Fungal infections continue to represent a major threat to public health, particularly with the
emergence of multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens. As part of the innate immune response …

Introduction Some of the fungi have become pathogenic to humans, and these opportunistic
pathogens are able to cause severe systemic mycoses. Areas covered The number of …

Given the risk of Candida albicans overgrowth in the gut, novel complementary therapies
should be developed to reduce fungal dominancy. This study highlights the antifungal …

Calcitermin is an antimicrobial peptide of 15 amino acids found in human nasal fluid
characterized by antifungal and antibacterial properties. Candida albicans is the most …

The spike protein (S) of SARS-CoV-2 is able to bind to the human angiotensin-converting
enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor with a much higher affinity compared to other coronaviruses. The …

The use of model peptides that can simulate the behaviour of a protein domain is a very
successful analytical method to study the metal coordination sites in biological systems …

The Special Issue of Biomolecules called “Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and
Disease 2021” represents a follow-up of the previous Special Issue with the name of “Toxic …

Antimicrobial peptides are promising alternatives to classical antibiotics. Their microbicidal
activity can arise from different mechanisms, one of which is known as nutritional immunity …

The cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family of zinc transporters plays a crucial role in zinc
homeostasis in eukaryotes, including fungi. Here, we investigated the cell functions and …

The first-row D-block metal ions are essential for the physiology of living organisms,
functioning as cofactors in metalloproteins or structural components for enzymes: almost half …