Synergistic interaction between silver nanoparticles and membrane-permeabilizing antimicrobial peptides

S Ruden, K Hilpert, M Berditsch… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Silver nanoparticles, as well as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), can be used to fight
infectious diseases. Since AMPs are known to permeabilize bacterial membranes and might …

Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbial pathogens using improved synthetic antibacterial peptides

S Ramón-García, R Mikut, C Ng, S Ruden… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The lack of effective therapies for treating tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem.
While Mycobacterium tuberculosis is notoriously resistant to most available antibiotics, we …

Short cationic antimicrobial peptides interact with ATP

…, J Yu, MR Elliott, M Rautenbach, S Ruden… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mode of action of short, nonhelical antimicrobial peptides is still not well understood.
Here we show that these peptides interact with ATP and directly inhibit the actions of certain …

[HTML][HTML] Synergy Pattern of Short Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

S Ruden, A Rieder, I Chis Ster, T Schwartz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
With the rise of various multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria, worldwide health care
is under pressure to respond. Conventional antibiotics are failing and the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Improving short antimicrobial peptides despite elusive rules for activity

R Mikut, S Ruden, M Reischl, F Breitling… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) can effectively kill a broad range of life threatening multidrug-resistant
bacteria, a serious threat to public health worldwide. However, despite great hopes …

Screening for Antifungal Peptides and Their Modes of Action in Aspergillus nidulans

D Mania, K Hilpert, S Ruden, R Fischer… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many short cationic peptides have been identified as potent antimicrobial agents, but their
modes of action are not well understood. Peptide synthesis on cellulose membranes has …

Optimization of oncocin for antibacterial activity using a SPOT synthesis approach: extending the pathogen spectrum to Staphylococcus aureus

D Knappe, S Ruden, S Langanke, T Tikkoo, J Ritzer… - Amino acids, 2016 - Springer
The identification of lead molecules against multidrug-resistant bacteria ensuing the development
of novel antimicrobial drugs is an urgent task. Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides are …

[PDF][PDF] Synergy as a strategy to kill multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with common antibiotics

S Ruden, T Schwartz, K Hilpert - 2010 - core.ac.uk
Worldwide increase of bacterial resistance to medically used antibiotics presents a serious
concern in modern medicine. Especially the nosocomial infections with the germs of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of Gastrointestinal Pathologies: Comparative Study of the Microbial Flora of the Sanitary Surfaces of the Toilets of Students and Staff of the Félix …

B Félicité, ONAN N'guessan, M Serge, JLA Arra… - Open Journal of Medical …, 2020 - scirp.org
Pathologies transmissible by hand such as gastrointestinal pathologies constitute a real
public health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where hygienic conditions are …

[PDF][PDF] N'gbesso Jean-Paul N'gbesso1, Beudje Félicité2, Okoubo Née A. Nicaise N'guessan1

M Serge, JLA Arra, AAC Ahoua - 2020 - scirp.org
Pathologies transmissible by hand such as gastrointestinal pathologies constitute a real
public health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where hygienic conditions are …