Peptides and peptide-based biomaterials and their biomedical applications

This edited volume is composed of chapters written by experts in the field describing fundamental research on small peptide fragments in relation to their biological action and potential roles in biomedical applications from diagnosis to implant protection. It provides a review of the wide scope and...

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Other Authors Sunna, Anwar (Editor), Care, Andrew (Editor), Bergquist, Peter L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesAdvances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 1030.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319660950
9783319660943
ISSN0065-2598 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Programmable bio-surfaces for biomedical applications / Kiyotaka Shiba
  • Solid-binding peptides in biomedicine / Andrew Care, Peter L. Bergquist, Anwar Sunna
  • Molecular modelling of peptide-based materials for biomedical applications / Tiffany R. Walsh
  • Design principles of peptide based self-assembled nanomaterials / Rania S. Seoudi, Adam Mechler
  • Bioprinting and biofabrication with peptide and protein biomaterials / Mitchell Boyd-Moss, Kate Fox, Milan Brandt, David Nisbet, Richard Williams
  • Peptides as bio-inspired molecular electronic materials / John Horsley, Jingxian Yu, Yuan Qi Yeoh, Andrew Abell
  • Peptide-based materials for cartilage tissue regeneration / Nurcan Hastar, Elif Arslan, Mustafa O. Guler, Ayse B. Tekinay
  • Peptides and drug delivery / Kavisha R. Ulapane, Brian M. Kopec, Mario E.G. Moral, Teruna J. Siahaan
  • Peptide lipidation: a synthetic strategy to afford peptide based therapeutics / Renata Kowalczyk, Paul W.R. Harris, Geoffrey M. Williams, Sung-Hyun Yang, Margaret A. Brimble
  • Molecular engineering of conus peptides as therapeutic leads / James T. Daniel, Richard J. Clark
  • Uptake mechanism of cell-penetrating peptides / Maxime Gestin, Moataz Dowaidar, Ülo Langel
  • Empowering the potential of cell-penetrating peptides for targeted intracellular delivery via molecular self-assembly / Yejiao Shi, João Conde, Helena S. Azevedo
  • The current role of cell-penetrating peptides in cancer therapy / Lucia Feni, Ines Neundorf.