Versatile antibacterial materials: an emerging arsenal for combatting bacterial pathogens

X Ding, S Duan, X Ding, R Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials that prevent bacterial infections and mitigate bacterial virulence have
attracted great scientific interests. In recent decades, the bactericidal polymers have been …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in degradable synthetic polymers for biomedical applications‐Beyond polyesters

M Dirauf, I Muljajew, C Weber, US Schubert - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyesters have been studied intensely over the last few decades and proved to be suitable
for a wide range of applications. Despite all benefits, drawbacks such as eg the acidification …

Host defense antimicrobial peptides as antibiotics: design and application strategies

B Mishra, S Reiling, D Zarena, G Wang - Current opinion in chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem of our era.•Antimicrobial peptides are
important templates for develo** new antibiotics.•Both peptide discovery and application …