Antimicrobial and Antiviral Peptides: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 111
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; serum protein-derived peptides; infectious diseases; anti-infective peptides; anti-biofilm peptides; structure–activity relationship of peptides; in silico analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Infectious diseases still constitute a major problem for public health in relation to the emergence of resistance against conventional anti-infective drugs. It is therefore necessary to identify new therapeutic strategies against infections. In the last twenty years, peptides have experienced a revival as potential therapeutic drugs thanks to new chemical synthesis procedures and the nano-delivery technologies applied in the peptide field.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the recent research in the field of antimicrobial and antiviral peptides. This includes, but is not limited to, (i) identification of novel natural, synthetic, or in silico-designed peptides; (ii) functional and structural characterization and structure–function relationships; (iii) identification of molecular targets; and (iv) possible biomedical applications.
Since the International Journal of Molecular Sciences is a journal of molecular science, pure clinical studies will not be suitable for the journal. However, clinical submissions with biomolecular experiments are welcomed.
Dr. Tecla Ciociola
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial peptides
- antiviral peptides
- peptide mining
- molecular mechanism of biological activity
- structure–activity relationship
- molecular targets
- in silico design
- in vivo models
- peptide delivery strategies
- biomedical applications
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