Lessons learned from clinical trials using antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)

GS Dijksteel, MMW Ulrich, E Middelkoop… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) or host defense peptides protect the host against various
pathogens such as yeast, fungi, viruses and bacteria. AMPs also display immunomodulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and consequences of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides

DI Andersson, D Hughes… - Drug Resistance Updates, 2016 - Elsevier
Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an intrinsic part of the human innate immune
system. Over 100 different human AMPs are known to exhibit broad-spectrum antibacterial …

The antimicrobial peptide SAAP-148 combats drug-resistant bacteria and biofilms

A de Breij, M Riool, RA Cordfunke… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Development of novel antimicrobial agents is a top priority in the fight against multidrug-
resistant (MDR) and persistent bacteria. We developed a panel of synthetic antimicrobial …

[HTML][HTML] Gram-positive bacterial cell envelopes: The impact on the activity of antimicrobial peptides

N Malanovic, K Lohner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2016 - Elsevier
A number of cationic antimicrobial peptides, effectors of innate immunity, are supposed to
act at the cytoplasmic membrane leading to permeabilization and eventually membrane …

Antimicrobial peptides targeting gram-positive bacteria

N Malanovic, K Lohner - Pharmaceuticals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have remarkably different structures as well as biological
activity profiles, whereupon most of these peptides are supposed to kill bacteria via …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides with selective antitumor mechanisms: prospect for anticancer applications

B Deslouches, YP Di - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Advances in development of antimicrobial peptidomimetics as potential drugs

N Molchanova, PR Hansen, H Franzyk - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens has evolved into a global health
problem as current treatment options are failing for infections caused by pan-resistant …

[HTML][HTML] Current landscape in the discovery of novel antibacterial agents

J Vila, J Moreno-Morales… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Standard treatments against bacterial infections are becoming ineffective due to
the rise of antibacterial resistance worldwide. Classical approaches to develop new …

A review of antimicrobial peptides: its function, mode of action and therapeutic potential

S Nayab, MA Aslam, S Rahman, ZD Sindhu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are endogenous polypeptides produced by multicellular
organisms in order to protect a host from pathogenic microbes. AMPs are also defined as …

Strategies in translating the therapeutic potentials of host defense peptides

DSJ Ting, RW Beuerman, HS Dua… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
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 …