[HTML][HTML] The role of antimicrobial peptides as antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents in tackling the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance

BS Lopes, A Hanafiah, R Nachimuthu, S Muthupandian… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Just over a million people died globally in 2019 due to antibiotic resistance caused by
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella …

Antimicrobial peptides: a promising therapeutic strategy in tackling antimicrobial resistance

R Nuti, NS Goud, AP Saraswati… - Current medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has posed a serious threat to global public
health and it requires immediate action, preferably long term. Current drug therapies have …

[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 …

Exploring the arsenal of antimicrobial peptides: Mechanisms, diversity, and applications

A Savitskaya, J Masso-Silva, I Haddaoui, S Enany - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential for defence against pathogens in all living
organisms and possessed activities against bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and even …

Rediscovery of antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents

M Ryu, J Park, JH Yeom, M Joo, K Lee - Journal of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is increasing rapidly. There
is growing concern as the development of antibiotics is slower than the increase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptide polymers: No escape to ESKAPE pathogens—A review

S Mukhopadhyay, AS Bharath Prasad… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the significant clinical challenges and also an
emerging area of concern arising from nosocomial infections of ESKAPE pathogens, which …

Antimicrobial peptides: a promising avenue for human healthcare

GM Bhopale - Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial drugs resistant microbes have been observed worldwide and therefore
alternative development of antimicrobial peptides has gained interest in human healthcare …

Antimicrobial peptides under clinical investigation

HB Koo, J Seo - Peptide Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Overuse of conventional antibiotics as well as the slow pace of new antibiotic drug
development leads to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Because infections with multi‐drug …

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 …

Antimicrobial peptides: the Achilles' heel of antibiotic resistance?

A Lewies, LH Du Plessis, JF Wentzel - Probiotics and antimicrobial …, 2019 - Springer
Antibiotic resistance is an imminent threat to the effective treatment of bacterial infections,
and alternative antibiotic strategies are urgently required. The golden epoch of antibiotics is …