Synthetic bacteria-based methods for bio-therapy.
Applications | Diseases | Bacteria Strain | Description | References | |
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Diagnosis | Colon inflammation | Thiosulfate and tetrathionate sensors | [25] | ||
Cancer | Liver metastasis detection in urine | [31] | |||
Drug delivery | Tumor | Secretion of hemolysin E, a pore-forming anti-tumor toxin, in synchronized cycles | [19] | ||
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease | Secretion of monovalent and bivalent murine (m)TNF-neutralizing antibodies | [14] | |||
Colon inflammation | Secretion of human keratinocyte growth factor-2 | [38] | |||
Treatment | Infectious diseases | Inhibit infection by producing cholera autoinducer 1 (CAI-1) (assisted by AI-2) showing a survival rate of 92% | [45] | ||
Inhibit infection by producing pyocin S5 (assisted by AHLs and E7 lysis protein) showing a survival rate of 99% | [47, 48] | ||||
M13 bacteriophage | Inhibit infection by producing integrin binding peptide (RGD) and a segment of the polymorphic membrane protein D (PmpD) | [18] | |||
Metabolic diseases | Type 1 diabetes | Preservation of β-cells through production of T1D autoantigen GAD65370–575 and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 | [50] | ||
Obesity | Embedding of N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs)-synthesizing enzyme to reduce food uptake for treatment of obesity. | [53] | |||
Cancer | Attenuated | Colonizes tumor by expressing an RGD motif fused within the transmembrane protein OmpA, subsequently suppressing tumor growth by the release of TNF-α and IL-1β | [56] | ||