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SUBMITTER: Dijksteel GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7937881 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dijksteel Gabrielle S GS Ulrich Magda M W MMW Middelkoop Esther E Boekema Bouke K H L BKHL
Frontiers in microbiology 20210222
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) or host defense peptides protect the host against various pathogens such as yeast, fungi, viruses and bacteria. AMPs also display immunomodulatory properties ranging from the modulation of inflammatory responses to the promotion of wound healing. More interestingly, AMPs cause cell disruption through non-specific interactions with the membrane surface of pathogens. This is most likely responsible for the low or limited emergence of bacterial resistance against many ...[more]