In the last several decades, there have been significant advances in anticancer therapy. However, the development of resistance to cancer drugs and the lack of specificity related to …
A Di Somma, A Moretta, C Canè, A Cirillo, A Duilio - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing onset of multidrug-resistant bacteria has propelled microbiology research towards antimicrobial peptides as new possible antibiotics from natural sources …
X Xu, R Lai - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Amphibian skin is directly exposed to different environments. Amphibians interact with environmental factors including microorganisms, parasites, predators, and physical factors …
F Cava, H Lam, MA De Pedro, MK Waldor - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2011 - Springer
The d-enantiomers of amino acids have been thought to have relatively minor functions in biological processes. While l-amino acids clearly predominate in nature, d-amino acids are …
Synthetic macromolecular antimicrobials are a highly promising class of therapeutics with immense potential for combating multidrug resistant microbes. In contrast to conventional …
Infectious diseases are one of the main causes of human morbidity and mortality. In the last few decades, pathogenic microorganisms' resistance to conventional drugs has been …
The golden era of antibiotics, heralded by the discovery of penicillin, has long been challenged by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Host defense peptides …
Exposure of food proteins to certain processing conditions induces two major chemical changes: racemization of all l‐amino acids (LAAs) to d‐amino acids (DAAs) and concurrent …
J Patocka, E Nepovimova, B Klimova… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) are one of the most common components of the innate immune system that protect multicellular organisms against microbial invasion. The vast …