Antimicrobial peptides: On future antiprotozoal and anthelminthic applications
Issued Date
2022-11-01
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ISSN
0001706X
eISSN
18736254
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85136691787
Pubmed ID
36030045
Journal Title
Acta Tropica
Volume
235
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Acta Tropica Vol.235 (2022)
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Nogrado K., Adisakwattana P., Reamtong O. Antimicrobial peptides: On future antiprotozoal and anthelminthic applications. Acta Tropica Vol.235 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106665 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/84881
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Antimicrobial peptides: On future antiprotozoal and anthelminthic applications
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Abstract
Control and elimination of parasitic diseases are nowadays further complicated by emergence of drug resistance. Drug resistance is a serious threat as there are not many effective antiparasitic drugs available. Aside from drug resistance, it is also favorable to look for alternative therapeutics that have lesser adverse effects. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) were found to address these issues. Some of its desirable traits are they are fast-acting, it has broad action that the pathogen will have difficulty developing resistance to, it has high specificity, and most importantly there are extensive sources such as bacteria; invertebrate and vertebrate animals as well as plants. Aside from this, AMPs are also found to modulate the immune response. This review would like to describe AMPs that have been studied for their antiparasitic activities especially on parasitic diseases that causes high mortality and exhibits drug resistance like malaria and leishmaniasis and to discuss the mechanism of action of these AMPS.