The problem of drug resistance due to long-term use of antibiotics has been a concern for
years. As this problem grows worse, infections caused by multiple bacteria are expanding …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Cationic host defence peptides (CHDP), also known as antimicrobial peptides, are naturally
occurring peptides that can combat infections through their direct microbicidal properties …

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small proteins with potent antibacterial,
antiviral, and antifungal activity. AMPs are ubiquitous among multicellular eukaryotes, with …

Antimicrobial peptides in recent years have gained increased interest among scientists,
health professionals and the pharmaceutical companies owing to their therapeutic potential …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), critical components of the innate immune system, are widely
distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. They can protect against a broad …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) occur in all kingdoms of life and are integral to host defense.
They have diverse structures and target a variety of organisms, both by nonspecific …

Over the past decades, there have been tremendous efforts to understand the cross-talk
between viruses and host metabolism. Several studies have elucidated the mechanisms …

Plant defensins are an extensive family of small cysteine rich proteins characterised by a
conserved cysteine stabilised alpha beta protein fold which resembles the structure of insect …

As a kind of serious, potentially sight-threatening corneal infections with poor prognosis,
fungal keratitis can bring a heavy economic burden to patients and seriously affect the …