Silver nanoparticles: bactericidal and mechanistic approach against drug resistant pathogens

PR More, S Pandit, AD Filippis, G Franci, I Mijakovic… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review highlights the different modes of synthesizing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from
their elemental state to particle format and their mechanism of action against multidrug …

Peptide and protein nanoparticle conjugates: versatile platforms for biomedical applications

CD Spicer, C Jumeaux, B Gupta… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

Biointerface structural effects on the properties and applications of bioinspired peptide-based nanomaterials

TR Walsh, MR Knecht - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Peptide sequences are known to recognize and bind different nanomaterial surfaces, which
has resulted in the screening and identification of hundreds of peptides with the ability to …

Towards robust delivery of antimicrobial peptides to combat bacterial resistance

M Drayton, JN Kizhakkedathu, SK Straus - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), otherwise known as host defence peptides (HDPs), are
naturally occurring biomolecules expressed by a large array of species across the …

A peptide-nanoparticle system with improved efficacy against multidrug resistant bacteria

I Pal, D Bhattacharyya, RK Kar, D Zarena, A Bhunia… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The recent rise of multidrug resistant microbial strains requires development of new and
novel therapeutic alternatives. In this study, we present a novel antibacterial system that …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembling peptide biomaterials: Insights from spontaneous and enhanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations

BJ Williams-Noonan, A Kamboukos… - Chemical Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Peptide self-assembly is the process by which peptide molecules aggregate into low
dimensional (1D, 2D) or 3D ordered materials with potential applications ranging from drug …

Enhanced stability and activity of an antimicrobial peptide in conjugation with silver nanoparticle

I Pal, VP Brahmkhatri, S Bera, D Bhattacharyya… - Journal of colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The conjugation of nanoparticles with antimicrobial peptides (AMP) is emerging as a
promising route to achieve superior antimicrobial activity. However, the nature of peptide …

Silver-incorporating peptide and protein supramolecular nanomaterials for biomedical applications

M Abbas, A Atiq, R Xing, X Yan - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The natural biomolecules of peptides and proteins are able to form elegant metal
incorporating supramolecular nanomaterials through multiple weak non-covalent …

Coloured cornea replacements with anti-infective properties: expanding the safe use of silver nanoparticles in regenerative medicine

EI Alarcon, B Vulesevic, A Argawal, A Ross, P Bejjani… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the broad anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties of silver nanoparticles
(AgNPs), their use in bioengineered corneal replacements or bandage contact lenses has …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of solid-binding peptides and proteins

N Alvisi, R de Vries - Materials today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, solid-binding peptides (SBPs) have found multiple applications in
materials science. In non-covalent surface modification strategies, solid-binding peptides …