• Lactoferricin-inspired peptide AMC-109 augments the effect of ciprofloxacin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm in chronic murine wounds 

      Laulund, Anne Sofie; Schwartz, Franziska Angelika; Christophersen, Lars; Høiby, Niels; Svendsen, John Sigurd Mjøen; Stensen, Wenche Gunvor Berg; Thomsen, Kim; Cavanagh, Jorunn Pauline; Moser, Claus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-23)
      Objectives: Chronic wounds are characterised by prolonged inflammation, low mitogenic activity, high protease/low inhibitor activity, microbiota changes and biofilm formation, combined with the aetiology of the original insult. One strategy to promote healing is to terminate the parasitism-like relationship between the biofilm-growing pathogen and host response. Antimicrobial peptide AMC-109 is a ...
    • The synthetic antimicrobial peptide LTX21 induces inflammatory responses in a human whole blood model and a murine peritoneum model 

      Granslo, Hildegunn Norbakken; Aarag, Elizabeth; Esaiassen, Eirin; Christophersen, Lars; Jensen, Peter Østrup; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Moser, Claus; Flægstad, Trond; Klingenberg, Claus; Cavanagh, Jorunn Pauline (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-27)
      The global spread of antimicrobial resistance and the increasing number of immune‐compromised patients are major challenges in modern medicine. Targeting bacterial virulence or the human host immune system to increase host defence are important strategies in the search for novel antimicrobial drugs. We investigated the inflammatory response of the synthetic short antimicrobial peptide LTX21 in two ...