycopolymers can be used as potential antibacterial and antiviral drugs. In this review, the research of glycopolymers for bacterial/viral detection/inhibition and antibacterial/antiviral applications in recent years are summarized. MDPI 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9919862/ /pubmed/36770653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28030985 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mei, Ruoyao
Heng, Xingyu
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Glycopolymers for Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications
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title_short Glycopolymers for Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9919862/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28030985
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