Biofilms: Novel Strategies Based on Antimicrobial Peptides

Frog Skin Innate Immune Defences: Sensing and Surviving Pathogens

(2019) Joseph F. A. Varga et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Enhancing the Potency of Antimicrobial Peptides through Molecular Engineering and Self-Assembly

(2019) Lucia Lombardi et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A novel membrane-disruptive antimicrobial peptide from frog skin secretion against cystic fibrosis isolates and evaluation of anti-MRSA effect using Galleria mellonella model

(2019) Yipeng Yuan et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Application of tungsten disulfide quantum dot-conjugated antimicrobial peptides in bio-imaging and antimicrobial therapy

(2019) Sk. Abdul Mohid et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

A New Hope: Self-Assembling Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity

(2019) Lucia Lombardi et al.   Pharmaceutics

Regulation of virulence and antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive microbes in response to cell wall-active antibiotics

(2019) Jessica J. Evans et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Binary Colloidal Crystal Layers as Platforms for Surface Patterning of Puroindoline-Based Antimicrobial Peptides

(2018) Andrew Boden et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Identification and target-modifications of temporin-PE: A novel antimicrobial peptide in the defensive skin secretions of the edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus

(2018) Mengru Sang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Diagnóstico microbiológico de las infecciones relacionadas con la formación de biopelículas

(2018) María D. Macià et al.   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

The impact of human activities and lifestyles on the interlinked microbiota and health of humans and of ecosystems

(2018) Lucette Flandroy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Efficiency of gold nanoparticles coated with the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin against biofilm formation and development of Candida spp. clinical isolates

(2018) Elisabetta de Alteriis et al.   Infection and Drug Resistance

Potent effects of amino acid scanned antimicrobial peptide Feleucin-K3 analogs against both multidrug-resistant strains and biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2018) Junqiu Xie et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis infection in a captive-bred American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana)

(2018) Cassia Yumi Ikuta et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Polymicrobial antibiofilm activity of the membranotropic peptide gH625 and its analogue

(2018) E. de Alteriis et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Antibiofilm elastin-like polypeptide coatings: functionality, stability, and selectivity

(2018) Saba Atefyekta et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Antimicrobial coatings prepared from Dhvar-5-click-grafted chitosan powders

(2018) Mariana Barbosa et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Action of Antimicrobial Peptides against Bacterial Biofilms

(2018) Muhammad Yasir et al.   Materials

Do host-associated gut microbiota mediate the effect of an herbicide on disease risk in frogs?

(2017) Sarah A. Knutie et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infections Using Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides

(2017) Marta Zapotoczna et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Purification, characterization and application of a novel antimicrobial peptide from Andrias davidianus blood

(2017) J. Pei et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Cyclic Peptides as Novel Therapeutic Microbicides: Engineering of Human Defensin Mimetics

(2017) Annarita Falanga et al.   MOLECULES

Dermaseptin-PH: A Novel Peptide with Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities from the Skin Secretion of the South American Orange-Legged Leaf Frog, Pithecopus (Phyllomedusa) hypochondrialis

(2017) Linyuan Huang et al.   MOLECULES

Discovery of Phylloseptins that Defense against Gram-Positive Bacteria and Inhibit the Proliferation of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Line, from the Skin Secretions of Phyllomedusa Frogs

(2017) Jia Liu et al.   MOLECULES

The Potential of Frog Skin-Derived Peptides for Development into Therapeutically-Valuable Immunomodulatory Agents

(2017) Jelena Pantic et al.   MOLECULES

Development of novel ultrashort antimicrobial peptide nanoparticles with potent antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities against multidrug-resistant bacteria

(2017) Ammar Almaaytah et al.   Drug Design Development and Therapy

Antimicrobial peptides at work: interaction of myxinidin and its mutant WMR with lipid bilayers mimicking the P. aeruginosa and E. coli membranes

(2017) Lucia Lombardi et al.   Scientific Reports

Promising Approaches to Optimize the Biological Properties of the Antimicrobial Peptide Esculentin-1a(1–21)NH2: Amino Acids Substitution and Conjugation to Nanoparticles

(2017) Bruno Casciaro et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

A novel short anionic antibacterial peptide isolated from the skin of Xenopus laevis with broad antibacterial activity and inhibitory activity against breast cancer cell

(2016) Siming Li et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial peptides and their interaction with biofilms of medically relevant bacteria

(2016) Giovanna Batoni et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Antibiofilm activity of carboxymethyl chitosan on the biofilms of non-Candida albicans Candida species

(2016) Yulong Tan et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Anti-biofilm peptides as a new weapon in antimicrobial warfare

(2016) Daniel Pletzer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Marine Antimicrobial Peptides: Nature Provides Templates for the Design of Novel Compounds against Pathogenic Bacteria

(2016) Annarita Falanga et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

An integrated study on antimicrobial activity and ecotoxicity of quantum dots and quantum dots coated with the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin

(2016) Emilia Galdiero et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

The role of ‘atypical’Brucellain amphibians: are we facing novel emerging pathogens?

(2016) K. Mühldorfer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiofilm Peptides: Potential as Broad-Spectrum Agents

(2016) Daniel Pletzer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Combined Molecular Cloning and Mass Spectrometric Method to Identify, Characterize, and Design Frenatin Peptides from the Skin Secretion of Litoria infrafrenata

(2016) Di Wu et al.   MOLECULES

Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

(2016) Adam M. Session et al.   NATURE

New frontiers for anti-biofilm drug development

(2016) Suzana M. Ribeiro et al.   PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Cystic fibrosis lung environment and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

(2016) Anjali Y. Bhagirath et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents

(2016) Margit Mahlapuu et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Mechanisms of biofilm inhibition and degradation by antimicrobial peptides

(2015) L. Segev-Zarko et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

The Chemistry and Biological Activities of Peptides from Amphibian Skin Secretions

(2015) Xueqing Xu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Antimicrobial Peptides as an Opportunity Against Bacterial Diseases

(2015) Stefania Galdiero et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Polystyrene nanoparticles affect Xenopus laevis development

(2015) Margherita Tussellino et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Cyclic di-AMP mediates biofilm formation

(2015) Xian Peng et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

APD3: the antimicrobial peptide database as a tool for research and education

(2015) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comparative Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Different Antimicrobial Peptides against a Range of Pathogenic Bacteria

(2015) Anna Ebbensgaard et al.   PLoS One

LL-37-Derived Peptides Eradicate Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Thermally Wounded Human Skin Equivalents

(2014) Elisabeth M. Haisma et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Structural Insights into and Activity Analysis of the Antimicrobial Peptide Myxinidin

(2014) Marco Cantisani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Broad-Spectrum Anti-biofilm Peptide That Targets a Cellular Stress Response

(2014) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structure-Activity Relations of Myxinidin, an Antibacterial Peptide Derived from the Epidermal Mucus of Hagfish

(2013) Marco Cantisani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Chimeric Beta-Defensin Analogs, Including the Novel 3NI Analog, Display Salt-Resistant Antimicrobial Activity and Lack Toxicity in Human Epithelial Cell Lines

(2013) Olga Scudiero et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by a Small Synthetic Cationic Peptide

(2012) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

ß-Defensins: Multifunctional Modulators of Infection, Inflammation and More?

(2012) Fiona Semple et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Human β-defensin 3 inhibits antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus biofilm formation

(2012) Chen Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

A New Zebrafish Model of Oro-Intestinal Pathogen Colonization Reveals a Key Role for Adhesion in Protection by Probiotic Bacteria

(2012) Olaya Rendueles et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structural diversity and species distribution of host-defense peptides in frog skin secretions

(2011) J. Michael Conlon   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Antimicrobial peptides: key components of the innate immune system

(2011) Mukesh Pasupuleti et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Use of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Microbial Biofilms: Advantages and Limits

(2011) Giovanna Batoni et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Zebrafish embryo screen for mycobacterial genes involved in the initiation of granuloma formation reveals a newly identified ESX-1 component

(2011) E. J. M. Stoop et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Novel Synthetic, Salt-Resistant Analogs of Human Beta-Defensins 1 and 3 Endowed with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity

(2010) O. Scudiero et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The contribution of skin antimicrobial peptides to the system of innate immunity in anurans

(2010) J. Michael Conlon   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Host–microbe interactions in the developing zebrafish

(2010) Michelle Kanther et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Control of cell selectivity of antimicrobial peptides

(2008) Katsumi Matsuzaki   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES