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ArticleACS applied bio materials2025

Minimalistic Peptide Nanocarriers for Multiple Cancer Drugs.

Anastasia Vlachou, Om Shanker Tiwari, Sonika Chibh, Jake R Remmert, Ehud Gazit, Phanourios Tamamis

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Article in ACS applied bio materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Amyloid-β "Co-assembles" with Coatomer Subunit Delta (δ-COP).The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026
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  3. Cell-Free DNA-Based Theranostics for Inflammatory Disorders.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Anastasia VlachouArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-0920-2242
Om Shanker TiwariThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-3281
Sonika ChibhThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Jake R RemmertArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, United States.
Ehud GazitThe Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5764-1720
Phanourios TamamisArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3342-2651

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The co-assembly of minimalistic peptides with cancer drugs, leading to the formation of nanocarriers for drug delivery, comprises a promising direction in chemotherapeutics. We computationally designed fluorescent minimalistic four-residue peptide nanocarriers for multiple cancer drugs: Epirubicin, Doxorubicin, Methotrexate, Mitomycin-C, 5-Fluorouracil, Camptothecin, and Cyclophosphamide. The optimally designed resulting nanocarriers formed by FFWH have notable drug encapsulation properties for the drugs investigated, according to both computational and experimental studies. Additionally, the nanocarriers possess biocompatibility, enhanced fluorescence, and uptake into HeLa cells using live cell confocal microscopic images. Our simulations demonstrate how the same peptide can efficiently be used to encapsulate these drugs as well as provide structural and biophysical understanding of their properties. We suggest that the designed nanocarriers can serve as programmable nanostructures for the future design of new generations of advanced nanocarriers with potential cancer- and patient-specific targeting properties.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsDrug CarriersNanoparticlesNanostructuresPeptidesCell SurvivalDoxorubicinDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHeLa CellsHumansMaterials TestingMethotrexateParticle SizeAntineoplastic AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsDoxorubicinDrug CarriersMethotrexatePeptidescancer drugsco-assemblyminimalismnanocarriersshort peptides

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PMCPMC12541707

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