Phage Therapy: Going Temperate?


Journal

Trends in microbiology
ISSN: 1878-4380
Titre abrégé: Trends Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9310916

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 2019
Historique:
received: 21 07 2018
revised: 29 09 2018
accepted: 23 10 2018
pubmed: 24 11 2018
medline: 23 6 2020
entrez: 24 11 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Strictly lytic phages have been consensually preferred for phage therapy purposes. In contrast, temperate phages have been avoided due to an inherent capacity to mediate transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction - an event that may increase bacterial virulence, for example, by promoting antibiotic resistance. Now, advances in sequencing technologies and synthetic biology are providing new opportunities to explore the use of temperate phages for therapy against bacterial infections. By doing so we can considerably expand our armamentarium against the escalating threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30466900
pii: S0966-842X(18)30231-2
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.10.008
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Bacterial Agents 0
Endotoxins 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

368-378

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Rodrigo Monteiro (R)

CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.

Diana Priscila Pires (DP)

CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.

Ana Rita Costa (AR)

CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; Present address: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.r.martinscosta@tudelft.nl.

Joana Azeredo (J)

CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Electronic address: jazeredo@deb.uminho.pt.

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