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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

In Vivo Antimicrobial Activity of Nisin Z Against

Isa Serrano, Dalila Mil-Homens, Rita F Pires, Vasco D B Bonifácio, Joana F Guerreiro, Eva Cunha, Sofia S Costa, Luís Tavares, Manuela Oliveira

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Isa SerranoCIISA-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3115-1392
Dalila Mil-HomensiBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9727-3579
Rita F PiresiBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3678-1462
Vasco D B BonifácioiBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2349-8473
Joana F GuerreiroCIISA-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1960-603X
Eva CunhaCIISA-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5641-4400
Sofia S CostaGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health (LA-REAL), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), R. da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-2410
Luís TavaresCIISA-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.
Manuela OliveiraCIISA-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3910-1525

Funding

FCT/Associate Laboratory Institute for Health and Bioeconomy (i4HB) LA/P/0140/2020FCT/Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health (LA-REAL) LA/P/0117/2020FCT/CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal UIDB/00276/2020FCT/Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) UID/04413/2020FCT/Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária LA/P/0059/2020 - AL4AnimalSFCT/Research Unit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) UIDB/04565/2020; UIDP/04565/2020Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) PTDC/SAUINF/28466/2017; PTDC/MEC-ONC/29327/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesDiabetic foot infections (DFIs) are commonly associated with frequent hospitalizations, limb amputations, and premature death due to the profile of the bacteria infecting foot ulcers. DFIs are generally colonized by a polymicrobial net of bacteria that grows in biofilms, developing an increased antimicrobial resistance to multiple antibiotics. DFI treatment is a hurdle, and the need to develop new therapies that do not promote resistance is urgent. Therefore, the antibacterial efficacy of Nisin Z (antimicrobial peptide), a core-shell polycationic polyurea pharmadendrimer (PURE

methodsThe antibacterial activity was analyzed in vitro by determining the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and in vivo in a

resultsThe results indicate that Nisin Z exhibited antibacterial activity against

conclusionsThese findings suggest that both Nisin Z and PURE

Indexed as

Amlodipinecore–shell polycationic polyurea pharmadendrimerdiabetic foot infectionGalleria mellonellaNisin ZPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID40426511
PMCPMC12108245

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