Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance

MD Manniello, A Moretta, R Salvia, C Scieuzo… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed in the last decades to a phenomenon
known as antibiotic resistance which is currently considered one of the principal threats to …

Insect antimicrobial peptides, a mini review

Q Wu, J Patočka, K Kuča - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are crucial effectors of the innate immune system. They
provide the first line of defense against a variety of pathogens. AMPs display synergistic …

Innate humoral immune defences in mammals and insects: The same, with differences?

G Sheehan, A Garvey, M Croke, K Kavanagh - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The insect immune response demonstrates many similarities to the innate immune response
of mammals and a wide range of insects is now employed to assess the virulence of …

Antifungal peptides and proteins to control toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin biosynthesis

PV Martínez-Culebras, M Gandía, S Garrigues… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on food and
feed requires the development of new antifungal strategies. Antimicrobial peptides and …

A dispensable paralog of succinate dehydrogenase subunit C mediates standing resistance towards a subclass of SDHI fungicides in Zymoseptoria tritici

D Steinhauer, M Salat, R Frey, A Mosbach… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides are widely used for the control of a
broad range of fungal diseases. This has been the most rapidly expanding fungicide group …

[HTML][HTML] Defence response in plants and animals against a common fungal pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum

P Nag, S Paul, S Shriti, S Das - Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant pathogens emerging as threat to human and animal health has been a matter of
concern within the scientific community. Fusarium oxysporum, predominantly a …

Antimicrobial peptides and their applications in biomedical sector

A Sultana, H Luo, S Ramakrishna - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In a report by WHO (2014), it was stated that antimicrobial resistance is an arising challenge
that needs to be resolved. This resistance is a critical issue in terms of disease or infection …

Resistance mechanisms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae against silver nanoparticles with different sizes and coatings

Y Yang, J Hou, J Luan - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the underlying resistance mechanisms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae against
Ag-NPs with different particle sizes and coatings, transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic determinants of antiviral immunity in dipteran insects–compiling the experimental evidence

SR Machado, T van der Most, P Miesen - Developmental & Comparative …, 2021 - Elsevier
The genetic basis of antiviral immunity in dipteran insects is extensively studied in
Drosophila melanogaster and advanced technologies for genetic manipulation allow a …

Insect antimicrobial peptides: advancements, enhancements and new challenges

M Dho, V Candian, R Tedeschi - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several insects are known as vectors of a wide range of animal and human pathogens
causing various diseases. However, they are also a source of different substances, such as …