Reframing Antimicrobial Peptides beyond Direct Antimicrobial Activity toward Host-Directed Functions and Disease-Specific Therapeutic Applications
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been extensively investigated as alternatives to conventional antibiotics to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria. This narrow antibiotic-replacement framework underestimates the biological and translational potential of AMPs. The present review reframes them as disease-context-depende...