Alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens

CR MacNair, ST Rutherford, MW Tan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Resistance threatens to render antibiotics—which are essential for modern medicine—
ineffective, thus posing a threat to human health. The discovery of novel classes of …

The multifaceted nature of antimicrobial peptides: Current synthetic chemistry approaches and future directions

BH Gan, J Gaynord, SM Rowe, T Deingruber… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infections caused by 'superbugs' are increasing globally, and conventional
antibiotics are becoming less effective against these bacteria, such that we risk entering a …

Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities

REW Hancock, MA Alford, EF Haney - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Host defence peptides (HDPs) are integral components of innate immunity across all living
organisms. These peptides can exert direct antibacterial effects, targeting planktonic cells …

Mode-of-action of antimicrobial peptides: membrane disruption vs. intracellular mechanisms

AH Benfield, ST Henriques - Frontiers in Medical Technology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides are an attractive alternative to traditional antibiotics, due to their
physicochemical properties, activity toward a broad spectrum of bacteria, and mode-of …

Externalized histone H4 orchestrates chronic inflammation by inducing lytic cell death

C Silvestre-Roig, Q Braster, K Wichapong, EY Lee… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The perpetuation of inflammation is an important pathophysiological contributor to the global
medical burden. Chronic inflammation is promoted by non-programmed cell death,; …

Machine learning for clinical decision support in infectious diseases: a narrative review of current applications

N Peiffer-Smadja, TM Rawson, R Ahmad… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Machine learning (ML) is a growing field in medicine. This narrative review
describes the current body of literature on ML for clinical decision support in infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements, challenges and future perspectives on peptide-based drugs: Focus on antimicrobial peptides

X Luo, H Chen, Y Song, Z Qin, L Xu, N He, Y Tan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among other health related issues, the rising concerns on drug resistance led to look for
alternative pharmaceutical drugs that are effective both against infectious and noninfectious …

A review on antimicrobial peptides databases and the computational tools

S Ramazi, N Mohammadi, A Allahverdi, E Khalili… - Database, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) have been considered as potential alternatives for
infection therapeutics since antibiotic resistance has been raised as a global problem. The …

Reassessing the host defense peptide landscape

EF Haney, SK Straus, REW Hancock - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Current research has demonstrated that small cationic amphipathic peptides have strong
potential not only as antimicrobials, but also as antibiofilm agents, immune modulators, and …

Machine intelligence in peptide therapeutics: A next‐generation tool for rapid disease screening

S Basith, B Manavalan, T Hwan Shin… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Discovery and development of biopeptides are time‐consuming, laborious, and dependent
on various factors. Data‐driven computational methods, especially machine learning (ML) …