Strategies in Translating the Therapeutic Potentials of Host Defense Peptides

The golden era of antibiotics, heralded by the discovery of penicillin, has long been challenged by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Host defense peptides (HDPs), previously known as antimicrobial peptides, are emerging as a group of promising antimicrobial candidates for combatting...

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Main Authors: Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Roger W. Beuerman, Harminder S. Dua, Rajamani Lakshminarayanan, Imran Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00983/full