Innate Inspiration : Antifungal Peptides and Other Immunotherapeutics From the Host Immune Response

Copyright © 2020 Mercer and O'Neil..

The purpose of this review is to describe antifungal therapeutic candidates in preclinical and clinical development derived from, or directly influenced by, the immune system, with a specific focus on antimicrobial peptides (AMP). Although the focus of this review is AMP with direct antimicrobial effects on fungi, we will also discuss compounds with direct antifungal activity, including monoclonal antibodies (mAb), as well as immunomodulatory molecules that can enhance the immune response to fungal infection, including immunomodulatory AMP, vaccines, checkpoint inhibitors, interferon and colony stimulating factors as well as immune cell therapies. The focus of this manuscript will be a non-exhaustive review of antifungal compounds in preclinical and clinical development that are based on the principles of immunology and the authors acknowledge the incredible amount of in vitro and in vivo work that has been conducted to develop such therapeutic candidates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 11(2020) vom: 10., Seite 2177

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mercer, Derry K [VerfasserIn]
O'Neil, Deborah A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antifungal
Antifungal Agents
Antimicrobial peptide
Host defence peptide
Immunotherapeutics
Innate immunity
Journal Article
Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.05.2021

Date Revised 26.05.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2020.02177

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316415030