Dissecting the therapeutic potency of antimicrobial peptides against microbial biofilms

P Gupta, P Mishra, R Prasad… - Current Protein and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Microbial resistance to conventional therapeutics has become a significant threat to human
society. Biofilms serve as the major virulence factor for the microorganisms by resisting the …

Antimicrobial peptides against microbial biofilms: Efficacy, challenges, and future prospect

T Naaz, D Lahiri, S Pandit, M Nag, PK Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Surface colonization and the formation of biofilms by microbes are well acknowledged.
Communities of microorganisms are coated in these biofilms, which frequently include …

[HTML][HTML] Combination strategies to enhance the efficacy of antimicrobial peptides against bacterial biofilms

L Grassi, G Maisetta, S Esin, G Batoni - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The great clinical significance of biofilm-associated infections and their inherent
recalcitrance to antibiotic treatment urgently demand the development of novel antibiofilm …

Potential application of antimicrobial peptides in the treatment of bacterial biofilm infections

N Strempel, J Strehmel… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The increasing prevalence of persistent biofilm infections, such as wound infections, chronic
lung infections or medical device-related infections, which usually tolerate conventional …

Antimicrobial peptides for the control of biofilm formation

M Gonzalez Moreno, L Lombardi… - Current topics in …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an abundant and varied group of molecules recognized
as the most ancient components of the innate immune system. They are found in a wide …

Antimicrobial peptides as antimicrobials for wound care management: a comprehensive review

KA Kanaujia, N Mishra, PS Rajinikanth… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are low-molecular-weight proteins having a presence in
almost all organisms, from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, and have been a fundamental part of …

A comprehensive guide on screening and selection of a suitable AMP against biofilm-forming bacteria

A Anurag Anand, A Amod, S Anwar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lately, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing at an exponential rate making it
important to search alternatives to antibiotics in order to combat multi-drug resistant (MDR) …

New trends in peptide-based anti-biofilm strategies: a review of recent achievements and bioinformatic approaches

P Jorge, A Lourenco, MO Pereira - Biofouling, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a broad spectrum of activity and unspecific mechanisms
of action. Therefore, they are seen as valid alternatives to overcome clinically relevant …

Synergistic therapeutic actions of antimicrobial peptides to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infection

Z Pervin, MM Hassan - Reviews and Research in Medical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Growing antibiotic resistance has been reported as a great health problem throughout the
world. The threat of multidrug resistance is significantly exacerbated in biofilm-associated …

Delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides

R Nordström, M Malmsten - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to rapidly increasing resistance development against conventional antibiotics, finding
novel approaches for the treatment of infections has emerged as a key health issue …