The role of the multifunctional antimicrobial peptide melittin in gene delivery

Revisiting the Interaction of Melittin with Phospholipid Bilayers: The Effects of Concentration and Ionic Strength

(2020) Thiru Sabapathy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Effective Therapeutic Drug Delivery by GALA3, an Endosomal Escape Peptide with Reduced Hydrophobicity

(2020) Chen Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY

Targeted Delivery of Secretory Promelittin via Novel Poly(lactone‐ co ‐β‐amino ester) Nanoparticles for Treatment of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases

(2020) Yu Zhou et al.   Advanced Science

Melittin—A Natural Peptide from Bee Venom Which Induces Apoptosis in Human Leukaemia Cells

(2020) Michal Ceremuga et al.   Biomolecules

T-cell targeted pulmonary siRNA delivery for the treatment of asthma

(2020) Tobias W. M. Keil et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Anti-fungal properties and mechanisms of melittin

(2020) Hamed Memariani et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Antimicrobial peptide AR‐23 derivatives with high endosomal disrupting ability enhance poly(L‐lysine)‐mediated gene transfer

(2020) Shi‐Kun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE

Immune modulation of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells by melittin nanoparticles suppresses liver metastasis

(2019) Xiang Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Strategies in the design of endosomolytic agents for facilitating endosomal escape in nanoparticles

(2019) Aqeel Ahmad et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Melittin: a venom-derived peptide with promising anti-viral properties

(2019) Hamed Memariani et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Treatment with Melittin Induces Apoptosis and Autophagy of Fibroblastlike Synoviocytes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

(2019) Shou-di He et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

In vitro and in vivo delivery of siRNA via VIPER polymer system to lung cells

(2018) Daniel P. Feldmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Therapeutic effects of bee venom and its major component, melittin, on atopic dermatitis in vivo and in vitro

(2018) Hyun-Jin An et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Engineered polymeric nanoparticles to guide the cellular internalization and trafficking of small interfering ribonucleic acids

(2017) Amy E. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Virus-Inspired Polymer for Efficient In Vitro and In Vivo Gene Delivery

(2016) Yilong Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

RV-23, a Melittin-Related Peptide with Cell-Selective Antibacterial Activity and High Hemocompatibility

(2016) Shi-Kun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Anti-Inflammatory Applications of Melittin, a Major Component of Bee Venom: Detailed Mechanism of Action and Adverse Effects

(2016) Gihyun Lee et al.   MOLECULES

Site of fluorescent label modifies interaction of melittin with live cells and model membranes

(2015) Elaheh Jamasbi et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Novel endosomolytic peptides for enhancing gene delivery in nanoparticles

(2015) Aqeel Ahmad et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A role for peptides in overcoming endosomal entrapment in siRNA delivery — A focus on melittin

(2015) Kirk K. Hou et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Mechanisms of Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA Transfection by Melittin-Derived Peptides

(2013) Kirk K. Hou et al.   ACS Nano

Stearylated Antimicrobial Peptide Melittin and Its Retro Isomer for Efficient Gene Transfection

(2013) Wei Zhang et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Melittin derived peptides for nanoparticle based siRNA transfection

(2013) Kirk K. Hou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Melittin: A lytic peptide with anticancer properties

(2013) Goran Gajski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Solution NMR Studies on the Orientation of Membrane-Bound Peptides and Proteins by Paramagnetic Probes

(2013) Evelyne Schrank et al.   MOLECULES

In Vitro Efficient Transfection by CM18-Tat11 Hybrid Peptide: A New Tool for Gene-Delivery Applications

(2013) Fabrizio Salomone et al.   PLoS One

Analysis of cytotoxicity of melittin on adherent culture of human endothelial cells reveals advantage of fluorescence microscopy over flow cytometry and haemocytometer assay

(2013) Katarina Černe et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Cytotoxicity of melittin and apamin in human hepatic L02 and HepG2 cellsin vitro

(2013) Jinhui Zhou et al.   Toxin Reviews

Construction and expression of sTRAIL–melittin combining enhanced anticancer activity with antibacterial activity in Escherichia coli

(2012) Hongyan Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification and Design of Antimicrobial Peptides for Therapeutic Applications

(2012) Aqeel Ahmad et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Truncated peptides from melittin and its analog with high lytic activity at endosomal pH enhance branched polyethylenimine-mediated gene transfection

(2012) Ying-Xia Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE

Melittin Inhibits Atherosclerosis in LPS/High-Fat Treated Mice Through Atheroprotective Actions

(2011) Soo-Jung Kim et al.   Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Cell-Selective Lysis by Novel Analogues of Melittin against Human Red Blood Cells andEscherichia coli

(2010) Brijesh K. Pandey et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Synthesis and In Vitro Testing of New Potent Polyacridine−Melittin Gene Delivery Peptides

(2009) Nicholas J. Baumhover et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Bioresponsive and Endosomolytic siRNA−Polymer Conjugate

(2009) Martin Meyer et al.   MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS

Octaarginine- and Octalysine-modified Nanoparticles Have Different Modes of Endosomal Escape

(2008) Ayman El-Sayed et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Breathing Life into Polycations:  Functionalization with pH-Responsive Endosomolytic Peptides and Polyethylene Glycol Enables siRNA Delivery

(2008) Martin Meyer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY