Application of antimicrobial peptides as next-generation therapeutics in the biomedical world

M Datta, A Rajeev, I Chattopadhyay - Biotechnology and Genetic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP), also called host defense peptide, is a part of the innate immune
system in eukaryotic organisms. AMPs are also produced by prokaryotes in response to …

Antimicrobial peptides–Advances in development of therapeutic applications

HX Luong, TT Thanh, TH Tran - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe infection is becoming a significant health problem which threaten the lives of
patients and the safety and economy of society. In the way of finding new strategy …

Discovery, optimization, and clinical application of natural antimicrobial peptides

AA Rodríguez, A Otero-González, M Ghattas… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are widespread in multicellular organisms. These structurally
diverse molecules are produced as the first line of defense against pathogens such as …

A review of antimicrobial peptides: its function, mode of action and therapeutic potential

S Nayab, MA Aslam, S Rahman, ZD Sindhu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are endogenous polypeptides produced by multicellular
organisms in order to protect a host from pathogenic microbes. AMPs are also defined as …

Next generation of antimicrobial peptides as molecular targeted medicines

W Aoki, K Kuroda, M Ueda - Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have significantly improved our living environments. However, overuse of
antibiotics has led to the emergence of multi-drug resistant microorganisms, and the …

Research advances of antimicrobial peptides and applications in food industry and agriculture

S Meng, H Xu, F Wang - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by a wide range of organisms and serve as
their natural defenses against infection caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi. Because of …

The therapeutic applications of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): a patent review

HK Kang, C Kim, CH Seo, Y Park - Journal of microbiology, 2017 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small molecules with a broad spectrum of antibiotic
activities against bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and viruses and cytotoxic activity on cancer cells, in …

Characterization of antimicrobial peptides toward the development of novel antibiotics

W Aoki, M Ueda - Pharmaceuticals, 2013 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial agents have eradicated many infectious diseases and significantly improved
our living environment. However, abuse of antimicrobial agents has accelerated the …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): roles, functions and mechanism of action

R Seyfi, FA Kahaki, T Ebrahimi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a crucial part of innate immunity that exist in the most of
living organisms. In fact, AMPs have ability to incite the innate immune response and combat …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: antimicrobial resistance: antimicrobial peptides therapy: an emerging alternative for treating drug-resistant bacteria

IE Mba, EI Nweze - The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an ancient and dynamic issue that has brought a
situation reminiscent of the pre-antibiotic era to the limelight. Currently, antibiotic resistance …