Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds, which have inhibitory activity against
microorganisms. In the last decades, AMPs have become powerful alternative agents that …

Infectious diseases and infections remain a leading cause of death in low-income countries
and a major risk to vulnerable groups, such as infants and the elderly. The immune system …

Vitamin D has a well-known role in the calcium homeostasis associated with the
maintenance of healthy bones. It increases the efficiency of the intestinal absorption of …

The enhancement of wound healing has been a goal of medical practitioners for thousands
of years. The development of chronic, non-healing wounds is a persistent medical problem …

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 …

Host defence peptides (HDPs) are short, cationic amphipathic peptides with diverse
sequences that are produced by various cells and tissues in all complex life forms. HDPs …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising next generation antibiotics that hold great
potential for combating bacterial resistance. AMPs can be both bacteriostatic and …

Simple Summary The gastrointestinal tract is a complex organization of various types of
epithelial cells forming a single layer of the mucosal barrier, the host mucosal immune …

Rapidly growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to conventional antibiotics leads to
inefficiency of traditional approaches of countering infections and determines the urgent …

Implant-associated infection (IAI) is increasingly emerging as a serious threat with the
massive application of biomaterials. Bacteria attached to the surface of implants are often …