Shrimp humoral responses against pathogens: antimicrobial peptides and melanization

A Tassanakajon, V Rimphanitchayakit… - Developmental & …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Diseases have caused tremendous economic losses and become the major problem
threatening the sustainable development of shrimp aquaculture. The knowledge of host …

The two NF-κB pathways regulating bacterial and WSSV infection of shrimp

C Li, S Wang, J He - Frontiers in immunology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of diseases ordinarily results from the disruption of the balance and harmony
between hosts and pathogens. Devoid of adaptive immunity, shrimp rely largely on the …

Biodegradable polymers and polymer composites with antibacterial properties

A Smola-Dmochowska, K Lewicka, A Macyk… - International journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health and food security today. It
becomes increasingly difficult to treat infectious disorders because antibiotics, even the …

Anionic antimicrobial peptides from eukaryotic organisms

F Harris, SR Dennison… - Current Protein and …, 2009‏ - benthamdirect.com
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 …

Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides: converging to a non-lytic mechanism of action

M Scocchi, A Tossi, R Gennaro - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2011‏ - Springer
Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides are a group of cationic host defense peptides of
vertebrates and invertebrates characterized by a high content of proline residues, often …

Conventional and unconventional antimicrobials from fish, marine invertebrates and micro-algae

VJ Smith, AP Desbois, EA Dyrynda - Marine drugs, 2010‏ - mdpi.com
All eukaryotic organisms, single-celled or multi-cellular, produce a diverse array of natural
anti-infective agents that, in addition to conventional antimicrobial peptides, also include …

Antimicrobial peptides in marine invertebrate health and disease

D Destoumieux-Garzón, RD Rosa… - … of the Royal …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aquaculture contributes more than one-third of the animal protein from marine sources
worldwide. A significant proportion of aquaculture products are derived from marine …

Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two novel Tolls (LvToll2 and LvToll3) and three putative Spätzle-like Toll ligands (LvSpz1–3) from …

PH Wang, JP Liang, ZH Gu, DH Wan, SP Weng… - Developmental & …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Toll-like receptor-mediated NF-κB pathways are essential for inducing immune related-gene
expression in the defense against bacterial, fungal and viral infections in insects and …

Antimicrobial peptides from marine invertebrates as a new frontier for microbial infection control

AJ Otero‐Gonzáiez, BS Magalhaes… - The FASEB …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides are widely expressed in organisms and have been linked to innate
and acquired immunities in vertebrates. These compounds are constitutively expressed and …

The scope of the crustacean immune system for disease control

C Hauton - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The culture or wild capture of marine and freshwater shellfish, including crustaceans, is
without doubt a key source of protein for a burgeoning world population. Historically the …