Peptide design principles for antimicrobial applications

MDT Torres, S Sothiselvam, TK Lu… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increased incidence of bacterial resistance to available antibiotics represents a major
global health problem and highlights the need for novel anti-infective therapies …

Antimicrobial peptides–Advances in development of therapeutic applications

HX Luong, TT Thanh, TH Tran - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe infection is becoming a significant health problem which threaten the lives of
patients and the safety and economy of society. In the way of finding new strategy …

Advancing antimicrobial strategies for managing oral biofilm infections

Y Jiao, FR Tay, L Niu, J Chen - International journal of oral science, 2019 - nature.com
Effective control of oral biofilm infectious diseases represents a major global challenge.
Microorganisms in biofilms exhibit increased drug tolerance compared with planktonic cells …

Antimicrobial peptide-based materials: Opportunities and challenges

A Rai, R Ferrão, P Palma, T Patricio… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The multifunctional properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) make them attractive
candidates for the treatment of various diseases. AMPs are considered as alternatives to …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides–unleashing their therapeutic potential using nanotechnology

S Gera, E Kankuri, K Kogermann - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are potent, mostly cationic, and amphiphilic broad-spectrum
host defense antimicrobials that are produced by all organisms ranging from prokaryotes to …

Strategies for antimicrobial peptide coatings on medical devices: A review and regulatory science perspective

M Kazemzadeh-Narbat, H Cheng… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Indwelling and implanted medical devices are subject to contamination by microbial
pathogens during surgery, insertion or injection, and ongoing use, often resulting in severe …

Antimicrobial peptides in biomedical device manufacturing

M Riool, A de Breij, JW Drijfhout, PH Nibbering… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decades the use of medical devices, such as catheters, artificial heart valves,
prosthetic joints, and other implants, has grown significantly. Despite continuous …

Multi-biofunction of antimicrobial peptide-immobilized silk fibroin nanofiber membrane: Implications for wound healing

DW Song, SH Kim, HH Kim, KH Lee, CS Ki, YH Park - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
An antimicrobial peptide motif (Cys-KR12) originating from human cathelicidin peptide
(LL37) was immobilized onto electrospun SF nanofiber membranes using EDC/NHS and …

The prospects of antimicrobial coated medical implants

A Shahid, B Aslam, S Muzammil… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The implants are increasingly being a part of modern medicine in various surgical
procedures for functional or cosmetic purposes. The progressive use of implants is …

Conjugation of antimicrobial peptides to enhance therapeutic efficacy

SP Selvaraj, JY Chen - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has brought with it a continual
increase in the numbers of deaths from multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections. Since the …