Interdisciplinary‐inspired smart antibacterial materials and their biomedical applications

Y Wu, P Liu, B Mehrjou, PK Chu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of antibiotics has saved millions of lives, but the emergence of antibiotic‐
resistant bacteria has become another problem in modern medicine. To avoid or reduce the …

Functional nano-systems for transdermal drug delivery and skin therapy

L Liu, W Zhao, Q Ma, Y Gao, W Wang, X Zhang… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Transdermal drug delivery is one of the least intrusive and patient-friendly ways for
therapeutic agent administration. Recently, functional nano-systems have been …

Titanium carbide MXene-based hybrid hydrogel for chemo-photothermal combinational treatment of localized bacterial infection

Y Zheng, Y Yan, L Lin, Q He, H Hu, R Luo, D Xian… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increased emergence and threat of multi-drug resistant microorganisms, MXenes
have become not only an emerging class of two-dimensional functional nanomaterials, but …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics-based therapeutics: Promising systems to combat bacteria and cancer in the drug-resistant era

L Lin, J Chi, Y Yan, R Luo, X Feng, Y Zheng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics (MDPs) are antimicrobials or
anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of …

[HTML][HTML] Formulation of pH-responsive PEGylated nanoparticles with high drug loading capacity and programmable drug release for enhanced antibacterial activity

D Li, G Tang, H Yao, Y Zhu, C Shi, Q Fu, F Yang… - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In the current global crisis of antibiotic resistance, delivery systems are emerging to combat
resistant bacteria in a more efficient manner. Despite the significant advances of antibiotic …

Surface‐Engineered Vanadium Carbide MXenzyme for Anti‐Inflammation and Photoenhanced Antitumor Therapy of Colon Diseases

J Deng, D Xian, X Cai, S Liao, S Lei… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of colitis‐associated colorectal cancer is known to be associated with the
inflammation‐dysplasia‐carcinoma pathway, and thus, chronic inflammation represents an …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedles for enhanced topical treatment of skin disorders: applications, challenges, and prospects

T Peng, Y Chen, W Hu, Y Huang, M Zhang, C Lu… - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Microneedles (MNs) can be used for the topical treatment of skin disorders as they directly
deliver therapeutics to the site of skin lesions, resulting in increased therapeutic efficacy …

Bio-inspired peptide-conjugated liposomes for enhanced planktonic bacteria killing and biofilm eradication

H Shao, J Zhou, X Lin, Y Zhou, Y Xue, W Hong, X Lin… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing new antimicrobial agents has become an urgent task to address the increasing
prevalence of multidrug-resistant pathogens and the emergence of biofilms. Cationic …

Alternative antibiotics in dentistry: Antimicrobial peptides

A Griffith, A Mateen, K Markowitz, SR Singer, C Cugini… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics in medicine
and dentistry is a growing concern. New approaches are needed to combat antibiotic …

Preparation of shikonin liposome and evaluation of its in vitro antibacterial and in vivo infected wound healing activity

G Shu, D Xu, W Zhang, X Zhao, H Li, F Xu, L Yin… - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The emergence of antibiotic resistance over the past decade has made the
treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection difficult. Burn wounds infected with methicillin …