ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design Strategies beyond Primary Structure and Amphipathicity.
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139 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Biophysical and aerodynamic properties of a peptide targeting the A-kinase anchoring function of PI3Kγ for pulmonary cAMP modulation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Impact of Pretreatment Degree and Enzyme Type on the Production of Radical Scavenging and Antiproliferative Peptides from Starfish.Marine drugs · 2026Article
- Characterization of Bromelain-Soluble Sheepskin (Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Enhancing diabetes treatment by targeted nucleic acid and drug delivery using cell-penetrating peptides, peptide nucleic acids, and receptor targeting.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Targeting Neuropeptide Y: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Cardiovascular and Haematological Disorders.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2026Review
- Cell penetrating peptide-functionalized small interfering RNA nanoparticles knock down HER expression in breast cancer cells.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025Article
- Intracellular Transport of Monomeric Peptides, (Poly)Peptide-Based Coacervates and Fibrils: Mechanisms and Prospects for Drug Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Efficient intracellular drug delivery and target specificity are often hampered by the presence of biological barriers. Thus, compounds that efficiently cross cell membranes are the key to improving the therapeutic value and on-target specificity of non-permeable drugs. The discovery of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) and the early design approaches through mimicking the natural penetration domains used by viruses have led to greater efficiency of intracellular delivery. Following these nature-inspired examples, a number of rationally designed CPPs has been developed. In this review, a variety of CPP designs will be described, including linear and flexible, positively charged and often amphipathic CPPs, and more rigid versions comprising cyclic, stapled, or dimeric and/or multivalent, self-assembled peptides or peptido-mimetics. The application of distinct design strategies to known physico-chemical properties of CPPs offers the opportunity to improve their penetration efficiency and/or internalization kinetics. This led to increased design complexity of new CPPs that does not always result in greater CPP activity. Therefore, the transition of CPPs to a clinical setting remains a challenge also due to the concomitant involvement of various internalization routes and heterogeneity of cells used in the in vitro studies.
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