Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short peptidic molecules produced by most living
creatures. They help unicellular organisms to successfully compete for nutrients with other …

Innate immunity is a semi‐specific and widely distributed form of immunity, which represents
the first line of defence against pathogens. This type of immunity is critical to maintain …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) attracted attention as potential source of novel antimicrobials.
Multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections have emerged as a global threat to public health in …

Reptiles are ectothermic amniotes, providing the key link between ectothermic anamniotic
fishes and amphibians, and endothermic amniotic birds and mammals. A greater …

Reptiles are among the oldest known amniotes and are highly diverse in their morphology
and ecological niches. These animals have an evolutionarily ancient innate-immune system …

Proteomics is the study of proteins, their time-and location-dependent expression profiles, as
well as their modifications and interactions. Mass spectrometry is useful to investigate many …

Oral Diseases (2011) 17, 628–635 Initially identified as broad‐spectrum antimicrobial
peptides, the members of the β‐defensin family have increasingly been observed to exhibit …

Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards and are the apex predators in their environs.
They endure numerous strains of pathogenic bacteria in their saliva and recover from …

Discovering new therapeutics for human viral diseases is important for combatting emerging
infectious viruses and omnipresent circulating viruses as well as those that can become …