Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) of innate origin are agents of the most ancient form of defense
systems. They can be found in a wide variety of species ranging from bacteria through …

… The successful but limited development of AMPs (Table 1) for the treatment of bacterial
infection indicates that the promise is there for the development of novel therapies in upcoming …

… can be provoked by other microbes such as viruses, fungi and parasites, this review focuses
on bacterial skin infections since bacteria play a major role for skin infections in humans. …

… human peptides with an inherent ability to kill microbes are also an essential part of the early
innate immune response. This endogenous antimicrobial peptide (AMP) is a small peptide …

… referred to as cationic host defense peptides [1], anionic antimicrobial peptides/proteins [2],
cationic amphipathic peptides [3], cationic AMPs [4], host defense peptides [5], and α-helical …

… and are induced, in response to challenge by bacteria or … Nature of Cationic Antimicrobial
Peptides We use the term (cationic) antimicrobial peptides to describe gene-encoded peptides …

… The APD3 database currently lists 112 different human host defense peptides of which 100
… against bacterial infections, on the mechanisms of intrinsic and acquired bacterial resistance …

… or fungi, whereas the Imd pathway responds to Gram-negative bacterial infection. The … and
the antimicrobial peptide domain at the carboxyl terminus. The active peptide is generated by …

… antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have shown great
potential to treat such infections by acting directly on the intracellular pathogenic bacterium or …

… As this problem grows worse, infections caused by multiple bacteria are … Antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs) are a good alternative to current antimicrobials with potent antimicrobial …