Animal toxins—Nature's evolutionary-refined toolkit for basic research and drug discovery

V Herzig, B Cristofori-Armstrong, MR Israel… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Venomous animals have evolved toxins that interfere with specific components of their
victim's core physiological systems, thereby causing biological dysfunction that aids in prey …

Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance and Novel Treatment Strategies for Helicobacter pylori Infections

M Srisuphanunt, P Wilairatana, N Kooltheat… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Helicobacter pylori infects approximately 50% of the world's population and is considered
the major etiological agent of severe gastric diseases, such as peptic ulcers and gastric …

Antimicrobials from venomous animals: An overview

T Yacoub, M Rima, M Karam, JM Sabatier, Z Fajloun - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The inappropriate or excessive use of antimicrobial agents caused an emerging public
health problem due to the resulting resistance developed by microbes. Therefore, there is an …

Review of antimicrobial peptides with anti‐Helicobacter pylori activity

A Neshani, H Zare, MR Akbari Eidgahi… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background The emergence of antibiotic‐resistant Helicobacter pylori strains in recent years
has increased the need for finding an alternative in the post‐antibiotic era. One of the fields …

Antifungal resistance, metabolic routes as drug targets, and new antifungal agents: an overview about endemic dimorphic fungi

JA Parente-Rocha, AM Bailão… - Mediators of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diseases caused by fungi can occur in healthy people, but immunocompromised patients
are the major risk group for invasive fungal infections. Cases of fungal resistance and the …

Sericulture and the edible-insect industry can help humanity survive: insects are more than just bugs, food, or feed

SJ Park, KY Kim, MY Baik, YH Koh - Food Science and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
The most serious threat which humans face is rapid global climate change, as the Earth
shifts rapidly into a regime less hospitable to humans. To address the crisis caused by …

Two optimized antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential for clinical antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

C Li, C Zhu, B Ren, X Yin, SH Shim, Y Gao… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid increase of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and the
cross-resistance of MRSA to other antibiotics create an urgent demand for new therapeutic …

Diversity of peptidic and proteinaceous toxins from social Hymenoptera venoms

JRA dos Santos-Pinto, A Perez-Riverol, AM Lasa… - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
Among venomous animals, Hymenoptera have been suggested as a rich source of natural
toxins. Due to their broad ecological diversity, venom from Hymenoptera insects (bees …

Mining amphibian and insect transcriptomes for antimicrobial peptide sequences with rAMPage

D Lin, D Sutherland, SI Aninta, N Louie, KM Nip, C Li… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis increasing in prevalence every day. To combat
this crisis, alternative antimicrobial therapeutics are urgently needed. Antimicrobial peptides …

Antimicrobial peptides isolated from insects and their potential applications

N Azmiera, A Krasilnikova, S Sahudin, H Al-Talib… - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in insects have the potential to be developed as
chemotherapy agents against numerous microbial species. This article reviewed the existing …