Studies of cell-penetrating peptides by biophysical methods

M Zorko, Ü Langel - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Biophysical studies have a very high impact on the understanding of internalization,
molecular mechanisms, interactions, and localization of CPPs and CPP/cargo conjugates in …

Cadmium-free quantum dot-based theranostics

Z Ranjbar-Navazi, Y Omidi, M Eskandani… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs), as nanostructured semiconductors, are used for the bioimaging
purposes due to their unique features, including narrow emission spectra, size-tunable …

TargetCPP: accurate prediction of cell-penetrating peptides from optimized multi-scale features using gradient boost decision tree

M Arif, S Ahmad, F Ali, G Fang, M Li, DJ Yu - Journal of computer-aided …, 2020 - Springer
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are short length permeable proteins have emerged as
drugs delivery tool of therapeutic agents including genetic materials and macromolecules …

A newly isolated bacterium Comamonas sp. XL8 alleviates the toxicity of cadmium exposure in rice seedlings by accumulating cadmium

Z Shi, X Qi, X Zeng, Y Lu, J Zhou, K Cui… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a typical heavy-metal highly accumulating in crops and drinking water,
thus posing a severe health risk for human health. In this study, we firstly isolated 24 Cd …

Effects of arginine on coenzyme-Q10 micelle uptake for mitochondria-targeted nanotherapy in phenylketonuria

B Uner, P Dwivedi, AD Ergin - Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2024 - Springer
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare inherited metabolic disease characterized by phenylalanine
hydroxylase enzyme deficiency. In PKU patients, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) levels were found …

Non-covalent carrier hydrophobicity as a universal predictor of intracellular protein activity

CR Hango, CM Backlund, HC Davis… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, extensive optimization of polymeric cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)
mimics (CPPMs) by our group has generated a substantial library of broadly effective …

An update on the biological effects of quantum dots: From environmental fate to risk assessment based on multiple biological models

X Wang, T Wu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) are zero-dimension nanomaterials with excellent physical and
chemical properties, which have been widely used in environmental science and …

Methods for intracellular delivery of quantum dots

SO Souza, RB Lira, CRA Cunha, BS Santos… - Topics in Current …, 2021 - Springer
Quantum dots (QDs) have attracted considerable attention as fluorescent probes for life
sciences. The advantages of using QDs in fluorescence-based studies include high …

Enhancing antitumor activity of silver nanoparticles by modification with cell-penetrating peptides

S Mussa Farkhani, A Asoudeh Fard… - Artificial cells …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been used for cancer treatment. To achieve a
successful anticancer activity, AgNP needs to be delivered sufficiently to the cells. Cell …

Effects of N-terminal and C-terminal modification on cytotoxicity and cellular uptake of amphiphilic cell penetrating peptides

M Soleymani-Goloujeh, A Nokhodchi… - Artificial cells …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To assess the effect of “N-Acetylation and C-Amidation” on the cellular uptake,
cytotoxicity and performance of amphiphilic cell penetrating peptides (CPP) loaded with …