| Literature DB >> 28035594 |
Hee-Kyoung Kang1, Cheolmin Kim2, Chang Ho Seo2, Yoonkyung Park3,4.
Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small molecules with a broad spectrum of antibiotic activities against bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and viruses and cytotoxic activity on cancer cells, in addition to anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities. Therefore, AMPs have garnered interest as novel therapeutic agents. Because of the rapid increase in drug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms, AMPs from synthetic and natural sources have been developed using alternative antimicrobial strategies. This article presents a broad analysis of patents referring to the therapeutic applications of AMPs since 2009. The review focuses on the universal trends in the effective design, mechanism, and biological evolution of AMPs.Entities:
Keywords: antimicrobial peptide; drug candidate; pathogenic bacteria; therapies
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28035594 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-017-6452-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Microbiol ISSN: 1225-8873 Impact factor: 3.422