Antimicrobial Peptides: Source, application and recent developments

D Chettri, A Rani, B Sharma, M Selvaraj, MA Assiri… - Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) belong to a group of biomolecules found in various life forms
and form an important part of their defense mechanisms. They are effective against bacteria …

Assessing the synergistic potential of bacteriophage endolysins and antimicrobial peptides for eradicating bacterial biofilms

JL Tyagi, P Gupta, MM Ghate, D Kumar… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Phage-encoded endolysins have emerged as a potential substitute to conventional
antibiotics due to their exceptional benefits including host specificity, rapid host killing, least …

[PDF][PDF] Antimicrobial Peptides: A Potent Alternative to Antibiotics. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1095

M Rima, M Rima, Z Fajloun, JM Sabatier, B Bechinger… - 2021 - academia.edu
Antimicrobial peptides constitute one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotics since
they could be used to treat bacterial infections, especially those caused by multidrug …

Bioactive Peptides against Human Apicomplexan Parasites

N Rivera-Fernández, J Anacleto-Santos… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Apicomplexan parasites are the causal agents of different medically important diseases,
such as toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, and malaria. Toxoplasmosis is considered a …

Understanding the Dynamics of Human Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides: Pathogen Resistance and Commensal Induction

V Kumaresan, Y Kamaraj, S Subramaniyan… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2024 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides, are petite molecules
with inherent microbicidal properties that are synthesized by the host's innate immune …

Reducing Self-Assembly by Increasing Net Charge: Effect on Biological Activity of Mastoparan C

HB Thi Phuong, BL Huy, KN Van, ND Thi… - ACS Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability of amphipathic peptides to arrange themselves in aqueous solutions, known as
self-assembly, has been found to reduce the effectiveness of these peptides in interacting …

[HTML][HTML] In silico and physico-chemical characterization of cluster formation dynamics in peptide solutions

D Kaynarov, K Marinova, R Marinova, P Petkov… - … and Biophysics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Although antimicrobial peptides are considered one of the most promising alternatives to
conventional antibiotics given the alarming increase in bacterial multidrug resistance, many …

Therapeutic Potential of Nanocarrier Mediated Delivery of Peptides for Wound Healing: Current Status, Challenges and Future Prospective

M Kumar, D Kumar, D Kumar, Y Garg, S Chopra… - AAPS …, 2024 - Springer
Wound healing presents a complex physiological process that involves a sequence of
events orchestrated by various cellular and molecular mechanisms. In recent years, there …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the Synergistic Effect of LL-37 and Oncorhyncin II Recombinant Proteins on Staphylococcus aureus Under In Vitro Conditions

M Safari, RR Tabatabaei, H Abtahi… - Jundishapur Journal of …, 2023 - brieflands.com
Background: The treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections has become a public health
crisis due to the extensive development of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial peptides …

Antimicrobial immunotherapeutics: past, present and future

DK Mercer, ML Francis… - Emerging Topics in Life …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
In this age of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) there is an urgent need for novel antimicrobials.
One area of recent interest is in developing antimicrobial effector molecules, and even cell …