RT Journal Article T1 Antimicrobial sensitisers: Gatekeepers to avoid the development of multidrug-resistant bacteria A1 Wang, Hanfei A1 Yang, Yingying A1 Wang, Simeng A1 Badawy, Sara A1 Wang, Xu A1 Ares Lombán, Irma A1 Martínez Caballero, Marta A1 López Torres, Bernardo A1 Martínez Larrañaga, María Rosa A1 Anadón Navarro, Arturo Ramón A1 Martínez Caballero, María Aranzazu A2 De Smedt, Stefaan AB The resistance of multidrug-resistant bacteria to existing antibiotics forces the continued development of new antibiotics and antibacterial agents, but the high costs and long timeframe involved in the development of new agents renders the hope that existing antibiotics may again play a part. The “antibiotic adjuvant” is an indirect antibacterial strategy, but its vague concept has, in the past, limited the development speed of related drugs. In this review article, we put forward an accurate concept of a “non-self-antimicrobial sensitisers (NSAS)”, to distinguish it from an “antibiotic adjuvant”, and then discuss several scientific methods to restore bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics, and the sources and action mechanism of existing NSAS, in order to guide the development and further research of NSAS. PB Elsevier SN 0168-3659 YR 2024 FD 2024-03-16 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102719 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102719 LA eng NO Authors contribution: Hanfei Wang: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Yingying Yang: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Supervision, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Simeng Wang: Writing – original draft, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Sara Badawy: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Irma Ares: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Marta Martínez: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Bernardo Lopez-Torres: Writing – original draft, Visualization, Supervision, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. María-Rosa Martínez-Larranaga: ˜ Writing – original draft, Visualization, Supervision, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Xu Wang: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. Arturo Anadon: ´ Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Supervision, Project administration, Investigation, Conceptualization. María-Aranzazu ´ Martínez: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Validation, Supervision, Projectadministration, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. NO Major Special Science and Technology Plan (202302AA310020) NO National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (32072925) NO Project Ref. PID2020-115979RR-C33 from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (Project/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 oct 2024