Magnetic nanoparticles in targeted drug delivery: a review

E Kianfar - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2021 - Springer
Magnetic nanoparticles are one of the most important and widely used types of
nanomaterials, whose unique properties make them special compared to other …

Mechanistic landscape of membrane-permeabilizing peptides

S Guha, J Ghimire, E Wu, WC Wimley - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane permeabilizing peptides (MPPs) are as ubiquitous as the lipid bilayer
membranes they act upon. Produced by all forms of life, most membrane permeabilizing …

Mechanism matters: a taxonomy of cell penetrating peptides

WB Kauffman, T Fuselier, J He, WC Wimley - Trends in biochemical …, 2015 - cell.com
The permeability barrier imposed by cellular membranes limits the access of exogenous
compounds to the interior of cells. Researchers and patients alike would benefit from …

Cell-penetrating peptides transport therapeutics into cells

JD Ramsey, NH Flynn - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Nearly 30 years ago, certain small, relatively nontoxic peptides were discovered to be
capable of traversing the cell membrane. These cell-penetrating peptides, as they are now …

Engineering the drug carrier biointerface to overcome biological barriers to drug delivery

JA Finbloom, F Sousa, MM Stevens… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro and nanoscale drug carriers must navigate through a plethora of dynamic biological
systems prior to reaching their tissue or disease targets. The biological obstacles to drug …

Peptide-based strategies for enhanced cell uptake, transcellular transport, and circulation: Mechanisms and challenges

A Komin, LM Russell, KA Hristova… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Peptides are emerging as a new tool in drug and gene delivery. Peptide-drug conjugates
and peptide-modified drug delivery systems provide new opportunities to avoid macrophage …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide entry inhibitors of enveloped viruses: the importance of interfacial hydrophobicity

H Badani, RF Garry, WC Wimley - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2014 - Elsevier
There are many peptides known that inhibit the entry of enveloped viruses into cells,
including one peptide that is successfully being used in the clinic as a drug. In this review …

Transdermal gene delivery by functional peptide-conjugated cationic gold nanoparticle reverses the progression and metastasis of cutaneous melanoma

J Niu, Y Chu, YF Huang, YS Chong… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Permeability barrier imposed by stratum corneum makes an extreme challenge for the
topical delivery of plasmid DNA (pDNA), which is widely used in gene therapy. Existing …

Studies of cell-penetrating peptides by biophysical methods

M Zorko, Ü Langel - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Biophysical studies have a very high impact on the understanding of internalization,
molecular mechanisms, interactions, and localization of CPPs and CPP/cargo conjugates in …

The role of molecular simulations in understanding the mechanisms of cell-penetrating peptides

LM Reid, CS Verma, JW Essex - Drug Discovery Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•CPPs can partake in multiple cellular uptake mechanisms.•MD simulations can
be used to gain atomistic insight into CPP uptake mechanisms.•Biomolecular MD …