A Diverse Family of Host-Defense Peptides (Piscidins) Exhibit Specialized Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Protozoal Activities in Fishes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Conventional antibiotics and other chemical-based drugs are currently one of the most common methods used to control disease-related mortality in animal agriculture.
Scott A Salger +3 more
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Marine Invertebrate Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Potential as Novel Peptide Antibiotics
Marine Drugs, 2023 Marine invertebrates constantly interact with a wide range of microorganisms in their aquatic environment and possess an effective defense system that has enabled their existence for millions of years.
Svetlana V. Guryanova +3 more
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Tissue expression and developmental regulation of chicken cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2012 Cathelicidins are a major family of antimicrobial peptides present in vertebrate animals with potent microbicidal and immunomodulatory activities. Four cathelicidins, namely fowlicidins 1 to 3 and cathelicidin B1, have been identified in chickens.
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Sap transporter mediated import and subsequent degradation of antimicrobial peptides in Haemophilus. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2011 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) contribute to host innate immune defense and are a critical component to control bacterial infection. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is a commensal inhabitant of the human nasopharyngeal mucosa, yet is commonly ...
Catherine L Shelton +4 more
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Antiviral activity of animal venom peptides and related compounds [PDF]
, 2017 Viruses exhibit rapid mutational capacity to trick and infect host cells, sometimes assisted through virus-coded peptides that counteract host cellular immune defense.
Mata, Élida Cleyse Gomes da Mata +3 more
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Host Defense Peptides in Wound Healing
Molecular Medicine, 2008 Host defense peptides are effector molecules of the innate immune system. They show broad antimicrobial action against gram-positive and -negative bacteria, and they likely play a key role in activating and mediating the innate as well as adaptive immune response in infection and inflammation. These features make them of high interest for wound healing
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Defensins: antifungal lessons from eukaryotes
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 Over the last years, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research towards the finding of a viable alternative to current antifungal drugs.
Patrícia M. Silva +2 more
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Multifunctional host defense peptides: antiparasitic activities [PDF]
The FEBS Journal, 2009 Whereas significant knowledge is accumulating on the antibacterial and antifungal properties of host defense peptides (HDPs) and their synthetic mimics, much less is known of their activities against parasites. A variety of in vitro and in vivo antiparasitic assays suggest that these notorious antimicrobial compounds could represent a powerful tool for
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Antimicrobial activity of de novo designed cationic peptides against multi-resistant clinical isolates [PDF]
, 2013 Antibiotic resistance is one of the main problems concerning public health or clinical practice. Antimicrobial peptides appear as good candidates for the development of new therapeutic drugs.
Corso, Alejandra +7 more
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The Growing Threat of Agroterrorism and Strategies for Agricultural Defense [PDF]
, 2020 Due to the dynamic nature of human conflict, non-traditional terror tactics have evolved to undermine the socioeconomic stability of targeted societies.
Forrest, Alyssa
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