The vertebrate immune system is comprised of numerous distinct and interdependent
components. Every component has its own inherent protective value, and the final …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and host defense peptides (HDPs) show vast
potential as peptide-based drugs. Great effort has been made in order to exploit their …

Fish are a major component of the aquatic fauna. Like other organisms, fish secrete different
kinds of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are positively charged short amino-acid-chain …

Here, we review potential determinants of the anticancer efficacy of innate immune peptides
(ACPs) for cancer cells. These determinants include membrane‐based factors, such as …

Since the discovery of magainins, cecropins and defensins 30 years ago, antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs) have been hailed as a potential solution to the dearth of novel antibiotic …

Introduction: There are currently no specific drugs and universal vaccines for Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), hence urgent effective measures are needed to discover and …

In this chapter, the current knowledge of mucosal immunity in fish skin is described. Skin is
considered the largest immunologically active organ in fish and is remarkably different from …

The slow discovery of new antibiotics combined with the alarming emergence of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria underscores the need for alternative treatments. In this regard, fish skin …

Viruses are the most serious pathogenic threat to the production of the main aquacultured
salmonid species the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and the Atlantic salmon Salmo …

Every cell is protected by a semipermeable membrane. Peptides with the right properties, for
example Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), can disrupt this protective barrier by formation of …