Multidrug-resistant bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections are major health threats.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America has expressed concern on the decrease of …

Anionic antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AAMPs) were first reported in the early 1980s and
since then, have been established as an important part of the innate immune systems of …

Background The amyloid β-protein (Aβ) is believed to be the key mediator of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) pathology. Aβ is most often characterized as an incidental catabolic byproduct …

Caseinomacropeptide (CMP) is a heterogeneous C-terminal fragment (residues 106 to 169)
of bovine milk κ-casein composed of glycosylated and phosphorylated forms of different …

Many neuropeptides and peptide hormones are very similar to antimicrobial peptides in their
amino acid composition, amphipathic design, cationic charge and size. Their antimicrobial …

The ability of five purified amphibian antimicrobial peptides (dermaseptin-1, temporin A,
magainin I, and II, PGLa), crude peptide fractions isolated from the skin of Rana pipiens and …

In recent decades, neuropeptides have been found to play a major role in communication
along the gut-brain axis. Various neuropeptides are expressed in the central and peripheral …

The placebo effect appears to be a real phenomenon as is the scientifically demonstrated
and examined relaxation response. Given this, we attempt to understand how these …

Vasostatin-1, the natural N-terminal 1–76 chromogranin A (CGA)-derived fragment in bovine
sequence, has been purified from chromaffin secretory granules and identified by …

Activation of the contact system has two classical consequences: initiation of the intrinsic
pathway of coagulation, and cleavage of high molecular weight kininogen (HK) leading to …