Considerations and caveats in combating ESKAPE pathogens against nosocomial infections

YX Ma, CY Wang, YY Li, J Li, QQ Wan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter …

Anticancer peptides mechanisms, simple and complex

P Norouzi, M Mirmohammadi, MHH Tehrani - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peptide therapy has started since 1920s with the advent of insulin application, and now it
has emerged as a new approach in treatment of diseases including cancer. Using anti …

Antimicrobial peptides and copper (II) ions: Novel therapeutic opportunities

J Portelinha, SS Duay, SI Yu, K Heilemann… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The emergence of new pathogens and multidrug resistant bacteria is an important public
health issue that requires the development of novel classes of antibiotics. Antimicrobial …

Time to conquer fungal infectious diseases: employing nanoparticles as powerful and versatile antifungal nanosystems against a wide variety of fungal species

A Jangjou, Z Zareshahrabadi, M Abbasi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of novel antifungal agents and, in particular, the widespread use of these
medications over the course of the past two decades, has had a significant impact on the …

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 …

A comprehensive guide on screening and selection of a suitable AMP against biofilm-forming bacteria

A Anurag Anand, A Amod, S Anwar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lately, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing at an exponential rate making it
important to search alternatives to antibiotics in order to combat multi-drug resistant (MDR) …

Semenogelins Armed in Zn(II) and Cu(II): May Bioinorganic Chemistry Help Nature to Cope with Enterococcus faecalis?

D Dudek, A Miller, A Hecel, A Kola, D Valensin… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolytic degradation of semenogelins, the most abundant proteins from human semen,
results in the formation of 26-and 29-amino acid peptides (SgIIA and SgI-29, respectively) …

Metal coordinating-induced self-assembly of cyclic lipopeptides into high-performance antimicrobial supramolecules

J Ding, S Zeng, Y Wang, X Yin, B Zhang, B Zhang, S Xu… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This study designed a green hydrothermally-chelating approach to generate robust
antimicrobial complexes via metal-coordinated supramolecular self-assembly of cyclic …

The best peptidomimetic strategies to undercover antibacterial peptides

JI Lachowicz, K Szczepski, A Scano, C Casu… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Health-care systems that develop rapidly and efficiently may increase the lifespan of
humans. Nevertheless, the older population is more fragile, and is at an increased risk of …

Zn(II) Induces Fibril Formation and Antifungal Activity in Shepherin I, An Antimicrobial Peptide from Capsella bursa-pastoris

J Wątły, K Szarszon, A Mikołajczyk… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Shepherin I is a glycine-and histidine-rich antimicrobial peptide from the root of a shepherd's
purse, whose antimicrobial activity was suggested to be enhanced by the presence of Zn (II) …