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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
22642
World Ranking
4312
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

David Andreu is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, contributing extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a significant focus on immunology, microbiology, and medicine.

The scientist's primary research areas include molecular biology, microbiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, virology, and agronomy and crop science. This interdisciplinary approach supports diverse investigations across both basic and applied biological sciences.

Among the main topics covered in their work are antimicrobial peptides and activities, biochemical and structural characterization, animal disease management and epidemiology, HIV research and treatment, viral infections and immunology research, RNA interference and gene delivery, as well as chemical synthesis and analysis.

David Andreu has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Pharmaceutics, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vaccines, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and ACS Infectious Diseases.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by David Andreu include:

  • Hitchhiking with Nature: Snake Venom Peptides to Fight Cancer and Superbugs, 2020, Toxins
  • Antibiofilm Activity on Candida albicans and Mechanism of Action on Biomembrane Models of the Antimicrobial Peptide Ctn[15-34], 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Challenge of Peptide Proteolytic Stability Studies: Scarce Data, Difficult Readability, and the Need for Harmonization, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • To What Extent Do Fluorophores Bias the Biological Activity of Peptides? A Practical Approach Using Membrane-Active Peptides as Models, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Estimating peptide half-life in serum from tunable, sequence-related physicochemical properties, 2021, Clinical and Translational Science

Coauthors frequently collaborating with David Andreu include Javier Valle, Sira Defaus, Miguel A. R. B. Castanho, Marco Cavaco, and Vera Neves, indicating a collaborative approach to research across various topics in molecular biology and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • All-D amino acid-containing channel-forming antibiotic peptides.

    David Wade;Anita Boman;Birgitta Wahlin;C. M. Drain

  • Animal antimicrobial peptides: an overview.

    David Andreu;Luis Rivas

  • Binding and action of cecropin and cecropin analogues: antibacterial peptides from insects.

    Håkan Steiner;David Andreu;R.B. Merrifield

  • Shortened cecropin A-melittin hybrids. Significant size reduction retains potent antibiotic activity.

    David Andreu;Josep Ubach;Anita Boman;Birgitta Wåhlin

  • A receptor for the enantioselective recognition of phenylalanine and tryptophan under neutral conditions

    Amalia Galan;David Andreu;Antonio M. Echavarren;Pilar Prados

  • A large-scale evaluation of peptide vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease: lack of solid protection in cattle and isolation of escape mutants.

    O Taboga;C Tami;E Carrillo;J I Núñez

  • N-terminal analogues of cecropin A: synthesis, antibacterial activity, and conformational properties.

    David Andreu;R. B. Merrifield;Haakan Steiner;Hans G. Boman

  • Comparative analysis of transverse intrafascicular multichannel, longitudinal intrafascicular and multipolar cuff electrodes for the selective stimulation of nerve fascicles.

    Jordi Badia;Tim Boretius;David Andreu;Christine Azevedo-Coste

  • Escherichia coli cell surface perturbation and disruption induced by antimicrobial peptides BP100 and pepR.

    Carla S. Alves;Manuel N. Melo;Henri G. Franquelim;Rafael Ferre

  • Sensory feedback restoration in leg amputees improves walking speed, metabolic cost and phantom pain.

    Francesco Maria Petrini;Francesco Maria Petrini;Marko Bumbasirevic;Giacomo Valle;Giacomo Valle;Vladimir Ilic

  • A single amino acid substitution affects multiple overlapping epitopes in the major antigenic site of foot-and-mouth disease virus of serotype C.

    M. G. Mateu;M. A. Martínez;L. Capucci;D. Andreu

  • Cell Recognition by Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus That Lacks the RGD Integrin-Binding Motif: Flexibility in Aphthovirus Receptor Usage

    Eric Baranowski;Carmen M. Ruiz-Jarabo;Noemi Sevilla;David Andreu

  • Connecting peptide physicochemical and antimicrobial properties by a rational prediction model.

    Marc Torrent;Marc Torrent;David Andreu;Victòria M. Nogués;Ester Boix

  • Cecropin A-Derived Peptides Are Potent Inhibitors of Fungal Plant Pathogens

    L Cavallarin;D Andreu;B San Segundo

  • Structure of the major antigenic loop of foot-and-mouth disease virus complexed with a neutralizing antibody: direct involvement of the Arg-Gly-Asp motif in the interaction.

    N. Verdaguer;M.G. Mateu;D. Andreu;E. Giralt

  • Antibacterial peptides designed as analogs or hybrids of cecropins and melittin.

    D. Wade;D. Andreu;S.A. Mitchell;A.M.V. Silveira

  • Scar dechanneling: new method for scar-related left ventricular tachycardia substrate ablation.

    Antonio Berruezo;Juan Fernández-Armenta;David Andreu;Diego Penela

  • Combined Endocardial and Epicardial Catheter Ablation in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Incorporating Scar Dechanneling Technique

    Antonio Berruezo;Juan Fernández-Armenta;Lluís Mont;Hrvojka Zeljko

  • Three-dimensional architecture of scar and conducting channels based on high resolution ce-CMR: insights for ventricular tachycardia ablation

    Juan Fernández-Armenta;Antonio Berruezo;David Andreu;Oscar Camara

  • Retro and retroenantio analogs of cecropin-melittin hybrids.

    R. B. Merrifield;Padmaja Juvvadi;David Andreu;Josep Ubach

Frequent Co-Authors

Lluis Mont
Lluis Mont University of Barcelona
Ernest Giralt
Ernest Giralt University of Barcelona
Beatriz G. de la Torre
Beatriz G. de la Torre University of KwaZulu-Natal
Josep Brugada
Josep Brugada University of Barcelona
Francisco Sobrino
Francisco Sobrino Spanish National Research Council
Esteban Domingo
Esteban Domingo Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Luis Rivas
Luis Rivas Spanish National Research Council
Mauricio G. Mateu
Mauricio G. Mateu Spanish National Research Council
Miguel A. R. B. Castanho
Miguel A. R. B. Castanho University of Lisbon
Hans G. Boman
Hans G. Boman Karolinska Institute

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