Effect of size, shape and surface functionalization on the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

A Menichetti, A Mavridi-Printezi, D Mordini… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most investigated antibacterial agents against
multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens. They can lead to cellular death by means of different …

Polydopamine nanosystems in drug delivery: effect of size, morphology, and surface charge

A Menichetti, D Mordini, M Montalti - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recently, drug delivery strategies based on nanomaterials have attracted a lot of interest in
different kinds of therapies because of their superior properties. Polydopamine (PDA), one of …

Nanodrug delivery systems for myasthenia gravis: advances and perspectives

J Huang, Z Yan, Y Song, T Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare chronic autoimmune disease caused by the production of
autoantibodies against the postsynaptic membrane receptors present at the neuromuscular …

Therapeutic strategy of biological macromolecules based natural bioactive compounds of diabetes mellitus and future perspectives: A systematic review

N Shahzad, AR Alzahrani, IAA Ibrahim, I Shahid… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
High blood glucose levels are a hallmark of the metabolic syndrome known as diabetes
mellitus. More than 600 million people will have diabetes by 2045 as the global prevalence …

Melanin for photoprotection and hair coloration in the emerging era of nanocosmetics

A Menichetti, D Mordini, S Vicenzi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is revolutionizing fields of high social and economic impact. such as human
health preservation, energy conversion and storage, environmental decontamination, and …

The dual nature of biomimetic melanin

A Mavridi-Printezi, S Giordani, A Menichetti, D Mordini… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Melanin-inspired nanomaterials offer unique photophysical, electronic and radical
scavenging properties that are widely explored for health and environmental preservation …

Polydopamine synergizes with quercetin nanosystem to reshape the perifollicular microenvironment for accelerating hair regrowth in androgenetic alopecia

W Yang, Y Lv, B Wang, S Luo, Y Le, M Tang… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Accumulated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and their resultant vascular dysfunction in
androgenic alopecia (AGA) hinder hair follicle survival and cause permanent hair loss …

Melanin-like nanoparticles slow cyst growth in ADPKD by dual inhibition of oxidative stress and CREB

Y Sun, Q Zou, H Yu, X Yi, X Dou, Y Yang… - EMBO Molecular …, 2025 - embopress.org
Melanin-like nanoparticles (MNPs) have recently emerged as valuable agents in antioxidant
therapy due to their excellent biocompatibility and potent capacity to scavenge various …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into the antioxidant activity of 1, 8-dihydroxynaphthalene allomelanin nanoparticles

A Mavridi-Printezi, F Mollica, R Lucernati, M Montalti… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Melanins are stable and non-toxic pigments with great potential as chemopreventive agents
against oxidative stress for medical and cosmetic applications. Allomelanin is a class of …

Toxicity and oxidative stress biomarkers in the organs of mice treated with mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles modified with iron and coated with cancer cell …

M Szukalska, BF Grześkowiak… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Polydopamine nanoparticles (PDA NPs) have great potential in medicine. Their
applications being widely investigated in cancer therapy, imaging, chemotherapy …