A gold mine for drug discovery: Strategies to develop cyclic peptides into therapies

X Jing, K Jin - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a versatile therapeutic modality, peptides attract much attention because of their great
binding affinity, low toxicity, and the capability of targeting traditionally “undruggable” protein …

Cyclic cell-penetrating peptides as efficient intracellular drug delivery tools

SE Park, MI Sajid, K Parang, RK Tiwari - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cyclic cell-penetrating peptides are relatively a newer class of peptides that have a huge
potential for the intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents aimed at treating challenging …

Design and application of hybrid cyclic-linear peptide-doxorubicin conjugates as a strategy to overcome doxorubicin resistance and toxicity

S Mozaffari, D Salehi, P Mahdipoor, R Beuttler… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin (Dox) is used for breast cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma treatment as an
effective chemotherapeutic agent. However, Dox use is restricted due to inherent and …

Amphiphilic cell-penetrating peptides containing natural and unnatural amino acids as drug delivery agents

D Salehi, S Mozaffari, K Zoghebi, S Lohan, D Mandal… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
A series of cyclic peptides,[(DipR)(WR) 4],[(DipR) 2 (WR) 3],[(DipR) 3 (WR) 2],[(DipR) 4
(WR)], and [DipR] 5, and their linear counterparts containing arginine (R) as positively …

Impact of Peptide Sequence on Functional siRNA Delivery and Gene Knockdown with Cyclic Amphipathic Peptide Delivery Agents

ML Jagrosse, UK Baliga, CW Jones… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Short-interfering RNA (siRNA) oligonucleotide therapeutics that modify gene expression by
accessing RNA-interference (RNAi) pathways have great promise for the treatment of a …

Oleyl conjugated histidine-arginine cell-penetrating peptides as promising agents for siRNA delivery

MI Sajid, D Mandal, NS El-Sayed, S Lohan, J Moreno… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent approvals of siRNA-based products motivated the scientific community to explore
siRNA as a treatment option for several intractable ailments, especially cancer. The success …

Peptide/lipid-associated nucleic acids (PLANAs) as a multicomponent siRNA delivery system

R Hall, A Alasmari, S Mozaffari… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNAi is a biological process that utilizes small interfering RNA (siRNA) to prevent the
translation of mRNA to protein. This mechanism could be beneficial in preventing the …

Cyclic and linear peptides containing alternate WW and RR residues as molecular cargo delivery tools

L Kim, S Lohan, J Moreno, K Zoghebi… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cell-impermeable and negatively charged compounds' cellular uptake across the cell
membranes remains challenging. Herein, the synthesis of four linear [(WWRR) 2,(WWRR) …

Redox-responsive disulfide cyclic peptides: a new strategy for siRNA delivery

D Mandal, EHM Mohammed, S Lohan… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool capable of targeting virtually any protein without
time-consuming and expensive drug development studies. However, due to obstacles facing …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclic peptides nanospheres: A '2-in-1′ self-assembled delivery system for targeting nucleus and cytoplasm

B Panigrahi, RK Singh, U Suryakant, S Mishra… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is considered as one of the vital growth factors for
angiogenesis, which is primarily responsible for the progress and maintenance of new …