Cell entry of cell penetrating peptides: tales of tails wagging dogs

AT Jones, EJ Sayers - Journal of Controlled Release, 2012 - Elsevier
Cell penetrating peptides hold considerable potential for academic and pharmaceutical
remits with an interest in delivering macromolecules to the insides of cells. Hundreds of …

Mechanism matters: a taxonomy of cell penetrating peptides

WB Kauffman, T Fuselier, J He, WC Wimley - Trends in biochemical …, 2015 - cell.com
The permeability barrier imposed by cellular membranes limits the access of exogenous
compounds to the interior of cells. Researchers and patients alike would benefit from …

Recent advances in the use of cell-penetrating peptides for medical and biological applications

SB Fonseca, MP Pereira, SO Kelley - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The selective permeability of the plasma membrane prohibits most exogenous agents from
gaining cellular access. Since many therapeutics and reporter molecules must be …

Cell-penetrating peptides: mechanism and kinetics of cargo delivery

M Zorko, Ü Langel - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are short peptides of less than 30 amino acids that are
able to penetrate cell membranes and translocate different cargoes into cells. The only …

[HTML][HTML] Happy birthday cell penetrating peptides: already 20 years

R Brasseur, G Divita - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2010 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of new potent therapeutic molecules that do not reach the clinic due to
poor delivery and low bioavailability has made of delivery a keystone in therapeutic …

Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Possibilities and Challenges for Drug Delivery in Vitro and in Vivo

T Skotland, TG Iversen, ML Torgersen, K Sandvig - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
In this review, we discuss how cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) might get access to their
intracellular targets. We specifically focus on the challenge of deciding whether the …

Cell penetrating peptides: intracellular pathways and pharmaceutical perspectives

LN Patel, JL Zaro, WC Shen - Pharmaceutical research, 2007 - Springer
Cell penetrating peptides, generally categorized as amphipathic or cationic depending on
their sequence, are increasingly drawing attention as a non-invasive delivery technology for …

Twenty years of cell‐penetrating peptides: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutics

F Heitz, MC Morris, G Divita - British journal of pharmacology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The recent discovery of new potent therapeutic molecules that do not reach the clinic due to
poor delivery and low bioavailability have made of delivery a key stone in therapeutic …

On the biomedical promise of cell penetrating peptides: limits versus prospects

C Foerg, HP Merkle - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
The cell membrane poses a substantial hurdle to the use of pharmacologically active
biomacromolecules that are not per se actively translocated into cells. An appealing …

Studying the uptake of cell-penetrating peptides

T Holm, H Johansson, P Lundberg, M Pooga… - Nature protocols, 2006 - nature.com
More than a decade ago, it was discovered that cationic peptides could traverse the cellular
plasma membrane without specific transporter proteins or membrane damage …