A Review on the Use of Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Porcine Viruses
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Gene Engineering Laboratory, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
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Antibiotics 2020, 9(11), 801; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110801
Received: 13 October 2020
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Revised: 29 October 2020
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Accepted: 2 November 2020
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Published: 12 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)
Viral infectious diseases pose a serious threat to animal husbandry, especially in the pig industry. With the rapid, continuous variation of viruses, a series of therapeutic measures, including vaccines, have quickly lost their efficacy, leading to great losses for animal husbandry. Therefore, it is urgent to find new drugs with more stable and effective antiviral activity. Recently, it has been reported that antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have great potential for development and application in animal husbandry because of their significant antibacterial and antiviral activity, and the antiviral ability of AMPs has become a research hotspot. This article aims to review the research situation of AMPs used to combat viruses in swine production of animal husbandry, clarify the mechanism of action of AMPs on viruses and raise some questions, and explore the future potential of AMPs in animal husbandry.
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Keywords:
antimicrobial peptides; antiviral; swine; mechanism of action
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Pen, G.; Yang, N.; Teng, D.; Mao, R.; Hao, Y.; Wang, J. A Review on the Use of Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Porcine Viruses. Antibiotics 2020, 9, 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110801
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Pen G, Yang N, Teng D, Mao R, Hao Y, Wang J. A Review on the Use of Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Porcine Viruses. Antibiotics. 2020; 9(11):801. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110801
Chicago/Turabian StylePen, Guihong, Na Yang, Da Teng, Ruoyu Mao, Ya Hao, and Jianhua Wang. 2020. "A Review on the Use of Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Porcine Viruses" Antibiotics 9, no. 11: 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110801
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