[HTML][HTML] Host defence peptides: A potent alternative to combat antimicrobial resistance in the era of the covid-19 pandemic

W Ali, A Elsahn, DSJ Ting, HS Dua, I Mohammed - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the greatest challenges facing the medical community today is the ever-increasing
trajectory of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is being compounded by the decrease in …

Butelase 1-mediated enzymatic cyclization of antimicrobial peptides: improvements on stability and bioactivity

J Zhao, G Ge, Y Huang, Y Hou… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have broad-spectrum antibacterial properties and safety as
food preservatives, whereas the stability and antibacterial activity require improvement …

Antimicrobial peptides fight against Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a sub-inhibitory concentration via anti-QS pathway

L Li, J Li, X Yu, R Cao, M Hong, Z Xu, JR Lu, Y Wang… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The broad-spectrum antimicrobial ability of de novo designed amphiphilic antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs) G (IIKK) 3 I-NH 2 (G 3) and C 8-G (IIKK) 2 I-NH 2 (C 8 G 2) have been …

Advances in the delivery and application of antimicrobial peptide-based nanomaterials

H Deng, S Zhang, Y Fu, N Dong, C Bi, A Shan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
As multidrug-resistant bacteria continue to emerge, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are being
explored as alternatives to antibiotics due to their distinct action mechanism that appears to …

Nontoxic and proteolytic-resistant self-assembled peptide dendrimer aggregates to combat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections

Z Lai, X Yuan, G Li, H Chen, B Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Peptide-based antimicrobial biomaterials hold considerable promise to treat the prevalent
infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. However, their clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the biophysical interaction of LTX-315 with tumoral model membranes

MC Klaiss-Luna, M Jemioła-Rzemińska… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Host defense peptides are found primarily as natural antimicrobial agents among all
lifeforms. These peptides and their synthetic derivatives have been extensively studied for …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial and plant growth-promoting properties of novel Fe 3 O 4/Cu/CuO magnetic nanoparticles

Z Liu, S Guo, X Fang, X Shao, Z Zhao - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, an Fe3O4/Cu/CuO (FC) antibacterial nano-agent was synthesized in a “one-pot”
approach using copper sulfate and ferric chloride as raw materials, and it was studied using …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update

CS Ho, CTH Wong, TT Aung… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately
5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a …

[HTML][HTML] Novel hybrid peptide cathelicidin 2 (1-13)-thymopentin (TP5) and its derived peptides with effective antibacterial, antibiofilm, and anti-adhesion activities

HN Guo, YC Tong, HL Wang, J Zhang, ZX Li… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing numbers of infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens
highlight the urgent need for new alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial …

[HTML][HTML] Bacillus amyloliquefaciens—derived lipopeptide biosurfactants inhibit biofilm formation and expression of biofilm-related genes of Staphylococcus aureus

K Englerová, Z Bedlovičová, R Nemcová, J Király… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biosurfactants (BSs) are surface-active compounds produced by diverse microorganisms,
including the genus Bacillus. These bioactive compounds possess biological activities such …