| Literature DB >> 29122440 |
Matteo Bosso1, Ludger Ständker2, Frank Kirchhoff3, Jan Münch4.
Abstract
Infectious diseases and cancers are leading causes of death and pose major challenges to public health. The human peptidome encompasses millions of compounds that display an enormous structural and functional diversity and represents an excellent source for the discovery of endogenous agents with antimicrobial and/or anticancer activity. Here, we discuss how to exploit the human peptidome for novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents through the generation of peptide libraries from human body fluids and tissues and stepwise purification of bioactive compounds.Entities:
Keywords: Anticancer peptide; Antimicrobial peptide; Peptide libraries; Peptidome
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29122440 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.10.038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem ISSN: 0968-0896 Impact factor: 3.641