D-BMAP18 Antimicrobial Peptide Is Active In vitro, Resists to Pulmonary Proteases but Loses Its Activity in a Murine Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection

The spread of antibiotic resistant-pathogens is driving the search for new antimicrobial compounds. Pulmonary infections experienced by cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are a dramatic example of this health-care emergency. Antimicrobial peptides could answer the need for new antibiotics but translating...

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Main Authors: Mario Mardirossian, Arianna Pompilio, Margherita Degasperi, Giulia Runti, Sabrina Pacor, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Marco Scocchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2017.00040/full