A biomimetic peptide recognizes and traps bacteria in vivo as human defensin-6
Yu Fan, Xiang-Dan Li, Pingping He, Xiaoxue Hu, Kuo Zhang, Jiaqi Fan, Pei‐Pei Yang, Haoyan Zheng, Wen Tian, Ziming Chen, Lei Ji, Hao Wang, Lei Wang
Abstract
bacteremia by as much as 100%, even more than that of vancomycin treatment (5 mg/kg, 83.3%)-treated group, the golden standard of antibiotics. This biomimetic peptide shows great potential as a precise and highly efficient antimicrobial agent.
Topics & Concepts
In vivoBacteremiaBacteriaAntibioticsPeptideMicrobiologyAntimicrobialBiologyDefensinBiochemistryBiotechnologyGeneticsAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques