ReviewMilitary Medical Research2021
Antimicrobial peptides: mechanism of action, activity and clinical potential.
Review in Military Medical Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 547 papers.
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547 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Microbe-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides: Immunomodulation and Gut Microbiota Homeostasis.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial Peptides for Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Infections: Current Evidence and Translational Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Dual roles of genes required for intrinsic resistance to clarithromycin in evasion of killing by serum complement inInfection and immunity · 2026Article
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- A Solvent-Assisted Supported Bilayer QCM-D Platform for Resolving Composition- and Structure-Dependent Antimicrobial Peptide-Membrane Interactions.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- Probiotic-Derived Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Applications, and Future Therapeutic Perspectives.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
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- Beyond proteolysis: rational modification of mucin-derived peptidomimetics with enhanced metal-mediated antimicrobial activity.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Thiophene-Engineered Lipid II Recognition Enables Potent Membranolytic Eradication of MRSA.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Topical strategies for antimicrobial delivery of peptide medicines for the management of chronic wounds.Discover nano · 2026Review
- Enhanced antibacterial performance of chili pepper seed protein hydrolysates by high hydrostatic pressure assisted enzymatic hydrolysis onFood chemistry: X · 2026Article
- Addressing antimicrobial resistance: Current challenges, emerging strategies, and an AI-powered, community-driven approach.PNAS nexus · 2026Review
- An infection-responsive multifunctional hydrogel enables potent activity against methicillin-resistantMaterials today. Bio · 2026Article
- Indolicidin-Decorated Photosensitizer for Enhanced Antibacterials and Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Genome-Guided Discovery of an Antimicrobial Peptide Scaffold from an Undescribed AntarcticInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
The management of bacterial infections is becoming a major clinical challenge due to the rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As an excellent candidate to overcome antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that are produced from the synthetic and natural sources demonstrate a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity with the high specificity and low toxicity. These peptides possess distinctive structures and functions by employing sophisticated mechanisms of action. This comprehensive review provides a broad overview of AMPs from the origin, structural characteristics, mechanisms of action, biological activities to clinical applications. We finally discuss the strategies to optimize and develop AMP-based treatment as the potential antimicrobial and anticancer therapeutics.
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