A host defense peptide mimetic, brilacidin, potentiates caspofungin antifungal activity against human pathogenic fungi

TF Dos Reis, PA De Castro, RW Bastos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
host defense peptide mimetic, brilacidin (BRI) as a synergizer with caspofungin (CAS) against
CAS-sensitive and CAS-resistant isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus, Candidamurine model

Small-molecule host-defense peptide mimetic antibacterial and antifungal agents activate human and mouse mast cells via mas-related GPCRs

I Alkanfari, KB Freeman, S Roy, T Jahan, RW Scott… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
activity against Aspergillus fumigatus with MIC value of 12.5–50 µg/mL but potent activity
against Candida … ) type and they undergo degranulation in a mouse model of FK, resulting in …

Peptide and non‐peptide mimetics as potential therapeutics targeting oral bacteria and oral biofilms

MN Sztukowska, M Roky… - Molecular Oral …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… had reduced candidal burden in the kidneys relative to control mice. In … mimetics have
demonstrated potent activity in pre-clinical laboratory testing and in various animal models of oral

Host defense peptides as templates for antifungal drug development

V Basso, DQ Tran, AJ Ouellette, ME Selsted - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
… I and II in clinical trials for oral candidiasis in HIV patients [18], … in mouse models of sepsis by
immunomodulation of the host … Bio, is a CD28 mimetic that antagonizes CD28 cell signaling […

Antimicrobial Peptides with Anti-Candida Activity

A Perez-Rodriguez, E Eraso, G Quindós… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… some of the antimicrobial peptides with activity against Candida. This could … murine model
of candidiasis and in vitro with a microdilution method, as well as a very low hemolytic activity

[HTML][HTML] Strategies in translating the therapeutic potentials of host defense peptides

DSJ Ting, RW Beuerman, HS Dua… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… of MRSA in a neutropenic mouse model. This anti-MRSA activity was attributed to its eight
… showed anti-biofilm activity even at sub-killing concentration against yeast and bacteria (81)…

Antiviral activities of human host defense peptides

DC Brice, G Diamond - Current medicinal chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
mimetics of the peptides, the capacity of HDPs to inhibit viral infections in a number of
ways warrants further examination in these areas in the context of activities against viruses. …

Antimicrobial host defence peptides: functions and clinical potential

N Mookherjee, MA Anderson, HP Haagsman… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
… and has several biological activities related to host defence, including antimicrobial activity.
Its … fumigatus, Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida albicans and Histoplasma capsulatum are …

A Novel Immunocompetent Mouse Model for Testing Antifungal Drugs Against Invasive Candida albicans Infection

LK Ryan, AG Hise, CM Hossain, W Ruddick… - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
activity of an antifungal peptide mimetic … of host defense peptides exhibit potent antifungal
activity, both in vitro and in vivo. Major advantages of these molecules over the parent peptides

Synthetic host defense peptides as therapies for skin inflammation and biofilms

B Wu - 2021 - open.library.ubc.ca
… Kelli Wuerth helped with establishing the mouse model. Dr. Robert EW Hancock supervised
the … Human organoid biofilm model for assessing antibiofilm activity of novel agents. NPJ …