Host defence peptides (HDPs) are integral components of innate immunity across all living
organisms. These peptides can exert direct antibacterial effects, targeting planktonic cells …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), critical components of the innate immune system, are widely
distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. They can protect against a broad …

Alarming data about increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics are reported, while at
the same time the development of new antibiotics is stagnating. Skin and soft tissue …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an intrinsic part of the human innate immune
system. Over 100 different human AMPs are known to exhibit broad-spectrum antibacterial …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are showing increasing promise as potential candidate
antibacterial drugs in the face of the rapidly emerging bacterial resistance to conventional …

Neutrophils are an important component of the innate immune system and provide a front
line of defense against bacterial infection. Although most bacteria are killed readily by …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been an attractive alternative to traditional antibiotics.
However, considerable efforts are needed to further enhance their antimicrobial effects and …

Antibiotic resistance can be acquired by mutation or horizontal transfer of a resistance gene,
and generally an acquired mechanism results in a predictable increase in phenotypic …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been extensively studied due to their vast natural
abundance and ability to kill microbes. In an era critically lacking in new antibiotics …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential elements of thehost defense system.
Characterized by heterogenous structures and broad‐spectrumaction, they are promising …