Mimics of host defense proteins; strategies for translation to therapeutic applications

RW Scott, GN Tew - Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
New infection treatments are urgently needed to combat the rising threat of multi-drug
resistant bacteria. Despite early clinical set-backs attention has re-focused on host defense …

Exploring the pharmacological potential of promiscuous host-defense peptides: from natural screenings to biotechnological applications

ON Silva, KCL Mulder, AEAD Barbosa… - Frontiers in …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
In the last few years, the number of bacteria with enhanced resistance to conventional
antibiotics has dramatically increased. Most of such bacteria belong to regular microbial …

Combating bacterial infections with host defense peptides: Shifting focus from bacteria to host immunity

N Gao, J Wang, C Fang, P Bai, Y Sun, W Wu… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections necessitates the
exploration of novel paradigms for anti-infective therapy. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also …

Therapeutic potential of host defense peptides in antibiotic-resistant infections

NJ Afacan, A TY Yeung, OM Pena… - Current …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The emergence of infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens pose a major
burden to modern healthcare. Exacerbating this issue is the substantial decline in …

Emerging themes and therapeutic prospects for anti-infective peptides

NY Yount, MR Yeaman - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Pathogens resistant to most conventional anti-infectives are a harbinger of the need to
discover and develop novel anti-infective agents and strategies. Endogenous host defense …

Going beyond host defence peptides: horizons of chemically engineered peptides for multidrug-resistant bacteria

B Cavallazzi Sebold, J Li, G Ni, Q Fu, H Li, X Liu… - BioDrugs, 2023 - Springer
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are considered a health threat worldwide, and this
problem is set to increase over the decades. The ESKAPE, a group of six pathogens …

Strategies in translating the therapeutic potentials of host defense peptides

DSJ Ting, RW Beuerman, HS Dua… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The golden era of antibiotics, heralded by the discovery of penicillin, has long been
challenged by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Host defense peptides …

Perspectives for clinical use of engineered human host defense antimicrobial peptides

ME Pachón-Ibáñez, Y Smani, J Pachon… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi are among the leading causes of
death worldwide. The emergence of drug-resistance mechanisms, especially among …

Structural determinants of host defense peptides for antimicrobial activity and target cell selectivity

D Takahashi, SK Shukla, O Prakash, G Zhang - Biochimie, 2010 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial host defense peptides (HDPs) are a critical component of the innate immunity
with microbicidal, endotoxin-neutralizing, and immunostimulatory properties. HDPs kill …

Structure-activity relationships of multifunctional host defence peptides

J Kindrachuk, S Napper - Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Host defence peptides (HDPs) are multi-functional inducers and effectors of host immunity.
Through their direct antimicrobial activity HDPs have for been successfully utilized for many …