Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have improved our capacity to generate novel treatments against infectious disease of variable pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites because of their ability to disrupt their membranes or capsid and kill them directly. In addition, they do not generate resistance and are critical factors in innate immune response since they are key players in the regulation of several immune responses, including the specific response. Thus, antimicrobial peptides are promising candidates as potential therapeutic molecules, although their molecular mechanisms of action are not completely understood yet. This issue invites studies identifying novel and known AMPs from aquatic origin; characterizing their immunomodulatory potential and mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level, as well as their antimicrobial role against marine pathogens for different hosts.

Reviews and original studies are wellcomed. Special attention will be paid to potential applications of the AMPs agains marine microbes. The outcome of the studies collected here will represent a further step in our comprehension of the AMP identification, characterisation and application against marine pathogens.

Dr. Alberto Cuesta
Guest Editor

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• antimicrobial peptides
• immunity
• aquatic organisms
• aquaculture
• marine pathogens
• bacteria
• virus
• parasites
• biotechnology