Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (AFABP) and Chemerin in Association with Gestational Diabetes: A Case-Control Study by Maryam Mosavat, Mitra Mirsanjari, Bashir A. Lwaleed, Maherah Kamarudin, Siti Zawiah Omar

“…However, among these peptides, the role of adipocyte-specific fatty-acid-binding protein (AFABP), chemerin, and secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) in gestational diabetes (GDM) has not been fully investigated. …”
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Polymers for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease by Yunfeng Zhu, Haibin Xu, Chaoyan Yu, Wenting Jiang, Xiaowen Hou, Mingyue Ma, Ji Wu

“…It is a neurodegenerative disorder, and its main clinical symptoms include the loss of established memories, a decline in learning capacity, and the buildup of β-amyloid peptides. The disease is often accompanied by neurodegenerative changes and the formation of neurofibrillary tangles. …”
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Are Ancient Durum Wheats Less Toxic to Celiac Patients? A Study of α-Gliadin from Graziella Ra and Kamut by M. Stella Colomba, Armando Gregorini

“…Experiments were carried out with two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) raised against α-gliadin peptides p31–49 and p56–75 (the latter containing the overlapping DQ2-Glia-α1 and DQ2-Glia-α2 epitopes), toxic for celiac patients. …”
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Kinetics of Mushroom Tyrosinase and Melanogenesis Inhibition by N-Acetyl-pentapeptides by Ching-Yi Lien, Ching-Yu Chen, Shih-Ting Lai, Chin-Feng Chan

“…We investigated the kinetics of 4N-acetyl-pentapeptides, Ac-P1, Ac-P2, Ac-P3, and Ac-P4, regarding inhibition of mushroom tyrosinase activity. The peptides sequences of Ac-P1, Ac-P2, Ac-P3, and Ac-P4 were Ac-RSRFK, Ac-KSRFR, Ac-KSSFR, and Ac-RSRFS, respectively. …”
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Fermentation dynamics of millet beverages: Microbial interactions, nutritional enhancements, and health implications by Tanu Tomar, Angel Sachdeva, Joydeep Dutta, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al Tawaha, Arun Karnwal, Tabarak Malik, Manickam Selvaraj

“…It also enhances the synthesis of vitamins, minerals, and peptides, offering potential benefits for managing chronic conditions. …”
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PaleoProPhyler: a reproducible pipeline for phylogenetic inference using ancient proteins by Patramanis, Ioannis, Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín, Cappellini, Enrico, Racimo, Fernando

“…Here, we present PaleoProPhyler: a new fully reproducible pipeline for aligning ancient peptide data and subsequently performing phylogenetic analyses. …”
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Identification and Characterization of TEX101 in Bovine Epididymal Spermatozoa by Subir K. Nagdas, Eric L. McLean, Leeá P. Richardson, Samir Raychoudhury

“…Proteomic identification yielded ten peptides that matched the sequence of Testis Expressed 101 protein (TEX101). …”
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Characterization of the Hypercitrullination Reaction in Human Neutrophils and Other Leukocytes by Yebin Zhou, Tiziana Di Pucchio, Gary P. Sims, Nanette Mittereder, Tomas Mustelin

“…Other neutrophil activating stimuli, such as formyl-peptides, GM-CSF, IL-6, IL8, TNFα, or phorbol ester, did not induce any detectable increase in protein citrullination, suggesting that receptor-induced calcium mobilization is insufficient to trigger hypercitrullination. …”
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Assessing the Proteomic Activity of the Venom of the Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) by Juliana Rocha da Silva, Aline Zanotelli de Souza, Carlos Priminho Pirovani, Helena Costa, Aline Silva, João Carlos Teixeira Dias, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Renato Fontana

“…., proteins such as phospholipases, hyaluronidases, and proteinases, as well as peptides. Protein databases show that information on protein components of ant venoms has been recently growing exponentially. …”
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Nanosuspension Innovations: Expanding Horizons in Drug Delivery Techniques by Shery Jacob, Fathima Sheik Kather, Sai H. S. Boddu, Mahesh Attimarad, Anroop B. Nair

“…Rapid advances in the field of NS could resolve issues related to permeability-limited absorption and hepatic first-pass metabolism, offering promise for medications based on proteins and peptides. The evolution of novel stabilizers is essential to overcome the current limitations in NS formulations, enhancing their stability, bioavailability, targeting ability, and safety profile, which ultimately accelerates their clinical application and commercialization.…”
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Mechanisms of bacterial-to-host interaction and their disorders at inflammatory bowel diseases by Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, A. V. Korolev, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The capability of bacteria contact with immune cells is provided by capacity of bacterial cells to adhesion and invasion, competence of mucus layer covering mucosa of gastro-intestinal tract, detaining and fixing microbic cells, competence of intercellular epithelial contacts function, density of signal receptors, level of antimicrobic peptides expression, completeness of autophagy process. …”
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In Vivo Noninvasive Optical Imaging of Receptor-Mediated RGD Internalization Using Self-Quenched Cy5-Labeled RAFT-c(-RGDfK-) by Zhao-Hui Jin, Jesus Razkin, Veronique Josserand, Didier Boturyn, Alexeï Grichine, Isabelle Texier, Marie-Christine Favrot, Pascal Dumy, Jean-Luc Coll

“…We reported that regioselectively addressable functionalized template (RAFT)-c(-RGDfK-) 4 presenting four cyclic (Arg-Gly-Asp) (cRGD) peptides targets integrin a V b 3 with an improved specificity compared with monomeric cRGD. …”
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Paneth Cells: Dispensable yet Irreplaceable for the Intestinal Stem Cell NicheSummary by Michaela Quintero, Linda C. Samuelson

“…Although Paneth cells were first described as an epithelial cell component of the innate immune system due to their expression of anti-microbial peptides, they have been proposed to be niche cells due to their close proximity to intestinal stem cells and expression of niche factors. …”
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Cerebral Epiphyseal Proteins and Melatonin Modulate the Hepatic and Renal Antioxidant Defense of Rats by Vijay K. Bharti, R. S. Srivastava, P. Subramaian, D. Warren Spence, S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Gregory M. Brown

“…The cerebral epiphysis (pineal gland) secrets melatonin and number of other proteins and peptides. It was thus hypothesized that antioxidant properties of epiphyseal proteins and melatonin could potentially benefit from exogenous therapies. …”
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Activation of Vitamin D Regulates Response of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Aspergillus fumigatus in an Autocrine Fashion by Pei Li, Ting Wu, Xin Su, Yi Shi

“…Locally activated vitamin D amplified SC-induced expression of antimicrobial peptides in 16HBE cells but attenuated SC-induced production of cytokines in an autocrine fashion. …”
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INHIBITION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) BIOFILM: THE ESSENTIAL ROLE AND POTENTIAL USAGE OF BACTERIOCINS by Tati Febrianti, Conny Riana Tjampakasari

“…According to reports, bacteriocins, such as peptides synthesized by Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, have antimicrobial activity that has the potential to inhibit antibiotic-resistant pathogens and biofilms formed by MRSA. …”
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XGBoost-enhanced ensemble model using discriminative hybrid features for the prediction of sumoylation sites by Salman Khan, Sumaiya Noor, Tahir Javed, Afshan Naseem, Fahad Aslam, Salman A. AlQahtani, Nijad Ahmad

“…The model utilizes a transformer-based attention mechanism to encode peptides and extract evolutionary features through the PsePSSM-DWT approach. …”
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Non-viral systems for intracellular delivery of genome editing tools by I. H. Shaikhutdinov, P. V. Ilyasov, O. V. Gribkova, L.  V. Limareva

“…This work reviews abiotic vectors and systems for delivering genome editing tools into target cells, including liposomes and solid lipid particles, other membrane-based vesicles, cell-penetrating peptides, micelles, dendrimers, carbon nanotubes, inorganic, polymer, metal and other nanoparticles. …”
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Amylin: Localization, Effects on Cerebral Arteries and on Local Cerebral Blood Flow in the Cat by Lars Edvinsson, Peter J. Goadsby, Rolf Uddman

“…Amylin and adrenomedullin are two peptides structurally related to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). …”
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The Interplay between Defensins and Microbiota in Crohn’s Disease by Lorena Coretti, Alessandro Natale, Mariella Cuomo, Ermanno Florio, Simona Keller, Francesca Lembo, Lorenzo Chiariotti, Raffaela Pero

“…Several studies have shown defective expression of intestinal antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in patients with CD compared to controls, particularly defensins. …”
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