Interdisciplinary‐inspired smart antibacterial materials and their biomedical applications

Y Wu, P Liu, B Mehrjou, PK Chu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of antibiotics has saved millions of lives, but the emergence of antibiotic‐
resistant bacteria has become another problem in modern medicine. To avoid or reduce the …

Antimicrobial peptides: challenging journey to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and cosmeceutical use

A Mazurkiewicz-Pisarek, J Baran, T Ciach - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), or host defence peptides, are short proteins in various life
forms. Here we discuss AMPs, which may become a promising substitute or adjuvant in …

Protective barriers provided by the epidermis

S de Szalay, PW Wertz - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The skin is the largest organ of the body and consists of an epidermis, dermis and
subcutaneous adipose tissue. The skin surface area is often stated to be about 1.8 to 2 m2 …

Natural peptides inducing cancer cell death: Mechanisms and properties of specific candidates for cancer therapeutics

PA Trinidad-Calderón, CD Varela-Chinchilla… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, cancer has become the second highest leading cause of death, and it is
expected to continue to affect the population in forthcoming years. Additionally, treatment …

Functionalization of electrospun nanofiber for biomedical application

G Chakrapani, S Ramakrishna… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For centuries, nanofibers have been fabricated by converting polymeric materials into
nanofibers with tunable mixtures, dimensions, pore structure, and interface properties …

Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides for treatment of wound infection

H Haidari, L Melguizo-Rodríguez… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Healing of cutaneous wounds is a fundamental process required to re-establish tissue
integrity, repair skin barrier function, and restore skin homeostasis. Chronic wound infection …

Intelligent hydrogels and their biomedical applications

G Chakrapani, M Zare, S Ramakrishna - Materials Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Intelligent biomaterials can modify their properties in response to physical, chemical, and
biological stimuli. These smart characteristics drive the innovation of biomaterials in therapy …

Multidrug-resistant microbial therapy using antimicrobial peptides and the CRISPR/Cas9 system

YA Getahun, DA Ali, BW Taye… - … Medicine: Research and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant microbes become a serious threat to
animal and human health globally because of their less responsiveness to conventional …

Screening of a short chain antimicrobial peptide-LKLHI and its application in hydrogels for wound healing

S Liu, H Cong, B Yu, Y Shen - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibacterial peptides have been widely used in the field of antibacterial due to their
biocompatibility. In this work, owing to quickly screen out peptides with antibacterial effects …

[HTML][HTML] The current research status and strategies employed to modify food-derived bioactive peptides

JJ Majura, W Cao, Z Chen, KK Htwe, W Li, R Du… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ability of bioactive peptides to exert biological functions has mainly contributed to their
exploitation. The exploitation and utilization of these peptides have grown tremendously …