[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: A new hope in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields

A Moretta, C Scieuzo, AM Petrone, R Salvia… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics are essential drugs used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use
contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant microorganisms. Antibiotic …

Design, optimization, and nanotechnology of antimicrobial peptides: From exploration to applications

P Tan, H Fu, X Ma - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance caused by antibiotic abuse, especially the emergence of multi-drug
resistant bacteria, poses a serious threat to human health, and makes it imperative to find …

Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials

MS Ganewatta, Z Wang, C Tang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm-innate immune interface: contribution to chronic wound formation

Z Versey, WS da Cruz Nizer, E Russell, S Zigic… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Delayed wound healing can cause significant issues for immobile and ageing individuals as
well as those living with co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and …

Antimicrobial peptides: A potent alternative to antibiotics

M Rima, M Rima, Z Fajloun, JM Sabatier, B Bechinger… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides constitute one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotics since
they could be used to treat bacterial infections, especially those caused by multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Multitalented synthetic antimicrobial peptides and their antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral mechanisms

T Vanzolini, M Bruschi, AC Rinaldi, M Magnani… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the great strides in healthcare during the last century, some challenges still
remained unanswered. The development of multi-drug resistant bacteria, the alarming …

Lights and shadows on the therapeutic use of antimicrobial peptides

D Bellotti, M Remelli - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant infections is still a major concern for public health
worldwide. The number of pathogenic microorganisms capable of resisting common …

Thanatin: an emerging host defense antimicrobial peptide with multiple modes of action

R Dash, S Bhattacharjya - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) possess great potential for combating drug-resistant bacteria.
Thanatin is a pathogen-inducible single-disulfide-bond-containing β-hairpin AMP which was …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic tools for enhanced characterization of therapeutic stem cells and prediction of their potential antimicrobial secretome

P Marrazzo, V Pizzuti, S Zia, A Sargenti, D Gazzola… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is creating enormous attention on the development of new antibiotic-
free therapy strategies for bacterial diseases. Mesenchymal stromal stem cells (MSCs) are …

[HTML][HTML] The use of antibody-antibiotic conjugates to fight bacterial infections

M Cavaco, MARB Castanho, V Neves - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rapidly increasing and it is one of the
significant twenty-first century's healthcare challenges. Unfortunately, the development of …