Antimicrobial peptides: an update on classifications and databases

A Bin Hafeez, X Jiang, PJ Bergen, Y Zhu - International journal of …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Fish waste: From problem to valuable resource

D Coppola, C Lauritano, F Palma Esposito, G Riccio… - Marine drugs, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Following the growth of the global population and the subsequent rapid increase in
urbanization and industrialization, the fisheries and aquaculture production has seen a …

A critical review on the health benefits of fish consumption and its bioactive constituents

J Chen, M Jayachandran, W Bai, B Xu - Food Chemistry, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As one of food sources, fish provides sufficient nutrition to human. Diverse nutrients in fish
make fish an important nutrient source available easily across the globe. Fish is proven to …

Intracellular targeting mechanisms by antimicrobial peptides

CF Le, CM Fang, SD Sekaran - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2017‏ - journals.asm.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are expressed in various living organisms as first-line host
defenses against potential harmful encounters in their surroundings. AMPs are short …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): Ancient compounds that represent novel weapons in the fight against bacteria

JM Ageitos, A Sánchez-Pérez, P Calo-Mata… - Biochemical …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short peptidic molecules produced by most living
creatures. They help unicellular organisms to successfully compete for nutrients with other …

Evaluation of the use of therapeutic peptides for cancer treatment

S Marqus, E Pirogova, TJ Piva - Journal of biomedical science, 2017‏ - Springer
Cancer along with cardiovascular disease are the main causes of death in the industrialised
countries around the World. Conventional cancer treatments are losing their therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulatory and allergenic properties of antimicrobial peptides

SV Guryanova, TV Ovchinnikova - International journal of molecular …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
With the growing problem of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the search for
alternative ways to combat bacterial infections is extremely urgent. While analyzing the effect …

Biological and ecological roles of external fish mucus: a review

M Reverter, N Tapissier-Bontemps, D Lecchini… - Fishes, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Fish mucus layers are the main surface of exchange between fish and the environment, and
they possess important biological and ecological functions. Fish mucus research is …

An overview of the immunological defenses in fish skin

M Ángeles Esteban - International scholarly research notices, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The vertebrate immune system is comprised of numerous distinct and interdependent
components. Every component has its own inherent protective value, and the final …

Antimicrobial peptides: key components of the innate immune system

M Pasupuleti, A Schmidtchen… - Critical reviews in …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
Life-threatening infectious diseases are on their way to cause a worldwide crisis, as treating
them effectively is becoming increasingly difficult due to the emergence of antibiotic resistant …