Trends in peptide drug discovery

M Muttenthaler, GF King, DJ Adams… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Since the introduction of insulin almost a century ago, more than 80 peptide drugs have
reached the market for a wide range of diseases, including diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis …

Lessons learned from clinical trials using antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)

GS Dijksteel, MMW Ulrich, E Middelkoop… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) or host defense peptides protect the host against various
pathogens such as yeast, fungi, viruses and bacteria. AMPs also display immunomodulatory …

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 …

Antimicrobial peptides: diversity, mechanism of action and strategies to improve the activity and biocompatibility in vivo

P Kumar, JN Kizhakkedathu, SK Straus - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is projected as one of the greatest threats to human health in the future
and hence alternatives are being explored to combat resistance. Antimicrobial peptides …

[HTML][HTML] Oral delivery of proteins and peptides: Challenges, status quo and future perspectives

Q Zhu, Z Chen, PK Paul, Y Lu, W Wu, J Qi - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Proteins and peptides (PPs) have gradually become more attractive therapeutic molecules
than small molecular drugs due to their high selectivity and efficacy, but fewer side effects …

Understanding cell penetration of cyclic peptides

PG Dougherty, A Sahni, D Pei - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Approximately 75% of all disease-relevant human proteins, including those involved in
intracellular protein–protein interactions (PPIs), are undruggable with the current drug …

Strategies employed in the design of antimicrobial peptides with enhanced proteolytic stability

Z Lai, X Yuan, H Chen, Y Zhu, N Dong, A Shan - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the alarming developing rate of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, the
development and modification of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are unprecedentedly active …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue virus infection–a review of pathogenesis, vaccines, diagnosis and therapy

BH Kok, HT Lim, CP Lim, NS Lai, CY Leow, CH Leow - Virus research, 2023 - Elsevier
The transmission of dengue virus (DENV) from an infected Aedes mosquito to a human,
causes illness ranging from mild dengue fever to fatal dengue shock syndrome. The similar …

Antimicrobial peptides–Advances in development of therapeutic applications

HX Luong, TT Thanh, TH Tran - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe infection is becoming a significant health problem which threaten the lives of
patients and the safety and economy of society. In the way of finding new strategy …

In Silico Approach for Predicting Toxicity of Peptides and Proteins

S Gupta, P Kapoor, K Chaudhary, A Gautam, R Kumar… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Over the past few decades, scientific research has been focused on developing
peptide/protein-based therapies to treat various diseases. With the several advantages over …