Antimicrobial peptides: primeval molecules or future drugs?

PLoS Pathog. 2010 Oct 28;6(10):e1001067. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001067.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / chemistry
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / genetics
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / physiology*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Immune Evasion / genetics
  • Immune Evasion / physiology
  • Immunity, Innate / genetics
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Molecular
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • alpha-Defensins / chemistry
  • alpha-Defensins / genetics
  • alpha-Defensins / physiology*
  • alpha-Defensins / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • alpha-Defensins