Role of lipids in the interaction of antimicrobial peptides with membranes

V Teixeira, MJ Feio, M Bastos - Progress in lipid research, 2012 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) take part in the immune system by mounting a first line of
defense against pathogens. Recurrent structural and functional aspects are observed …

Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides: converging to a non-lytic mechanism of action

M Scocchi, A Tossi, R Gennaro - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2011 - Springer
Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides are a group of cationic host defense peptides of
vertebrates and invertebrates characterized by a high content of proline residues, often …

Antimicrobial peptides in domestic animals and their applications in veterinary medicine

CE Valdez-Miramontes, J De Haro-Acosta… - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules with a broad-spectrum activity against
bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. These peptides are widely distributed in insects …

Indolicidin revisited: biological activity, potential applications and perspectives of an antimicrobial peptide not yet fully explored

J Batista Araujo, G Sastre de Souza… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, viruses and tumors is a serious threat to
public health. Among natural peptides, indolicidin, a 13-residue peptide belonging to the …

Host defense cathelicidins in cattle: types, production, bioactive functions and potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications

M Young-Speirs, D Drouin, PA Cavalcante… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cathelicidins are a primitive class of host defense peptides and are known for their broad–
spectrum antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and enveloped viruses. These small …

Expression pattern of cathelicidins in dairy cows during endometritis and role of bovine endometrial epithelial cells in production of cathelicidins

Y Li, X Ma, J Yang, X Wu, Z Yan, B He - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Endometritis is a common bacterial disease of dairy cows. Cathelicidins are host-defense
peptides that play important roles in clearance of bacteria. However, the expression pattern …

The mechanism of killing by the proline-rich peptide Bac7 (1–35) against clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa differs from that against other Gram-negative …

G Runti, M Benincasa, G Giuffrida… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections represent a serious threat to worldwide health. Proline-
rich antimicrobial peptides (PR-AMPs), a particular group of peptide antibiotics, have …

Antimicrobial Peptides as Immunomodulators and Antimycobacterial Agents to Combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Critical Review

A Anbarasu - Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2023 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease foisting a significantly high morbidity, prepotent in
low-and middle-income developing countries. Evolution of drug resistance among …

Multipopulational transcriptome analysis of post-weaned beef cattle at arrival further validates candidate biomarkers for predicting clinical bovine respiratory disease

MA Scott, AR Woolums, CE Swiderski, AD Perkins… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains the leading infectious disease in post-weaned
beef cattle. The objective of this investigation was to contrast the at-arrival blood …

Biofilms from Klebsiella pneumoniae: Matrix Polysaccharide Structure and Interactions with Antimicrobial Peptides

M Benincasa, C Lagatolla, L Dolzani, A Milan, S Pacor… - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
Biofilm matrices of two Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates, KpTs101 and KpTs113, were
investigated for their polysaccharide composition and protective effects against antimicrobial …