Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), critical components of the innate immune system, are widely
distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. They can protect against a broad …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising next generation antibiotics that hold great
potential for combating bacterial resistance. AMPs can be both bacteriostatic and …

Biofilms that contribute to the persistent bacterial infections pose serious threats to global
public health, mainly due to their resistance to antibiotics penetration and esca** innate …

Clinical management of Staphylococcus aureus infections presents a challenge due to the
high incidence, considerable virulence, and emergence of drug resistance mechanisms …

In the last 20 years, an increasing number of studies have been reported on membrane
active peptides. These peptides exert their biological activity by interacting with the cell …

Highlights•Review of the present status of the development of antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs).•Recent advances in designing new anti-infective agents with enhanced …

Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) with low toxicity, high photostability, and facile synthesis have
attracted great attention. The ligand is of great significance in stabilizing AuNCs and …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer unique advantages due to their membrane-active
antimicrobial mechanisms, which reduce the likelihood of resistance development …

Our understanding of the activity of cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) has focused on
well-characterized natural sequences, or limited sets of synthetic peptides designed de …

With the increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria, there is a need to
design synthetic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that are effective and selective for bacteria …