[HTML][HTML] Advances in the stability challenges of bioactive peptides and improvement strategies

J Pei, X Gao, D Pan, Y Hua, J He, Z Liu… - Current Research in Food …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Bioactive peptides are widely used in functional foods due to their remarkable efficacy,
selectivity, and low toxicity. However, commercially produced bioactive peptides lack quality …

Pro-angiogenic peptides in biomedicine

L De Rosa, R Di Stasi, LD D'Andrea - Archives of biochemistry and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Pro-angiogenic therapy provides a promising new perspective in tackling of many common
and severe pathological conditions, such as central and peripheral vascular diseases. Pro …

Conformational modulation and polymerization-induced folding of proteomimetic peptide brush polymers

J Oktawiec, OM Ebrahim, Y Chen, K Su, C Sharpe… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide-brush polymers generated by graft-through living polymerization of peptide-
modified monomers exhibit high proteolytic stability, therapeutic efficacy, and potential as …

Functional and pharmacological characterization of a VEGF mimetic peptide on reparative angiogenesis

F Finetti, A Basile, D Capasso, S Di Gaetano… - Biochemical …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the main regulator of physiological and
pathological angiogenesis. Low molecular weight molecules able to stimulate angiogenesis …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based dual-crosslinking biohybrid injectable hydrogels for vascularization

A Pal, CI Smith, J Palade, S Nagaraju… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels provide a powerful and non-invasive approach for numerous
applications in cell transplantation, growth factor delivery, tissue regeneration and so forth …

Characterization of a designed vascular endothelial growth factor receptor antagonist helical peptide with antiangiogenic activity in vivo

A Basile, A Del Gatto, D Diana, R Di Stasi… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Angiogenesis is a fundamental process underlining physiological and pathological
conditions. It is mainly regulated by the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its …

Structure-Based Design of Peptides Targeting VEGF/VEGFRs

R Di Stasi, L De Rosa, LD D'Andrea - Pharmaceuticals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFRs) play a main role in
the regulation of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. Furthermore, they are implicated in …

VEGFR recognition interface of a proangiogenic VEGF‐mimetic peptide determined in vitro and in the presence of endothelial cells by NMR spectroscopy

R Di Stasi, D Diana, D Capasso… - … A European Journal, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
QK peptide is a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‐mimetic molecule with significant
proangiogenic activity. In particular, QK is able to bind and activate VEGF receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Substitution of the native Zn (II) with Cd (II), Co (II) and Ni (II) changes the downhill unfolding mechanism of Ros87 to a completely different scenario

R Grazioso, S García-Viñuales, L Russo… - International Journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The structural effects of zinc replacement by xenobiotic metal ions have been widely studied
in several eukaryotic and prokaryotic zinc-finger-containing proteins. The prokaryotic zinc …

β-hairpin peptide that targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors: design, NMR characterization, and biological activity

D Diana, A Basile, L De Rosa, R Di Stasi… - Journal of Biological …, 2011‏ - jbc.org
VEGF receptors have been the target of intense research aimed to develop molecules able
to inhibit or stimulate angiogenesis. Based on the x-ray structure of the complex placental …