ReviewJournal of bacteriology2016
Antibiofilm Peptides: Potential as Broad-Spectrum Agents.
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- The Multifunctional Peptide AP10W Enhances Skin Wound Healing Through Macrophage Reprogramming and Angiogenesis.Biomolecules · 2026Article
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- The Role and Progress of Antimicrobial Peptides in Managing Oral Biofilms: A Narrative Review.International dental journal · 2026Review
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- Mapping the Antibiofilm Peptide Space with Similarity Networks and Curated Negative Sets.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Evaluation of antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of peptide Impatiens balsamina-M1 and Zinc oxide nanoparticles against Helicobacter pylori.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Nanoflowers: Smart Molecules for Biofilm Management.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Synthetic host defense peptide inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replicationAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025Article
- Different aspects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm: an in-depth analysis from formation to detection.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Antibiotic-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2025Review
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Abstract
The treatment of bacterial diseases is facing twin threats, with increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance and relatively few novel compounds or strategies under development or entering the clinic. Bacteria frequently grow on surfaces as biofilm communities encased in a polymeric matrix. The biofilm mode of growth is associated with 65 to 80% of all clinical infections. It causes broad adaptive changes; biofilm bacteria are especially (10- to 1,000-fold) resistant to conventional antibiotics and to date no antimicrobials have been developed specifically to treat biofilms. Small synthetic peptides with broad-spectrum antibiofilm activity represent a novel approach to treat biofilm-related infections. Recent developments have provided evidence that these peptides can inhibit even developed biofilms, kill multiple bacterial species in biofilms (including the ESKAPE [Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species] pathogens), show strong synergy with several antibiotics, and act by targeting a universal stress response in bacteria. Thus, these peptides represent a promising alternative treatment to conventional antibiotics and work effectively in animal models of biofilm-associated infections.
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