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Nano‐Backpack Engineered Probiotics with Reactive Oxygen Species–Responsive Tungsten Release for Synergistic Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An integrated probiotic system is engineered to execute a programmed therapeutic cascade against inflammatory bowel disease. Upon pathological signals, the system sequentially performs ROS scavenging, tungsten release, and selective pathogen suppression, thereby breaking the oxidative stress–dysbiosis cycle to remodel gut microbiota and reinforce ...
Yang Yang, Liucan Wang, Guoqing Chen, Yuanling Zhang, Jiarui Shi, Wenzhe Fan, Min Yu, Jixi Zhang, Hua Yang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salt-Resistant Alpha-Helical Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1999
ABSTRACT Analogues based on the insect cecropin–bee melittin hybrid peptide (CEME) were studied and analyzed for activity and salt resistance. The new variants were designed to have an increase in amphipathic α-helical content (CP29 and CP26) and in overall positive charge (CP26). The α-helicity of these peptides was demonstrated
C, Friedrich, M G, Scott, N, Karunaratne, H, Yan, R E, Hancock   +4 more
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Mesoporous Catalytic‐Adsorptive Nanoregulator Orchestrates Biofilm eDNA/LPS Disassembly and TLR9/TLR4 Immune Reprogramming to Resolve Diabetic Foot Infections

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic diabetic wounds are hindered by a “dual trap” of biofilm resistance and hyperinflammation. A mesoporous catalytic‐adsorptive nano‐regulator is developed to dismantle this barrier through simultaneous eDNA degradation and LPS sequestration. By silencing TLR4/9‐mediated signaling, the platform clears resilient pathogens and reprograms the immune ...
Junfeng Song, Yang Song, Xirui Huang, Xingjin Li, Lifei Gao, Yixiang Wang, Tianbao Zhu, Xiaomin Li, Shuai Wang, Tiancong Zhao, Dongyuan Zhao   +10 more
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A Novel IDO1/NE Dual Inhibitor, IMM‐H018 Prevents the Primary and Secondary Sepsis and Ameliorates the Kidney Injury Through Inhibiting the Cytokine Storm and Microthrombosis, and Reversing Immunosuppression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
IMM‐H018, a dual IDO1/NE inhibitor, demonstrates potent therapeutic efficacy in sepsis by simultaneously targeting excessive inflammation and immune dysfunction. It prevents both primary and secondary sepsis through anti‐inflammatory, immune‐restoring, and renoprotective mechanisms, reducing organ damage, improving immune homeostasis, preserving kidney
Yi Zhou, Xiaodi Zhao, Xiaochen Pan, Zhiling Ma, Huaqing Cui, Hui Wen, Peng Wang, Xiufeng Liao, Kejie Qin, Yuchen Wang, Li Sheng, Sen Zhang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis and Evaluation of Aquatic Antimicrobial Peptides Derived from Marine Metagenomes Using a High-Throughput Screening Approach

Marine Drugs
Bacterial diseases cause high mortality and considerable losses in aquaculture. The rapid expansion of intensive aquaculture has further increased the risk of large-scale outbreaks. However, the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, food safety concerns,
Kaiyue Wu, Guangxin Xu, Yin Tian, Guizhen Li, Zhiwei Yi, Xixiang Tang   +5 more
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PEAR1 Promotes Glucose Metabolism Reprogramming in Sepsis‐Associated Acute Lung Injury via AARS1‐Mediated HIF‐1α Lactylation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study revealed that a PEAR1/HIF‐1α/ glycolysis/lactate/H3K18la positive feedback loop in PMVECs that drives the development of S‐ALI. Mechanistically, PEAR1 mediates the binding of HIF‐1α to AARS1, leading to the lactylation of HIF‐1α, the primary lactylation site of which is K172.
Shuai Li, Zongqing Lu, Pu Fang, Qingqing Pang, Xianghui Wu, Bo Wang, Min Liang, Jingjing Pan, Haobo Kong, Haijian Cai, Juanjuan Li, Jiaying Kang, Dongsheng Wang, Dunling Xia, Mengmeng Xu, Qinghai You   +15 more
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Role of Cationic Side Chains in the Antimicrobial Activity of C18G

Molecules, 2018
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been an area of great interest, due to the high selectivity of these molecules toward bacterial targets over host cells and the limited development of bacterial resistance to these molecules throughout evolution.
Eric M. Kohn, David J. Shirley, Lubov Arotsky, Angela M. Picciano, Zachary Ridgway, Michael W. Urban, Benjamin R. Carone, Gregory A. Caputo   +7 more
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High‐Density E. Coli Cultivation Arrays for Combinatorial Drug Testing With Subsequent Lipid Profiling by MALDI‐MS

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
High‐throughput antibiotic cross‐gradient assays on microdroplet arrays. A multichannel printhead together with five pressure regulators forms droplet arrays of up to 20 832 droplets within 25 minutes. Each droplet contains unique concentrations of antibiotics, allowing to moniture a vast spectrum of bacterial repsonses over night. The bacterial growth
M. Breitfeld, C. L. Dietsche, F‐L. Born, I. Onipko, L. Blaase, P. S. Dittrich   +5 more
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Molecular dynamics simulation studies and in vitro site directed mutagenesis of avian beta-defensin Apl_AvBD2

BMC Bioinformatics, 2010
Background Defensins comprise a group of antimicrobial peptides, widely recognized as important elements of the innate immune system in both animals and plants. Cationicity, rather than the secondary structure, is believed to be the major factor defining
Sreekumar Easwaran, Sivakumar Krishnankutty, Soman Soja   +2 more
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HIV-Enhancing and HIV-Inhibiting Properties of Cationic Peptides and Proteins

Viruses, 2017
Cationic antimicrobial peptides and proteins have historically been ascribed roles in innate immunity that infer killing of microbial and viral pathogens and protection of the host.
Alexander M. Cole, Amy L. Cole
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