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Antibiotic discovery: where have we come from, where do we go?

dc.contributor.authorRibeiro Da Cunha, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Luís P.
dc.contributor.authorCalado, Cecília
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-14T08:22:52Z
dc.date.available2019-05-14T08:22:52Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-24
dc.description.abstractGiven the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, alongside the alarmingly low rate of newly approved antibiotics for clinical usage, we are on the verge of not having effective treatments for many common infectious diseases. Historically, antibiotic discovery has been crucial in outpacing resistance and success is closely related to systematic procedures—platforms—that have catalyzed the antibiotic golden age, namely the Waksman platform, followed by the platforms of semi-synthesis and fully synthetic antibiotics. Said platforms resulted in the major antibiotic classes: aminoglycosides, amphenicols, ansamycins, beta-lactams, lipopeptides, diaminopyrimidines, fosfomycins, imidazoles, macrolides, oxazolidinones, streptogramins, polymyxins, sulphonamides, glycopeptides, quinolones and tetracyclines. During the genomics era came the target-based platform, mostly considered a failure due to limitations in translating drugs to the clinic. Therefore, cell-based platforms were re-instituted, and are still of the utmost importance in the fight against infectious diseases. Although the antibiotic pipeline is still lackluster, especially of new classes and novel mechanisms of action, in the post-genomic era, there is an increasingly large set of information available on microbial metabolism. The translation of such knowledge into novel platforms will hopefully result in the discovery of new and better therapeutics, which can sway the war on infectious diseases back in our favor.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCUNHA, Bernardo Ribeiro da; FONSECA, Luís P.; CALADO, Cecília R. C. – Antibiotic discovery: where have we come from, where do we go?. Antibiotics. ISSN 2079-6382. Vol. 8, N.º 2 (2019), pp. 1-21pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8020045pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2079-6382
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9991
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.subjectAntibiotic discovery platformspt_PT
dc.subjectDrug screeningpt_PT
dc.subjectSemi-synthesispt_PT
dc.subjectFully synthetic antibioticspt_PT
dc.subjectGenomicspt_PT
dc.subjectProteomicspt_PT
dc.subjectMetabolomicspt_PT
dc.subjectLipidomicspt_PT
dc.subjectMetagenomicspt_PT
dc.titleAntibiotic discovery: where have we come from, where do we go?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage21pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAntibioticspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume8pt_PT
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person.givenNameBernardo
person.givenNameCecília
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