Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Potential Clinical Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibacterial Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1198
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; neutrophils; macrophages; biomaterials; regenerative medicine; immunomodulation; veterinary pathology; blood clotting disorders
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Interests: tissue regeneration; bone formation; growth modulation; wound healing; biomaterials
Interests: porous and nonporous materials supported regenerative process: polymer nanocomposites; fibrous materials; polymer membrane; cells–materials interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are naturally occurring peptides that play a crucial role in the innate immune system, defending against different pathogens and acting as immunomodulators with potential for enhance healing and the treatment of diseases caused by chronic and excessive inflammation.
The Special Issue "Antimicrobial peptides and their potential clinical applications". explores the structure and properties of natural and synthetic AMPs and their potential clinical applications. This Special Issue is dedicated to understanding biological principles and manufacturing advances, synchronizing the physicochemical properties of biomaterials based on AMPs, and exploring their applications for tissue regeneration, as well as the development of biomaterials for advanced diagnostic technology.
The focus of this issue is on physicochemical characteristics of AMPs and the mechanism of their multiple biological functions, especially the interactions between AMPs, host cells, and tissues; studies on the preparation, performance, and use of AMPs in biomaterials; biomedical devices; the design of new drug carriers; innovative techniques of pharmaceutical dosage forms; use as components to engineer scaffolds from biomaterials; scaffold-based tissue regeneration and visualization for bone, dental, and muscle tissue engineering; skin regeneration and wound healing; and treatment of infectious diseases.
Research on pre-clinical experiments, clinical studies, and studies on animal models involved in the application of AMPs are warmly welcomed.
Dr. Joanna Wessely-Szponder
Prof. Dr. Michał Latalski
Dr. Ewa Stodolak-Zych
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial peptides
- biomaterials
- biomedical application
- tissue regeneration
- host/biomaterial interactions
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