Self-assembled peptide and protein nanostructures for anti-cancer therapy: Targeted delivery, stimuli-responsive devices and immunotherapy

M Delfi, R Sartorius, M Ashrafizadeh, E Sharifi, Y Zhang… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-assembled peptides and proteins possess tremendous potential as targeted drug
delivery systems and key applications of these well-defined nanostructures reside in anti …

Shaping and structuring supramolecular gels

PRA Chivers, DK Smith - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Supramolecular gels assemble via non-covalent interactions between low-molecular-weight
gelators (LMWGs). The gels form a solid-like nanoscale network spanning a liquid-like …

Fabrication, characterization and functional attributes of zein-egg white derived peptides (EWDP)-chitosan ternary nanoparticles for encapsulation of curcumin: Role of …

J Liu, Y Li, H Zhang, S Liu, M Yang, M Cui, T Zhang… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The food-derived peptides hydrolyzed from native food protein matrix exhibited various
bioactivities and multimeric structures, which make them the promising well-defined …

One-step high-speed thermal-electric aerosol printing of piezoelectric bio-organic films for wirelessly powering bioelectronics

X Li, Z Zhang, Y Zheng, J Liao, Z Peng, P Li, X Yang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Piezoelectric biomaterials hold a pivotal role in the progression of bioelectronics and
biomedicine, owing to their remarkable electromechanical properties, biocompatibility, and …

Hyaluronic acid-based supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

M Mihajlovic, L Fermin, K Ito… - Multifunctional …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Soft materials, such as hydrogels, are used as scaffolds in tissue engineering and
regenerative medicine to help tissues regenerate and heal. Recently, supramolecular …

Self-assembly of amino acids toward functional biomaterials

H Ren, L Wu, L Tan, Y Bao, Y Ma… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2021 - beilstein-journals.org
Biomolecules, such as proteins and peptides, can be self-assembled. They are widely
distributed, easy to obtain, and biocompatible. However, the self-assembly of proteins and …

The current research status and strategies employed to modify food-derived bioactive peptides

JJ Majura, W Cao, Z Chen, KK Htwe, W Li, R Du… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ability of bioactive peptides to exert biological functions has mainly contributed to their
exploitation. The exploitation and utilization of these peptides have grown tremendously …

A novel naphthalimide-based supramolecular gel for sensing of Fe3+ in aqueous medium and its application

P Jiang, S Wu, Q Hu, X Yan, J Liu, S Fu, L Wu, X Zhao… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In view of our research interests in stimuli-responsive supramolecular functional materials
and ion recognition, a novel organogelator based on naphthalimide (NA) was successfully …

Emergence of catalytic triad by short peptide based nanofibrillar assemblies

C Ghosh, S Menon, S Bal, S Goswami, J Mondal… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Through millions of years of the evolutionary journey, contemporary enzymes observed in
extant metabolic pathways have evolved to become specialized, in contrast to their …

Recent progress of therapeutic peptide based nanomaterials: from synthesis and self-assembly to cancer treatment

RC Guo, XH Zhang, L Ji, ZJ Wei, ZY Duan… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides have shown great potential in cancer treatment due to their good biocompatibility
and low toxicity. However, the bioavailability and adverse immune response of peptides limit …