Nanotechnology-based strategies against SARS-CoV-2 variants

X Huang, E Kon, X Han, X Zhang, N Kong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has already infected more
than 500 million people globally (as of May 2022), creating the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Antiviral surfaces and coatings and their mechanisms of action

PD Rakowska, M Tiddia, N Faruqui, C Bankier… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Viral infections are a serious health challenge, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased
the demand for antiviral measures and treatments for clean surfaces, especially in public …

Decoy nanoparticles protect against COVID-19 by concurrently adsorbing viruses and inflammatory cytokines

L Rao, S Xia, W Xu, R Tian, G Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has highlighted the urgent need to rapidly develop therapeutic strategies for …

Curvature-sensing peptide inhibits tumour-derived exosomes for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

S Shin, H Ko, CH Kim, BK Yoon, S Son, JA Lee… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour-derived exosomes (T-EXOs) impede immune checkpoint blockade therapies,
motivating pharmacological efforts to inhibit them. Inspired by how antiviral curvature …

Mechanistic landscape of membrane-permeabilizing peptides

S Guha, J Ghimire, E Wu, WC Wimley - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane permeabilizing peptides (MPPs) are as ubiquitous as the lipid bilayer
membranes they act upon. Produced by all forms of life, most membrane permeabilizing …

Preparing for the next viral threat with broad-spectrum antivirals

M Karim, CW Lo, S Einav - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
There is a large global unmet need for the development of countermeasures to combat
hundreds of viruses known to cause human disease and for the establishment of a …

Biosynthesis, bioactivity, biotoxicity and applications of antimicrobial peptides for human health

D Wei, X Zhang - Biosafety and Health, 2022 - mednexus.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the natural antibiotics recognized for their broad-
spectrum resistance to bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites, and influencing the host …

A review on Zika virus outbreak, epidemiology, transmission and infection dynamics

SS Kazmi, W Ali, N Bibi, F Nouroz - Journal of Biological Research …, 2020 - Springer
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a newly emergent relative of the Flaviviridae family and linked to dengue
(DENV) and Chikungunya (CHIVKV). ZIKV is one of the rising pathogens promptly …

Soft nanoarchitectonics for enantioselective biosensing

J Liu, H Zhou, W Yang, K Ariga - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Chirality is a fundamental property of a molecule, and the significant progress in
chirality detection and quantification of a molecule has inspired major advances in various …

Stopping membrane-enveloped viruses with nanotechnology strategies: Toward antiviral drug development and pandemic preparedness

BK Yoon, WY Jeon, TN Sut, NJ Cho, JA Jackman - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane-enveloped viruses are a leading cause of viral epidemics, and there is an
outstanding need to develop broad-spectrum antiviral strategies to treat and prevent …