Mechanistic understanding from molecular dynamics simulation in pharmaceutical research 1: drug delivery

A Bunker, T Róg - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we outline the growing role that molecular dynamics simulation is able to play
as a design tool in drug delivery. We cover both the pharmaceutical and computational …

[HTML][HTML] From oncolytic peptides to oncolytic polymers: A new paradigm for oncotherapy

H Liu, W Shen, W Liu, Z Yang, D Yin, C Xiao - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional cancer therapy methods, especially those directed against specific intracellular
targets or signaling pathways, are not powerful enough to overcome tumor heterogeneity …

[HTML][HTML] Dual-sensitive antibacterial peptide nanoparticles prevent dental caries

P Zhang, S Wu, J Li, X Bu, X Dong, N Chen, F Li… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Dental caries is the most prevalent bacterial biofilm-induced disease. Current
clinical prevention and treatment agents often suffer from adverse effects on oral microbiota …

Nanostructured antimicrobial peptides: crucial steps of overcoming the bottleneck for clinics

Z Yang, S He, H Wu, T Yin, L Wang… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The security issue of human health is faced with dispiriting threats from multidrug-resistant
bacteria infections induced by the abuse and misuse of antibiotics. Over decades, the …

Peptidic biomaterials: from self-assembling to regenerative medicine

R Pugliese, F Gelain - Trends in biotechnology, 2017 - cell.com
Peptidic biomaterials represent a particularly exciting topic in regenerative medicine.
Peptidic scaffolds can be specifically designed for biomimetic customization for targeted …

[HTML][HTML] Leukocyte-mediated delivery of nanotherapeutics in inflammatory and tumor sites

X Dong, D Chu, Z Wang - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nanotechnology has become a powerful tool to potentially translate nanomedicine from
bench to bedside. Nanotherapeutics are nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with drugs and …

pH dependent antimicrobial peptides and proteins, their mechanisms of action and potential as therapeutic agents

E Malik, SR Dennison, F Harris, DA Phoenix - Pharmaceuticals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are potent antibiotics of the innate immune system that have
been extensively investigated as a potential solution to the global problem of infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteria-mediated metformin-loaded peptide hydrogel reprograms the tumor immune microenvironment in glioblastoma

L Zhu, J Liu, M Qiu, J Chen, Q Liang, G Peng, Z Zou - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) is one of the significant hallmarks of cancer
and has the important role of largely determining the malignancy level of tumors. As an …

Histidine-rich cell-penetrating peptide for cancer drug delivery and its uptake mechanism

L Zhang, J Xu, F Wang, Y Ding, T Wang, G Jin… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report a drug delivery system based on the pH-responsive self-assembly
and-disassembly behaviors of peptides. Here, a systematically designed histidine-rich …

Membrane interactions and cell selectivity of amphiphilic anticancer peptides

L Nyström, M Malmsten - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Following considerable research efforts on antimicrobial effects by cationic and amphiphilic
peptides during the last couple of decades, increasing focus has recently been placed on …