Alternative antibiotics in dentistry: Antimicrobial peptides
A Griffith, A Mateen, K Markowitz, SR Singer, C Cugini… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics in medicine
and dentistry is a growing concern. New approaches are needed to combat antibiotic …
and dentistry is a growing concern. New approaches are needed to combat antibiotic …
Short cationic peptidomimetic antimicrobials
The rapid growth of antimicrobial resistance against several frontline antibiotics has
encouraged scientists worldwide to develop new alternatives with unique mechanisms of …
encouraged scientists worldwide to develop new alternatives with unique mechanisms of …
Candidalysin is a fungal peptide toxin critical for mucosal infection
Cytolytic proteins and peptide toxins are classical virulence factors of several bacterial
pathogens which disrupt epithelial barrier function, damage cells and activate or modulate …
pathogens which disrupt epithelial barrier function, damage cells and activate or modulate …
Lipid vesicles in pulsed electric fields: fundamental principles of the membrane response and its biomedical applications
The present review focuses on the effects of pulsed electric fields on lipid vesicles ranging
from giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) to small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs), from both …
from giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) to small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs), from both …
The use of tethered bilayer lipid membranes to identify the mechanisms of antimicrobial peptide interactions with lipid bilayers
This review identifies the ways in which tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) can be
used for the identification of the actions of antimicrobials against lipid bilayers. Much of the …
used for the identification of the actions of antimicrobials against lipid bilayers. Much of the …
Mechanistic evaluation of antimicrobial lipid interactions with tethered lipid bilayers by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
There is extensive interest in develo** real-time biosensing strategies to characterize the
membrane-disruptive properties of antimicrobial lipids and surfactants. Currently used …
membrane-disruptive properties of antimicrobial lipids and surfactants. Currently used …
Kalata b1 and kalata b2 have a surfactant-like activity in phosphatidylethanolomine-containing lipid membranes
Cyclotides are cyclic disulfide-rich peptides that are chemically and thermally stable and
possess pharmaceutical and insecticidal properties. The activities reported for cyclotides …
possess pharmaceutical and insecticidal properties. The activities reported for cyclotides …
Role of transmembrane potential and defects on the permeabilization of lipid bilayers by alamethicin, an ion-channel-forming peptide
The insertion and ion-conducting channel properties of alamethicin reconstituted into a 1, 2-
di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer floating on the surface of a gold (111) …
di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer floating on the surface of a gold (111) …
Evidence of the Key Role of H3O+ in Phospholipid Membrane Morphology
This study explains the importance of the phosphate moiety and H3O+ in controlling the
ionic flux through phospholipid membranes. We show that despite an increase in the H3O+ …
ionic flux through phospholipid membranes. We show that despite an increase in the H3O+ …
Electrode-supported biomimetic membranes: An electrochemical and surface science approach for characterizing biological cell membranes
Planar solid-supported lipid bilayers have been developed as simplified biological
membranes to model the physical properties of cell membrane processes. Lipid bilayer …
membranes to model the physical properties of cell membrane processes. Lipid bilayer …