[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: an emerging category of therapeutic agents

M Mahlapuu, J Håkansson, L Ringstad… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides, are short and
generally positively charged peptides found in a wide variety of life forms from …

Antimicrobial peptides: mechanism of action, activity and clinical potential

QY Zhang, ZB Yan, YM Meng, XY Hong, G Shao… - Military Medical …, 2021 - Springer
The management of bacterial infections is becoming a major clinical challenge due to the
rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As an excellent candidate to overcome …

Saturated long chain fatty acids as possible natural alternative antibacterial agents: Opportunities and challenges

H Arellano, V Nardello-Rataj, S Szunerits… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of new strains of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms has led to the
urgent need to discover and develop new antimicrobial systems. The antibacterial effects of …

Recent advances in the development of lipid-, metal-, carbon-, and polymer-based nanomaterials for antibacterial applications

R Ren, C Lim, S Li, Y Wang, J Song, TW Lin, BW Muir… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are becoming a serious threat to
public health worldwide. With an ever-reducing pipeline of last-resort drugs further …

Alternative antimicrobials: the properties of fatty acids and monoglycerides

CP Churchward, RG Alany… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
With the rising antibiotic resistance of many bacterial species, alternative treatments are
necessary to combat infectious diseases. The World Health Organization and the US …

Nano-fats for bugs: The benefits of lipid nanoparticles for antimicrobial therapy

CR Thorn, N Thomas, BJ Boyd… - Drug Delivery and …, 2021 - Springer
Bacterial infections are an imminent global healthcare threat evolving from rapidly
advancing bacterial defence mechanisms that antibiotics fail to overcome. Antibiotics have …

Cubosomes post-loaded with antimicrobial peptides: characterization, bactericidal effect and proteolytic stability

L Boge, A Umerska, N Matougui, H Bysell… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Novel antibiotics, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), have recently attended more and
more attraction. In this work, dispersed cubic liquid crystalline gel (cubosomes) was used as …

Antimicrobial peptides against bacterial pathogens: Innovative delivery nanosystems for pharmaceutical applications

E Imperlini, F Massaro, F Buonocore - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The introduction of antibiotics has revolutionized the treatment and prevention of microbial
infections. However, the global spread of pathogens resistant to available antibiotics is a …

Photothermal-Induced Antibacterial Activity of Gold Nanorods Loaded into Polymeric Hydrogel against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

AG Al-Bakri, NN Mahmoud - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, the photothermal-induced bactericidal activity of phospholipid-decorated gold
nanorods (DSPE-AuNR) suspension against Pseudomonas aeruginosa planktonic and …

Characterization of the in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo Efficacy of the Antimicrobial Peptide DPK-060 Used for Topical Treatment

J Håkansson, L Ringstad, A Umerska… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides, also known as host defense peptides, have recently emerged as a
promising new category of therapeutic agents for the treatment of infectious diseases. This …