Membrane targeting cationic antimicrobial peptides

D Ciumac, H Gong, X Hu, JR Lu - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Many short cationic peptides are amphiphilic and are often termed antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) as they can kill various microorganisms. These AMPs have largely been discovered …

From antimicrobial to anticancer peptides. A review

D Gaspar, AS Veiga, MARB Castanho - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are part of the innate immune defense mechanism of many
organisms. Although AMPs have been essentially studied and developed as potential …

Multifunctional antimicrobial biometallohydrogels based on amino acid coordinated self‐assembly

J Song, C Yuan, T Jiao, R Xing, M Yang, DJ Adams… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a real need for new antibiotics against self‐evolving bacteria. One option is to use
biofriendly broad‐spectrum and mechanically tunable antimicrobial hydrogels that can …

Treatment of Superbug Infection through a Membrane‐Disruption and Immune‐Regulation Cascade Effect Based on Supramolecular Peptide Hydrogels

Y Liu, H Gong, Z Wang, C Yuan, J Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Infections from antimicrobial resistant pathogens have been considered as lethal threats to
human health if antibiotic treatments become ineffective. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) …

Reversible thermoresponsive peptide–PNIPAM hydrogels for controlled drug delivery

M Cao, Y Wang, X Hu, H Gong, R Li, H Cox… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Mixed thermoreversible gels were successfully fabricated by the addition of a
thermosensitive polymer, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM), to fibrillar nanostructures …

Surfactant-like peptides: From molecular design to controllable self-assembly with applications

J Li, J Wang, Y Zhao, P Zhou, J Carter, Z Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
The diversity of naturally occurring amino acids endows even a very short peptide with an
incredible range of sequences, nanostructures and properties. Short peptide sequences …

Current scenario of peptide-based drugs: the key roles of cationic antitumor and antiviral peptides

KCL Mulder, LA Lima, VJ Miranda, SC Dias… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and host defense peptides (HDPs) show vast
potential as peptide-based drugs. Great effort has been made in order to exploit their …

Improved prediction and characterization of anticancer activities of peptides using a novel flexible scoring card method

P Charoenkwan, W Chiangjong, VS Lee… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
As anticancer peptides (ACPs) have attracted great interest for cancer treatment, several
approaches based on machine learning have been proposed for ACP identification …

Tuning the biological activity profile of antibacterial polymers via subunit substitution pattern

R Liu, X Chen, S Chakraborty, JJ Lemke… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Binary nylon-3 copolymers containing cationic and hydrophobic subunits can mimic the
biological properties of host-defense peptides, but relationships between composition and …

Structural disruptions of the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria by rationally designed amphiphilic antimicrobial peptides

H Gong, X Hu, M Liao, K Fa, D Ciumac… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gram-negative bacteria are covered by both an inner cytoplasmic membrane (IM) and an
outer membrane (OM). Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) must first permeate through the OM …