Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed in the last decades to a phenomenon
known as antibiotic resistance which is currently considered one of the principal threats to …

The insect immune response demonstrates many similarities to the innate immune response
of mammals and a wide range of insects is now employed to assess the virulence of …

The alarming escalation of infectious diseases resistant to conventional antibiotics requires
urgent global actions, including the development of new therapeutics. Antimicrobial peptides …

A new potent antibacterial protein, for which we propose the name royalisin, was found in
royal jelly of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. and purified to homogeneity for the first time by …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses basic concepts and advances of invertebrate
immunity. In mammals and other higher vertebrates, a plethora of information exists on the …

We have investigated low molecular weight antibacterial proteins from the Cecropia moth,
Hyalophoru cecropia. In addition to the previously described cecropins A and B, five new …

Insects are amazingly resistant to bacterial infections. To combat pathogens, insects rely on
cellular and humoral mechanisms, innate immunity being dominant in the latter category …

A novel peptide, scorpine, was isolated from the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator,
with anti‐bacterial activity and a potent inhibitory effect on the ookinete (ED50 0.7 μM) and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the structure and function of major groups of
hemolymph proteins that are common to all insects, storage proteins, lipoproteins …

All higher organisms can in some way defend or protect themselves against their natural
flora of bacteria. This applies also to insects which have highly effective immune systems …