Comparison of the use of d-enantiomeric and l-enantiomeric antimicrobial peptides incorporated in a calcium-chelating irrigant against Enterococcus faecalis root …

W Ye, L Yeghiasarian, CW Cutler, BE Bergeron… - Journal of dentistry, 2019 - Elsevier
immunomodulatory activities of synthetic immunomodulatory … in human peptides, this renders
the d-enantiomeric peptides … displayed considerably more potent anti-biofilm efficacy than …

Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: Complexity provides opportunities

REW Hancock, MA Alford, EF Haney - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
… were substituted for their d-enantiomeric counterparts, has … opportunities of using antimicrobial
peptides against multidrug-… the immunomodulatory activities of host defence peptides

[HTML][HTML] The potential of human peptide LL-37 as an antimicrobial and anti-biofilm agent

KE Ridyard, J Overhage - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 has been … and anti-biofilm activities as well as
immunomodulatory functions. … Despite the strong antimicrobial properties, LL-37 has several …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of antimicrobial peptides: antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antibiofilm activities

Y Luo, Y Song - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
… are short, amphiphilic, and highly cationic molecules [5,22]. They have strong antimicrobial
… , have biological functions such as immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, and wound …

d-Amino acids in antimicrobial peptides: a potential approach to treat and combat antimicrobial resistance

S Kapil, V Sharma - Canadian journal of microbiology, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Antimicrobial peptides are small, positively charged oligopeptides that are as potent as
commercially available antibiotics … demonstrated a number of immunomodulatory functions, such …

Dynamic killing effectiveness of mouthrinses and a d-enantiomeric peptide on oral multispecies biofilms grown on dental restorative material surfaces

J Hu, J Yu, H Liu, Z Wang, M Haapasalo, EF Haney… - Journal of Dentistry, 2023 - Elsevier
… The antimicrobial peptide DJK-5 is effective against oral … result from immunomodulation
[22]. In recent years, DJK-5, a … As a d-enantiomeric antibiofilm peptide, DJK-5 is characterized …

Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of MAF-1-derived antimicrobial peptide Mt6 and its D-enantiomer D-Mt6 against Acinetobacter baumannii by targeting …

D Kong, X Hua, R Zhou, J Cui, T Wang… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Due to their strong antibacterial action, antimicrobial peptides … Moreover, some cationic
peptides exert immunomodulatory … with conventional antibiotics, stability, an anti-biofilm property, …

Design and assessment of anti-biofilm peptides: steps toward clinical application

M Dostert, CR Belanger, REW Hancock - Journal of innate immunity, 2019 - karger.com
… (anti-biofilm, antimicrobial) or indirect (immunomodulatory/… the peptide antibiotic colistin and
D-enantiomeric peptide DJK-… novo generation of short antimicrobial peptides with enhanced …

Potent intracellular antibacterial activity of a marine peptide-N6NH2 and its D-enantiomer against multidrug-resistant Aeromonas veronii

T Li, Z Wang, H Han, D Teng, R Mao, Y Hao… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are currently the most promising new drugs in the fight against
bacteria, including MDR bacteria due to their excellent antimicrobialimmunomodulatory

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of helical antimicrobial peptide sequences incorporating metal-binding motifs

CM Agbale, JK Sarfo, IK Galyuon, SA Juliano… - Biochemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
antimicrobial activity, the results of this study point to a dual role (antimicrobial and antibiofilm)
… , therefore, offers a promising strategy for the generation of potent broad-spectrum AMPs. …