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Cyclic Peptides as Novel Therapeutic Microbicides: Engineering of Human Defensin Mimetics

Molecules, 2017
Cyclic peptides are receiving significant attention thanks to their antimicrobial activity and high serum stability, which is useful to develop and design novel antimicrobial agents.
Annarita Falanga, Ersilia Nigro, Margherita Gabriella De Biasi, Aurora Daniele, Giancarlo Morelli, Stefania Galdiero, Olga Scudiero   +6 more
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The Characterization of Two-Component System PmrA/PmrB in Cronobacter sakazakii

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen that could cause meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis. Several Gram-negative bacteria use the PmrA/PmrB system to sense and adapt to environmental change by resistance to cationic ...
Jingjing Hua, Xiangyin Jia, Liang Zhang, Yanyan Li   +3 more
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NMR assisted studies on the solution structures and functions of antimicrobial peptides

Magnetic Resonance Letters, 2022
Microbial resistance has now become a global public health concern, and the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria also threatens human health. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of small peptides with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti ...
Yaying Zhang, Chunyang Cao
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Current Status of Defensins and Their Role in Innate and Adaptive Immunity [PDF]

, 2002
Naturally occurring antimicrobial cationic polypeptides play a major role in innate and adaptive immunity. These polypeptides are found to be either linear and unstructured or structured through disulfide bonds.
Dentino, Andrew R., Raj, Periathamby A.
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Cationic antimicrobial peptides disrupt the Streptococcus pyogenes ExPortal [PDF]

Molecular Microbiology, 2012
SummaryAlthough they possess a well‐characterized ability to porate the bacterial membrane, emerging research suggests that cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) can influence pathogen behaviour at levels that are sublethal. In this study, we investigated the interaction of polymyxin B and human neutrophil peptide (HNP‐1) with the human pathogen ...
Luis Alberto, Vega, Michael G, Caparon
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Dual‐Peptide Nanoplatform: Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized With a Cell‐Penetrating Peptide and Loaded With Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides for Tuberculosis Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Machine learning–guided engineering of a plectasin‐derived peptide yields DC05, a potent antimycobacterial candidate. Encapsulation into tuftsin‐functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhances intracellular delivery, stability, and activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis while maintaining low cytotoxicity and minimal hemolysis. The combined
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Cesar Augusto Roque‐Borda, Ana Carolina Cerqueira Negri, Oswaldo Ramirez Delgado, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Flávia Aparecida Resende, Hernane Barud, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Saulo Santesso Garrido, Karen Cristina Oliveira, Alexandra Ivo de Medeiros, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +12 more
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Role of lactobacilli and lactoferrin in the mucosal cervicovaginal defense [PDF]

, 2018
Human lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein present at high concentrations in breast milk and colostrum. It is produced by many exocrine glands and widely distributed in a variety of body fluids.
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Aptamer‐Based Delivery Systems for VEGF and NGF Modulation in Ocular Therapies

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Aptamer‐based delivery systems targeting NGF and VEGF hold significant potential for precise and sustained treatment of complex diseases affecting both the anterior and posterior segments of the eye. This review critically summarizes current strategies for NGF and VEGF delivery as well as VEGF sequestration, providing a clinical perspective on how ...
Nadine Best, Gizem Karabiyik, Gerd Geerling, Sarah Barbara Zwingelberg, Gregor Lang, Martin Humenik   +5 more
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Cationicity Enhancement on the Hydrophilic Face of Ctriporin Significantly Reduces Its Hemolytic Activity and Improves the Antimicrobial Activity against Antibiotic-Resistant ESKAPE Pathogens

Toxins
The ESKAPE pathogen-associated antimicrobial resistance is a global public health issue, and novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. The short cationic antimicrobial peptide (AMP) family represents an important subfamily of scorpion-derived ...
Xudong Luo, Huan Deng, Li Ding, Xiangdong Ye, Fang Sun, Chenhu Qin, Zongyun Chen   +6 more
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Antimicrobial antagonists against food pathogens; a bacteriocin perspective [PDF]

, 2015
peer-reviewedEfforts are continuing to find novel bacteriocins with enhanced specificity and potency. Traditional plating techniques are still being used for bacteriocin screening studies, however, the availability of ever more bacterial genome sequences
Cotter, Paul D., Hill, Colin, O'Connor, Paula M., Ross, R Paul   +3 more
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