Diseases caused by protozoan parasites can pose a severe thread to human health and are
behind some serious neglected tropical diseases like malaria and leishmaniasis. Though …

Frequently encountered parasite species impart strong selective pressures on host immune
system evolution and are more apt to concurrently infect the same host, yet molecular …

Three oyster defensin variants (Cg-Defh1, Cg-Defh2, and Cg-Defm) were produced as
recombinant peptides and characterized in terms of activities and mechanism of action. In …

For many arthropod vectors, the diverse bacteria and fungi that inhabit the gut can
negatively impact pathogen colonization. Our attempts to exploit antibiotic treatment of …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) seem to be promising alternatives to common antibiotics,
which are facing increasing bacterial resistance. Among them are the cysteine-stabilized αβ …

Scleractinian corals are the most basal eumetazoan taxon and provide the biological and
physical framework for coral reefs, which are among the most diverse of all ecosystems …

Background Blood-sucking phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of the protozoan parasites
Leishmania spp. Although the intestinal microbiota is involved in a wide range of biological …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are peptide-based effector molecules produced by the innate
immune system to combat microbes. Insects produce the broadest repertoire of AMPs, and …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important components of the host innate immune
response against microbial invasion. We previously characterized the first AMP from an …

Leishmaniases are serious parasitic diseases the etiological organisms of which are
transmitted by insect vectors, phlebotominae sand flies. Two sand fly species, Phlebotomus …