Antimicrobial peptides: mechanism of action, activity and clinical potential
QY Zhang, ZB Yan, YM Meng, XY Hong, G Shao… - Military Medical …, 2021 - Springer
The management of bacterial infections is becoming a major clinical challenge due to the
rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As an excellent candidate to overcome …
rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As an excellent candidate to overcome …
Antimicrobial peptide synergies for fighting infectious diseases
JT Mhlongo, AY Waddad, F Albericio… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential elements of thehost defense system.
Characterized by heterogenous structures and broad‐spectrumaction, they are promising …
Characterized by heterogenous structures and broad‐spectrumaction, they are promising …
Membrane-specific binding of 4 nm lipid nanoparticles mediated by an entropy-driven interaction mechanism
L Ou, H Chen, B Yuan, K Yang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a leading biomimetic drug delivery platform due to their
distinctive advantages and highly tunable formulations. A mechanistic understanding of the …
distinctive advantages and highly tunable formulations. A mechanistic understanding of the …
Leaflet by leaflet synergistic effects of antimicrobial peptides on bacterial and mammalian membrane models
A Roy, NK Sarangi, S Ghosh… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer significant hope in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Operating via a mechanism different from that of antibiotics, they target the microbial …
Operating via a mechanism different from that of antibiotics, they target the microbial …
Synergistic entry of individual nanoparticles into mammalian cells driven by free energy decline and regulated by their sizes
Cell entry is one of the common prerequisites for nanomaterial applications. Despite
extensive studies on a homogeneous group of nanoparticles (NPs), fewer studies have …
extensive studies on a homogeneous group of nanoparticles (NPs), fewer studies have …
Biophysical impact of lipid A modification caused by mobile colistin resistance gene on bacterial outer membranes
Expression of mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 results in the addition of
phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) to the lipid A headgroup in the bacterial outer membrane (OM) …
phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) to the lipid A headgroup in the bacterial outer membrane (OM) …
Transition between Different Diffusion Modes of Individual Lipids during the Membrane‐Specific Action of As‐CATH4 Peptides
The cell membrane permeabilization ability of immune defense antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) is widely applied in biomedicine. Although the mechanisms of peptide–membrane …
(AMPs) is widely applied in biomedicine. Although the mechanisms of peptide–membrane …
A molecular dynamics study of cell-penetrating peptide transportan-10 (TP10): Binding, folding and insertion to transmembrane state in zwitterionic membrane
AL Bennett, KN Cranford, AL Bates, CR Sabatini… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Transportan 10 (TP10) is a 21-residue, cationic, α-helical cell-penetrating peptide
that can be used as a delivery vector for various bioactive molecules. Based on recent …
that can be used as a delivery vector for various bioactive molecules. Based on recent …
Real-time monitoring the interfacial dynamic processes at model cell membranes: Taking cell penetrating peptide TAT as an example
A real-time and molecule-level monitoring of the interfacial dynamic interactions between
molecules and a cell membrane is of vital importance. Herein, taking TAT, one of the most …
molecules and a cell membrane is of vital importance. Herein, taking TAT, one of the most …
Role of lipid composition in the antimicrobial peptide double cooperative effect
Y Hou, K Sugihara - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The antimicrobial peptide double cooperative effect, where the mixture of two major
antimicrobial peptides LL-37 and HNP1 kills bacteria more efficiently while minimizing the …
antimicrobial peptides LL-37 and HNP1 kills bacteria more efficiently while minimizing the …