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cord-331633-ix5un6c9	Teixeira, Maria C.	Nanomedicines for the Delivery of Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)	2020-03-20		.txt	text/plain	9125	497	32	AMPs are small natural oligopeptides that have recently showed a potential activity against antibiotics resistance mechanisms, due to their ability in lysing bacterial membranes, thus providing broad-spectrum effects, targeting microorganisms from viruses to parasites. Antimicrobial drug delivery using polymeric NPs offers several advantages: (i) structural stability in biological fluids and under harsh and various conditions for preparation; (ii) precisely tuneable properties, such as size, zeta-potentials, and drug release profiles, by manipulating polymer lengths, surfactants, and organic solvents used for NP preparation [67] , and (iii) facile and versatile surface functionalization for conjugating drugs and targeting ligands [68] . Other types of nanomaterials, such as dendrimers and carbon nanodots, have also been successfully proposed for the delivery of AMPs. Due to their ease of synthesis and low manufacturing costs, antimicrobial polymers including dendrimers have been exploited to mimic the antibacterial mechanism host defence peptides, by compromising bacterial cell membranes [115] .	./cache/cord-331633-ix5un6c9.txt	./txt/cord-331633-ix5un6c9.txt