[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides for combating drug-resistant bacterial infections

J Xuan, W Feng, J Wang, R Wang, B Zhang, L Bo… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of drug resistance due to long-term use of antibiotics has been a concern for
years. As this problem grows worse, infections caused by multiple bacteria are expanding …

Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectious biofilms: Challenges and strategies

R Yin, J Cheng, J Wang, P Li, J Lin - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium, is one of the major pathogens
implicated in human opportunistic infection and a common cause of clinically persistent …

[HTML][HTML] Zeta potential beyond materials science: Applications to bacterial systems and to the development of novel antimicrobials

APVF Maillard, JC Espeche, P Maturana… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the theory of zeta potential (ZP) and the most relevant data about
how it has been used for studying bacteria. We have especially focused on the discovery …

Synergistic antibacterial activity and mechanism of action of nisin/carvacrol combination against Staphylococcus aureus and their application in the infecting …

Q Li, S Yu, J Han, J Wu, L You, X Shi, S Wang - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Synergistic antibacterial effect is a promising way to overcome the challenge of microbial
contamination in food. In this study, we detected the synergistic interactions of nisin and …

Antimicrobial peptides as an alternative for the eradication of bacterial biofilms of multi-drug resistant bacteria

JTC Pontes, AB Toledo Borges, CA Roque-Borda… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance is an emergency public health problem worldwide, compounded by the
ability of bacteria to form biofilms, mainly in seriously ill hospitalized patients. The World …

Pharmaceutical nanotechnology: Antimicrobial peptides as potential new drugs against WHO list of critical, high, and medium priority bacteria

CA Roque-Borda, PB Da Silva, MC Rodrigues… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanobiotechnology is a relatively unexplored area that has, nevertheless, shown relevant
results in the fight against some diseases. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are …

Fundamentals on the molecular mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides

JAF Corrêa, AG Evangelista, T de Melo Nazareth… - Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by several organisms as their first line of
defense. Constituted by amino acids, they may present different mechanisms of action. The …

Challenge in the discovery of new drugs: antimicrobial peptides against WHO-list of critical and high-priority bacteria

CA Roque-Borda, PB da Silva, MC Rodrigues… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance has intensified in recent years due to the uncontrolled use of
conventional drugs, and new bacterial strains with multiple resistance have been reported …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention, inhibition, and degradation effects of melittin alone and in combination with vancomycin and rifampin against strong biofilm producer strains of …

R Mirzaei, MY Alikhani, CR Arciola, I Sedighi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) bacteria are being recognized as
true pathogens as they are able to resist methicillin and commonly form biofilms. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Infections and novel approaches to treatment “Knowing the enemy” the threat of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and exploring novel …

N Sathe, P Beech, L Croft, C Suphioglu, A Kapat… - Infectious Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an aerobic Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium with a
comparatively large genome and an impressive genetic capability allowing it to grow in a …