No country for old antibiotics! Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as next-generation treatment for skin and soft tissue infection

M Răileanu, R Borlan, A Campu, L Janosi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the unprecedented rise of bacterial antibiotic resistance together with the
lack of adequate therapies have made the treatment of skin infections and chronic wounds …

Cell-penetrating peptides and transportan

Ü Langel - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the most recent 25–30 years, multiple novel mechanisms and applications of cell-
penetrating peptides (CPP) have been demonstrated, leading to novel drug delivery …

Antimicrobial and amyloidogenic activity of peptides. Can antimicrobial peptides be used against SARS-CoV-2?

SR Kurpe, SY Grishin, AK Surin, AV Panfilov… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
At present, much attention is paid to the use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) of natural and
artificial origin to combat pathogens. AMPs have several points that determine their …

MgrB Mutations and Altered Cell Permeability in Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

PSX Yap, WH Cheng, SK Chang, SHE Lim, KS Lai - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
There has been a resurgence in the clinical use of polymyxin antibiotics such as colistin due
to the limited treatment options for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant …

Bacterial outer-membrane-mimicking giant unilamellar vesicle model for detecting antimicrobial permeability

S Nandi, KS Nair, H Bajaj - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The construction of bacterial outer membrane models with native lipids like
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a barrier to understanding antimicrobial permeability at the …

Effects of membrane potentials on the electroporation of giant unilamellar vesicles

MA Wadud, MAS Karal, M Moniruzzaman… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Living organisms maintain a resting membrane potential, which plays an important role in
various biophysical and biological processes. In the context of medical applications …

Synergistic Inhibition of Plantaricin E/F and Lactic Acid Against Aeromonas hydrophila LPL-1 Reveals the Novel Potential of Class IIb Bacteriocin

Y Wang, Y Wei, N Shang, P Li - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plantaricin E/F (PlnEF) is a pair of two-component class IIb bacteriocin produced by lactic
acid bacteria. PlnEF commonly displays potent antimicrobial activity against certain Gram …

Effects of polyethylene glycol-grafted phospholipid on the anionic magnetite nanoparticles-induced deformation and poration in giant lipid vesicles

MAS Karal, S Sultana, MM Billah, M Moniruzzaman… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The hydrophilic polymer polyethylene glycol-grafted phospholipid has been used
extensively in the study of artificial vesicles, nanomedicine, and antimicrobial …

Recent developments in the kinetics of ruptures of giant vesicles under constant tension

MAS Karal, MK Ahamed, M Ahmed, ZB Mahbub - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
External tension in membranes plays a vital role in numerous physiological and
physicochemical phenomena. In this review, recent developments in the constant electric …

In vitro assays: friends or foes of cell-penetrating peptides

J Liu, S Afshar - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The cell membrane is a complex and highly regulated system that is composed of lipid
bilayer and proteins. One of the main functions of the cell membrane is the regulation of cell …