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Jlenia Brunetti

Researcher at University of Siena

Publications -  63
Citations -  1195

Jlenia Brunetti is an academic researcher from University of Siena. The author has contributed to research in topics: In vivo & Antimicrobial. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 55 publications receiving 847 citations.

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A novel tetrabranched antimicrobial peptide that neutralizes bacterial lipopolysaccharide and prevents septic shock in vivo

TL;DR: Pini et al. as mentioned in this paper described the nonnatural antimicrobial peptide KKIRVRLSA (M33) and its capacity to neutralize LPS-induced cytokine release, preventing septic shock in animals infected with bacterial species of clinical interest.
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In vitro and in vivo efficacy, toxicity, bio-distribution and resistance selection of a novel antibacterial drug candidate.

TL;DR: In in vivo models of P. aeruginosa infections, the peptide and its pegylated form (SET-M33L-PEG) enabled a survival percentage of 60–80% in sepsis and lung infections when injected twice and proved to have much lower in vivo toxicity than antimicrobial peptides already used in clinical practice.
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Isomerization of an Antimicrobial Peptide Broadens Antimicrobial Spectrum to Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens

TL;DR: An M33 peptide isomer consisting of D-aminoacids (M33-D) showed 4 to 16-fold higher activity against Gram-positive pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus and Staphlyococcus epidermidis, than the original peptide, while retaining strong activity against gram-negative bacteria.
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Synthesis and biological activity of stable branched neurotensin peptides for tumor targeting.

TL;DR: It is shown that neurotensin and other endogenous peptides, when synthesized as dendrimers, retain biological activity and become resistant to proteolysis in a tetrabranched form linked to different units for tumor therapy or diagnosis.