[HTML][HTML] Treatment of oral multispecies biofilms by an anti-biofilm peptide

Z Wang, C De La Fuente-Núñez, Y Shen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Human oral biofilms are multispecies microbial communities that exhibit high resistance to
antimicrobial agents. Dental plaque gives rise to highly prevalent and costly biofilm-related …

Antibiofilm peptides against oral biofilms

Z Wang, Y Shen, M Haapasalo - Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The oral cavity is a major entry point for bacteria and other microorganisms. Oral biofilms are
formed by mixed communities of microorganisms embedded in an exopolysaccharide …

A novel hydroxyapatite-binding antimicrobial peptide against oral biofilms

Y Yang, L Xia, M Haapasalo, W Wei, D Zhang… - Clinical Oral …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Novel synthetic antimicrobial peptides which consist of a new immunomodulatory
peptide 1018 and two different modifications with hydroxyapatite-binding affinity were …

Control of oral biofilm formation by an antimicrobial decapeptide

KP Leung, TD Crowe, JJ Abercrombie… - Journal of dental …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Oral biofilms are mixed-species microbial communities, and their uncontrolled outgrowth
can express as oral diseases. Antimicrobial peptides represent alternative classes of …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of oral biofilms by a D-enantiomeric peptide

T Zhang, Z Wang, REW Hancock… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Almost all dental diseases are caused by biofilms that consist of multispecies communities.
DJK-5, which is a short D-enantiomeric, protease-resistant peptide with broad-spectrum anti …

Efficacy of a novel antimicrobial peptide against periodontal pathogens in both planktonic and polymicrobial biofilm states

HY Wang, JW Cheng, HY Yu, L Lin, YH Chih, YP Pan - Acta Biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Streptococcus gordonii, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Porphyromonas gingivalis represent
the early, middle and late colonizers of the bacterial accretion in dental plaque biofilms …

Dual Mode of Anti-Biofilm Action of G3 against Streptococcus mutans

J Zhang, C Chen, J Chen, S Zhou, Y Zhao… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Oral biofilms, formed by multiple microorganisms and their extracellular polymeric
substances, seriously affect people's life. The emergence of the resistance of biofilms to …

Antimicrobial peptides for plaque control

KP Leung, JJ Abercrombie… - Advances in Dental …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
KKVVFWVKFK (KSL-W), and a surface-active agent, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), in a
chewing gum formulation to control biofilm growth. We used a membrane potential-sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] Broad-spectrum anti-biofilm peptide that targets a cellular stress response

C De la Fuente-Núñez, F Reffuveille, EF Haney… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Bacteria form multicellular communities known as biofilms that cause two thirds of all
infections and demonstrate a 10 to 1000 fold increase in adaptive resistance to conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiofilm peptides against biofilms on titanium and hydroxyapatite surfaces

D Wang, M Haapasalo, Y Gao, J Ma, Y Shen - Bioactive materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Biofilms are the main challenges in the treatment of common oral diseases such as caries,
gingival and endodontic infection and periimplantitis. Oral plaque is the origin of microbes …