List of works by Annarita Falanga

A New Hope: Self-Assembling Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

A peptide derived from herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H: membrane translocation and applications to the delivery of quantum dots

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A viral peptide for intracellular delivery

An integrated study on antimicrobial activity and ecotoxicity of quantum dots and quantum dots coated with the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Analysis of a membrane interacting region of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H.

scientific article published on 4 August 2008

Analysis of synthetic peptides from heptad-repeat domains of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoproteins H and B.

scientific article published in May 2006

Antimicrobial peptides as an opportunity against bacterial diseases

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Antimicrobial peptides at work: interaction of myxinidin and its mutant WMR with lipid bilayers mimicking the P. aeruginosa and E. coli membranes.

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Antiviral activity of mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles against herpes simplex virus and human parainfluenza virus type 3.

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Beta-defensins and analogs in Helicobacter pylori infections: mRNA expression levels, DNA methylation, and antibacterial activity

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Biofilms: Novel Strategies Based on Antimicrobial Peptides

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Biophysical characterization and membrane interaction of the two fusion loops of glycoprotein B from herpes simplex type I virus

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Cholesterol modulates the fusogenic activity of a membranotropic domain of the FIV glycoprotein gp36

Clickable functionalization of liposomes with the gH625 peptide from Herpes simplex virus type I for intracellular drug delivery

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Conformational modifications of gB from herpes simplex virus type 1 analyzed by synthetic peptides.

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Cyclic Peptides as Novel Therapeutic Microbicides: Engineering of Human Defensin Mimetics.

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Daphnia magna and Xenopus laevis as in vivo models to probe toxicity and uptake of quantum dots functionalized with gH625

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Dendrimer functionalization with a membrane-interacting domain of herpes simplex virus type 1: towards intracellular delivery

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Dendrimers functionalized with membrane-interacting peptides for viral inhibition

scientific article published on 5 February 2013

Dimerization in tailoring uptake efficacy of the HSV-1 derived membranotropic peptide gH625.

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Ecotoxicity Evaluation of Pristine and Indolicidin-coated Silver Nanoparticles in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Efficiency of gold nanoparticles coated with the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin against biofilm formation and development of spp. clinical isolates

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Elucidation of the interaction mechanism with liposomes of gH625-peptide functionalized dendrimers

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Enforcing the positive charge of N-termini enhances membrane interaction and antitumor activity of bovine seminal ribonuclease

Enhanced uptake of gH625 by blood brain barrier compared to liver in vivo: characterization of the mechanism by an in vitro model and implications for delivery

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Enhancing the Potency of Antimicrobial Peptides through Molecular Engineering and Self-Assembly

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Eradication of Candida albicans persister cell biofilm by the membranotropic peptide gH625

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Evidence for IL-6 promoter nuclear activation in U937 cells stimulated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium porins

scientific article published in September 2009

Evidence for a role of the membrane-proximal region of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H in membrane fusion and virus inhibition

scientific article published on May 2007

Exploitation of viral properties for intracellular delivery

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Formulation and in vitro evaluation of a siRNA delivery nanosystem decorated with gH625 peptide for triple negative breast cancer theranosis

scientific article published on 29 July 2018

Function Oriented Molecular Design: Dendrimers as Novel Antimicrobials

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Fusion of raft-like lipid bilayers operated by a membranotropic domain of the HSV-type I glycoprotein gH occurs through a cholesterol-dependent mechanism

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Fusogenic domains in herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H.

scientific article published on 2 June 2005

Genotoxicity of gold nanoparticles functionalized with indolicidin towards Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

scientific article published on 10 May 2017

Infectivity inhibition by overlapping synthetic peptides derived from the gH/gL heterodimer of herpes simplex virus type 1.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Integrated analysis of the ecotoxicological and genotoxic effects of the antimicrobial peptide melittin on Daphnia magna and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

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Intracellular delivery: exploiting viral membranotropic peptides

scientific article published on January 2012

Investigating the inclusion properties of aromatic amino acids complexing beta-cyclodextrins in model peptides

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Lipid composition modulates the interaction of peptides deriving from herpes simplex virus type I glycoproteins B and H with biomembranes.

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Liposome armed with herpes virus-derived gH625 peptide to overcome doxorubicin resistance in lung adenocarcinoma cell lines

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Marine Antimicrobial Peptides: Nature Provides Templates for the Design of Novel Compounds against Pathogenic Bacteria

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Melittin Inhibition and Eradication Activity for Resistant Polymicrobial Biofilm Isolated from a Dairy Industry after Disinfection

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Membrane fusion and fission: enveloped viruses

scientific article published on January 2009

Membranotropic Cell Penetrating Peptides: The Outstanding Journey

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Membranotropic Peptide-Functionalized Poly(lactide)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) Brush Copolymers for Intracellular Delivery

Membranotropic peptides mediating viral entry

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Metabolomic and oxidative effects of quantum dots-indolicidin on three generations of Daphnia magna.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

MicroRNA 199b-5p delivery through stable nucleic acid lipid particles (SNALPs) in tumorigenic cell lines

scientific article published on 26 January 2013

Microbe-host interactions: structure and role of Gram-negative bacterial porins

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Multigenerational effects and DNA alterations of QDs-Indolicidin on Daphnia magna.

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Nanocarriers Conjugated with Cell Penetrating Peptides: New Trojan Horses by Modern Ulysses

scientific article published on 15 April 2016

Novel temporin L antimicrobial peptides: promoting self-assembling by lipidic tags to tackle superbugs

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

OctoPartenopin: Identification and Preliminary Characterization of a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from the Suckers of Octopus vulgaris

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Outer Membrane Vesicles Derived from <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Influence the miRNA Expression Profile in Human Bronchial Epithelial BEAS-2B Cells

scientific article published on 13 December 2020

P2 porin and loop L7 from Haemophilus influenzae modulate expression of IL-6 and adhesion molecules in astrocytes

scientific article published on May 2011

Peptide chemistry encounters nanomedicine: recent applications and upcoming scenarios in cancer

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Peptide gH625 enters into neuron and astrocyte cell lines and crosses the blood-brain barrier in rats

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Peptide inhibitors against herpes simplex virus infections.

scientific article published on 07 February 2013

Peptide-lipid interactions: experiments and applications.

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Peptides complementary to the active loop of porin P2 from Haemophilus influenzae modulate its activity.

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Peptides containing membrane-interacting motifs inhibit herpes simplex virus type 1 infectivity

scientific article published on 17 May 2008

Quantitative and qualitative effect of gH625 on the nanoliposome-mediated delivery of mitoxantrone anticancer drug to HeLa cells

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Review of a viral peptide nanosystem for intracellular delivery

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Role of membranotropic sequences from herpes simplex virus type I glycoproteins B and H in the fusion process

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Shuttle-mediated nanoparticle delivery to the blood-brain barrier

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Silver nanoparticles as potential antibacterial agents

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Silver nanoparticles as potential antiviral agents

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Structural insights into and activity analysis of the antimicrobial peptide myxinidin.

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Structure and orientation of the gH625-644 membrane interacting region of herpes simplex virus type 1 in a membrane mimetic system

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Structure-activity relations of myxinidin, an antibacterial peptide derived from the epidermal mucus of hagfish

scientific article published on 03 September 2013

Surface decoration with gH625-membranotropic peptides as a method to escape the endo-lysosomal compartment and reduce nanoparticle toxicity

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with a cell penetrating peptide for cancer theranosis.

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

The Outstanding Chemodiversity of Marine-Derived Talaromyces

scientific article published in 2023

The identification and characterization of fusogenic domains in herpes virus glycoprotein B molecules.

scientific article published in March 2008

The identification of a novel Sulfolobus islandicus CAMP-like peptide points to archaeal microorganisms as cell factories for the production of antimicrobial molecules

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The presence of a single N-terminal histidine residue enhances the fusogenic properties of a Membranotropic peptide derived from herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H.

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The world of cell penetrating: the future of medical applications

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Toxicity Effects of Functionalized Quantum Dots, Gold and Polystyrene Nanoparticles on Target Aquatic Biological Models: A Review.

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Viral fusion peptides induce several signal transduction pathway activations that are essential for interleukin-10 and beta-interferon production

scientific article published on 2 July 2010

gH625 Cell-Penetrating Peptide Promotes the Endosomal Escape of Nanovectorized siRNA in a Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

gH625 is a viral derived peptide for effective delivery of intrinsically disordered proteins

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

gH625: a milestone in understanding the many roles of membranotropic peptides

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