Biofilm formation is a major concern in various sectors and cause severe problems to public
health, medicine, and industry. Bacterial biofilm formation is a major persistent threat, as it …

Eosinophil granulocytes reside in respiratory mucosa including lungs, in the gastro-intestinal
tract, and in lymphocyte associated organs, the thymus, lymph nodes and the spleen. In …

AMPA is a web application for assessing the antimicrobial domains of proteins, with a focus
on the design on new antimicrobial drugs. The application provides fast discovery of …

Eosinophils are complex granulocytes with the capacity to react upon diverse stimuli due to
their numerous and variable surface receptors, which allows them to respond in very …

Antimicrobial proteins and peptides (AMPs) are important effectors of the innate immune
system that play a vital role in the prevention of infections. Recent advances have …

We describe the clinical evidence of eosinophil involvement in IBD, summarize the in-vitro
and in-vivo evidence of eosinophil antibacterial activity and the biology of eosinophils …

In silico dissection of crotalicidin (Ctn), a cathelicidin from a South American pit viper,
yielded fragments Ctn [1–14] and Ctn [15–34], which were tested to ascertain to what extent …

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are short peptides which can carry various types of
molecules into cells; however, although most CPPs rapidly penetrate cells in vitro, their in …

Multidrug resistance against conventional antibiotics poses an important threat to human
health. In this context, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been extensively studied for their …

The plant RNase T2 family is divided into two different subfamilies. S-RNases are involved
in rejection of self-pollen during the establishment of self-incompatibility in three plant …