Advances in the microbiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

JS Brooke - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen of significant concern to
susceptible patient populations. This pathogen can cause nosocomial and community …

Peptides: Production, bioactivity, functionality, and applications

M Hajfathalian, S Ghelichi… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Production of peptides with various effects from proteins of different sources continues to
receive academic attention. Researchers of different disciplines are putting increasing efforts …

Antimicrobial peptides as novel therapeutics for non-small cell lung cancer

NK Kunda - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•AMPs can selectively target and destroy cancer cells but not healthy cells.•AMPs
exhibit minimal systemic toxicity and minimal chance for acquiring resistance.•NSCLC cells …

Antimicrobial peptides as a promising treatment option against Acinetobacter baumannii infections

A Neshani, H Sedighian, SA Mirhosseini… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background With the increasing rate of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter, the World
Health Organization introduced the carbapenem-resistant isolates in the priority pathogens …

Peptidomic analysis in the discovery of therapeutically valuable peptides in amphibian skin secretions

JM Conlon, M Mechkarska… - Expert Review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The emergence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms has necessitated a
search for new antimicrobial agents. Skin secretions of many frog species contain peptides …

A Frog-Derived Cathelicidin Peptide with Dual Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Activities Effectively Ameliorates Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Peritonitis in …

J Shi, J Wu, Q Chen, Y Shen, K Mi… - ACS Infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As antimicrobial resistance poses an increasing threat to public health, it is urgent to
develop new antimicrobial agents. In this paper, we identify a novel 30-residue peptide (Nv …

The peptide salamandrin-I modulates components involved in pyroptosis and induces cell death in human leukemia cell line HL-60

AÉ Silva-Carvalho, NN Oliveira, JVL Machado… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amphibian secretions have been extensively investigated for the production of bioactive
molecules. Salamandrin-I is an antioxidant peptide, isolated from the skin secretion of the …

Characterization and Biological Activities of Ocellatin Peptides from the Skin Secretion of the Frog Leptodactylus pustulatus

MM Marani, FS Dourado, PV Quelemes… - Journal of natural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Eight new peptides were isolated from the skin secretion of the frog Leptodactylus pustulatus
and their amino acid sequences determined by de novo sequencing and by cDNA cloning …

The potential of frog skin-derived peptides for development into therapeutically-valuable immunomodulatory agents

JM Pantic, IP Jovanovic, GD Radosavljevic… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to review the immunoregulatory actions of frog skin-derived peptides
in order to assess their potential as candidates for immunomodulatory or anti-inflammatory …

Loxosceles gaucho Spider Venom: An Untapped Source of Antimicrobial Agents

PJ Segura-Ramírez, PI Silva Junior - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
The remarkable ability of microorganisms to develop resistance to conventional antibiotics is
one of the biggest challenges that the pharmaceutical industry currently faces. Recent …