Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to combat against viral infection.
Quick Facts
What This Study Found
Defensin peptides have broad-spectrum antiviral activity through direct viral inactivation and immunomodulation, with potential as therapeutic adjuvants against viral infections including COVID-19.
Key Numbers
α, β, θ defensin classes; broad-spectrum antiviral; immunomodulatory and immunoenhancing; potential anti-COVID-19 adjuvant; innate and adaptive immunity stimulation
How They Did This
Review of literature on defensin peptide antiviral mechanisms, applications, and potential as anti-coronavirus therapeutic adjuvants.
Why This Research Matters
Viral pandemics demand rapid therapeutic responses. Defensins, as natural immune components with broad antiviral activity, could supplement vaccines and antiviral drugs as adjuvant therapies.
What This Study Doesn't Tell Us
Review article. Most antiviral defensin data is in vitro. Clinical evidence for defensin-based antiviral therapy is limited. The COVID-19 application is theoretical and not yet tested in trials.
Trust & Context
- Original Title:
- Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to combat against viral infection.
- Published In:
- Microbial pathogenesis, 155, 104930 (2021)
- Authors:
- Solanki, Subhash Singh, Singh, Parul, Kashyap, Poonam, Sansi, Manish Singh, Ali, Syed Azmal
- Database ID:
- RPEP-05778
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Cite This Study
https://rethinkpeptides.com/research/RPEP-05778APA
Solanki, Subhash Singh; Singh, Parul; Kashyap, Poonam; Sansi, Manish Singh; Ali, Syed Azmal. (2021). Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to combat against viral infection.. Microbial pathogenesis, 155, 104930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104930
MLA
Solanki, Subhash Singh, et al. "Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to combat against viral infection.." Microbial pathogenesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104930
RethinkPeptides
RethinkPeptides Research Database. "Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to comb..." RPEP-05778. Retrieved from https://rethinkpeptides.com/research/solanki-2021-promising-role-of-defensins
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