[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: A potent alternative to antibiotics

M Rima, M Rima, Z Fajloun, JM Sabatier, B Bechinger… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial and antibiofilm peptides

A Di Somma, A Moretta, C Canè, A Cirillo, A Duilio - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing onset of multidrug-resistant bacteria has propelled microbiology research
towards antimicrobial peptides as new possible antibiotics from natural sources …

Antibiofilm peptides: potential as broad-spectrum agents

D Pletzer, REW Hancock - Journal of bacteriology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The treatment of bacterial diseases is facing twin threats, with increasing bacterial antibiotic
resistance and relatively few novel compounds or strategies under development or entering …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: an overview of a promising class of therapeutics

A Giuliani, G Pirri, S Nicoletto - Open Life Sciences, 2007 - degruyter.com
Antibiotic resistance is increasing at a rate that far exceeds the pace of new development of
drugs. Antimicrobial peptides, both synthetic and from natural sources, have raised interest …

An overview of antimicrobial peptides and the latest advances in their development

JM Sierra, E Fusté, F Rabanal, T Vinuesa… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The recent dramatic increase in the incidence of antimicrobial resistance has
been recognized by organizations such as the United Nations and World Health …

Antimicrobial peptides

M Malmsten - Upsala journal of medical sciences, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
With increasing antibiotics resistance, there is an urgent need for novel infection
therapeutics. Since antimicrobial peptides provide opportunities for this, identification and …

[HTML][HTML] Combination strategies to enhance the efficacy of antimicrobial peptides against bacterial biofilms

L Grassi, G Maisetta, S Esin, G Batoni - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The great clinical significance of biofilm-associated infections and their inherent
recalcitrance to antibiotic treatment urgently demand the development of novel antibiofilm …

Potential application of antimicrobial peptides in the treatment of bacterial biofilm infections

N Strempel, J Strehmel… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The increasing prevalence of persistent biofilm infections, such as wound infections, chronic
lung infections or medical device-related infections, which usually tolerate conventional …

Antimicrobial peptides–promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics

SA Baltzer, MH Brown - Microbial Physiology, 2011 - karger.com
Antimicrobial peptides (APs) have been described as evolutionary ancient weapons.
Produced by a wide variety of organisms as part of a non-specific immune response, these …

[HTML][HTML] The role of antimicrobial peptides in preventing multidrug-resistant bacterial infections and biofilm formation

SC Park, Y Park, KS Hahm - International journal of molecular sciences, 2011 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, decreasing effectiveness of conventional antimicrobial-drugs has
caused serious problems due to the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens …