Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): A promising class of antimicrobial compounds

M Erdem Büyükkiraz, Z Kesmen - Journal of applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds, which have inhibitory activity against
microorganisms. In the last decades, AMPs have become powerful alternative agents that …

[HTML][HTML] Antiviral peptides as promising therapeutic drugs

LCP Vilas Boas, ML Campos, RLA Berlanda… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
While scientific advances have led to large-scale production and widespread distribution of
vaccines and antiviral drugs, viruses still remain a major cause of human diseases today …

[HTML][HTML] Computer-aided design of antimicrobial peptides: are we generating effective drug candidates?

MH Cardoso, RQ Orozco, SB Rezende… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), especially antibacterial peptides, have been widely
investigated as potential alternatives to antibiotic-based therapies. Indeed, naturally …

Strategies for improving antimicrobial peptide production

S Deo, KL Turton, T Kainth, A Kumar, HJ Wieden - Biotechnology advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in a wide range of animal, insect, and plant species are
host defense peptides forming an integral part of their innate immunity. Although the exact …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical applications and anticancer effects of antimicrobial peptides: from bench to bedside

A Jafari, A Babajani, R Sarrami Forooshani… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a multifaceted global health issue and one of the leading causes of death
worldwide. In recent years, medical science has achieved great advances in the diagnosis …

Computational methods and tools in antimicrobial peptide research

PGA Aronica, LM Reid, N Desai, J Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an ongoing and troubling development that
has increased the number of diseases and infections that risk going untreated. There is an …

[HTML][HTML] Peptides with dual antimicrobial–anticancer activity: Strategies to overcome peptide limitations and rational design of anticancer peptides

Y Liscano, J Oñate-Garzón, JP Delgado - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peptides are naturally produced by all organisms and exhibit a wide range of physiological,
immunomodulatory, and wound healing functions. Furthermore, they can provide with …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal peptides as therapeutic agents

M Fernández de Ullivarri, S Arbulu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Fungi have been used since ancient times in food and beverage-making processes and,
more recently, have been harnessed for the production of antibiotics and in processes of …

Plant synthetic biology for producing potent phyto-antimicrobials to combat antimicrobial resistance

P Tiwari, T Khare, V Shriram, H Bae, V Kumar - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Inappropriate and injudicious use of antimicrobial drugs in human health, hygiene,
agriculture, animal husbandry and food industries has contributed significantly to rapid …

Empirical comparison of web-based antimicrobial peptide prediction tools

MN Gabere, WS Noble - Bioinformatics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are innate immune molecules that exhibit
activities against a range of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa …