NGIWY-Amide: A Bioinspired Ultrashort Self-Assembled Peptide Gelator for Local Drug Delivery Applications

NGIWY-Amide: A Bioinspired Ultrashort Self-Assembled Peptide Gelator for Local Drug Delivery Applications

Fibrillar structures derived from plant or animal origin have long been a source of inspiration for the design of new biomaterials. The Asn-Gly-Ile-Trp-Tyr-NH<sub>2</sub> (NGIWY-amide) pentapeptide, isolated from the sea cucumber <i>Apostichopus japonicus</i>, which spontaneo...

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Main Authors: Nikoleta F. Theodoroula, Christina Karavasili, Manos C. Vlasiou, Alexandra Primikyri, Christia Nicolaou, Alexandra V. Chatzikonstantinou, Aikaterini-Theodora Chatzitaki, Christos Petrou, Nikolaos Bouropoulos, Constantinos K. Zacharis, Eleftheria Galatou, Yiannis Sarigiannis, Dimitrios G. Fatouros, Ioannis S. Vizirianakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
ultra-short peptides
smart materials
NGIWY-amide
self-assembled peptide hydrogels
drug delivery
sea cucumber
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/1/133

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