The multifaceted nature of antimicrobial peptides: Current synthetic chemistry approaches and future directions

BH Gan, J Gaynord, SM Rowe, T Deingruber… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infections caused by 'superbugs' are increasing globally, and conventional
antibiotics are becoming less effective against these bacteria, such that we risk entering a …

Chemically modified and conjugated antimicrobial peptides against superbugs

W Li, F Separovic, NM O'Brien-Simpson… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats to human health that, by 2050,
will lead to more deaths from bacterial infections than cancer. New antimicrobial agents …

Peptide design and self-assembly into targeted nanostructure and functional materials

NJ Sinha, MG Langenstein, DJ Pochan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Peptides have been extensively utilized to construct nanomaterials that display targeted
structure through hierarchical assembly. The self-assembly of both rationally designed …

Biocompatible synthetic polymers for tissue engineering purposes

Z Terzopoulou, A Zamboulis, I Koumentakou… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic polymers have been an integral part of modern society since the early 1960s.
Besides their most well-known applications to the public, such as packaging, construction …

Recent advances in design of antimicrobial peptides and polypeptides toward clinical translation

Y Jiang, Y Chen, Z Song, Z Tan, J Cheng - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens have
sounded a piercing alarm for the need of new effective antimicrobial agents to guard public …

Poly (ethylene glycol) alternatives in biomedical applications

X Yao, C Qi, C Sun, F Huo, X Jiang - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) as gold standard has been extensively conjugated to
diagnostic and therapeutic agents or decorated on the surface of nanoplatforms, which is …

Charge reversal nano-systems for tumor therapy

P Zhang, D Chen, L Li, K Sun - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Surface charge of biological and medical nanocarriers has been demonstrated to play an
important role in cellular uptake. Owing to the unique physicochemical properties, charge …

pH-Sensitive nanogels for drug delivery in cancer therapy

Z Li, J Huang, J Wu - Biomaterials Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As a commonly used treatment method for cancer, chemotherapy is greatly limited by the
side effects of chemotherapy drugs and the multiple drug resistance that develops …

Intelligent poly (l-histidine)-based nanovehicles for controlled drug delivery

Y Zhang, I Kim, Y Lu, Y Xu, DG Yu, W Song - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems based on polymeric nanovehicles are among the
most promising treatment regimens for malignant cancers. Such intelligent systems that …

Recent Advances and Future Developments in the Preparation of Polypeptides via N-Carboxyanhydride (NCA) Ring-Opening Polymerization

Y Wu, K Chen, J Wang, M Chen, W Dai… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polypeptides have the same or similar backbone structures as proteins and peptides,
rendering them as suitable and important biomaterials. Amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides …