Defensins are a family of cationic antimicrobial peptides active against a broad range of
infectious microbes including bacteria, viruses and fungi, playing important roles as innate …

The extracellular secreted mucus and the cell surface glycocalyx prevent infection by the
vast numbers of microorganisms that live in the healthy gut. Mucin glycoproteins are the …

Membrane permeabilizing peptides (MPPs) are as ubiquitous as the lipid bilayer
membranes they act upon. Produced by all forms of life, most membrane permeabilizing …

Cathelicidins are small, cationic, antimicrobial peptides found in humans and other species,
including farm animals (cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits and in some …

Abstract Coronaviruses (CoVs), enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses, are a group of
viruses that cause infections in the human respiratory tract, which can be characterized …

Existing texts on the statistical mechanics of liquids treat only spherical molecules. However,
nearly all fluids of practical interest are composed of non-spherical molecules that are often …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily conserved molecules involved in the
defense mechanisms of a wide range of organisms. Produced in bacteria, insects, plants …

The growing public health problem of infections caused by multiresistant Gram-positive
bacteria, in particularStaphylococcus aureus, prompted us to screen human epithelia for …

Human neutrophils contain two structurally distinct types of antimicrobial peptides, β-sheet
defensins (HNP-1 to HNP-4) and the α-helical peptide LL-37. We used radial diffusion …

The influence of ion composition, pH, and peptide concentration on the conformation and
activity of the 37-residue human antibacterial peptide LL-37 has been studied. At micromolar …