Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections

PP Kalelkar, M Riddick, AJ García - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including strains that are resistant to last-resort
antibiotics, and the limited ability of antibiotics to eradicate biofilms have necessitated the …

Nanomaterial-based therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

JMV Makabenta, A Nabawy, CH Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections arising from acquired resistance and/or through
biofilm formation necessitate the development of innovative 'outside of the box'therapeutics …

Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Design, optimization, and nanotechnology of antimicrobial peptides: From exploration to applications

P Tan, H Fu, X Ma - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance caused by antibiotic abuse, especially the emergence of multi-drug
resistant bacteria, poses a serious threat to human health, and makes it imperative to find …

Biomimetic glycopeptide hydrogel coated PCL/nHA scaffold for enhanced cranial bone regeneration via macrophage M2 polarization-induced osteo …

Y Wang, J Wang, R Gao, X Liu, Z Feng, C Zhang… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The reconstruction of large cranial bone defects by bioactive materials without exogenous
cells or growth factors remains a substantial clinical challenge. Here, synthetic fibrous …

Antibiotic‐free antibacterial strategies enabled by nanomaterials: progress and perspectives

Y Wang, Y Yang, Y Shi, H Song, C Yu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infection is one of the top ten leading causes of death globally and the worst killer
in low‐income countries. The overuse of antibiotics leads to ever‐increasing antibiotic …

Advances of antimicrobial peptide‐based biomaterials for the treatment of bacterial infections

G Li, Z Lai, A Shan - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the increase in multidrug‐resistant bacterial isolates in hospitals globally and the
lack of truly effective antimicrobial agents, antibiotic resistant bacterial infections have …

Advances of peptides for antibacterial applications

Y Yan, Y Li, Z Zhang, X Wang, Y Niu, S Zhang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, peptide antibacterial products with unique antibacterial
mechanisms have attracted widespread interest. They can effectively reduce the probability …

Recent advances in design of antimicrobial peptides and polypeptides toward clinical translation

Y Jiang, Y Chen, Z Song, Z Tan, J Cheng - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens have
sounded a piercing alarm for the need of new effective antimicrobial agents to guard public …