Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces

DP Linklater, VA Baulin, S Juodkazis… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global human health threat, causing routine treatments of bacterial
infections to become increasingly difficult. The problem is exacerbated by biofilm formation …

Converting nanotoxicity data to information using artificial intelligence and simulation

X Yan, T Yue, DA Winkler, Y Yin, H Zhu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Decades of nanotoxicology research have generated extensive and diverse data sets.
However, data is not equal to information. The question is how to extract critical information …

Nanocarrier‐mediated cytosolic delivery of biopharmaceuticals

W He, X Xing, X Wang, D Wu, W Wu… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biopharmaceuticals have emerged to play a vital role in disease treatment and have shown
promise in the rapidly expanding pharmaceutical market due to their high specificity and …

Microplastics destabilize lipid membranes by mechanical stretching

JB Fleury, VA Baulin - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Estimated millions of tons of plastic are dumped annually into oceans. Plastic has been
produced only for 70 y, but the exponential rise of mass production leads to its widespread …

Emerging phospholipid nanobiomaterials for biomedical applications to lab-on-a-chip, drug delivery, and cellular engineering

M Rahimnejad, N Rabiee, S Ahmadi… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The design of advanced nanobiomaterials to improve analytical accuracy and therapeutic
efficacy has become an important prerequisite for the development of innovative …

Piercing of the human parainfluenza virus by nanostructured surfaces

SWL Mah, DP Linklater, V Tzanov, PH Le… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation into the
antiviral properties of nanostructured surfaces and explains the underlying virucidal …

Cholesterol promotes clustering of PI(4,5)P2 driving unconventional secretion of FGF2

F Lolicato, R Saleppico, A Griffo, A Meyer… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
FGF2 is a cell survival factor involved in tumor-induced angiogenesis that is secreted
through an unconventional secretory pathway based upon direct protein translocation …

Ion transport and ultra-efficient osmotic power generation in boron nitride nanotube porins

Z Li, AT Hall, Y Wang, Y Li, DO Byrne, LR Scammell… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Nanotube porins form transmembrane nanomaterial-derived scaffolds that mimic the
geometry and functionality of biological membrane channels. We report synthesis, transport …

A practical review over surface modification, nanopatterns, emerging materials, drug delivery systems, and their biophysiochemical properties for dental implants …

M Akbari Edgahi, SM Naghib, A Emamian… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we reviewed the recent advances in nanoscale modifications and evaluated
their potential for dental implant applications. Surfaces at the nanoscale provide remarkable …

Steric configuration-enabled selective antimicrobial activity of chiral cysteine

H Wang, J Qian, J Gu, W Yan, J Zhang - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotics abusing caused multi-drug resistant bacteria was an urgent need to develop
effective alternatives to antibiotics. L-Cysteine is an amino acid commonly found in …