Innate Inspiration: Antifungal Peptides and Other Immunotherapeutics From the Host Immune Response.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this review is to describe antifungal therapeutic candidates in preclinical and clinical development derived from, or directly influenced by, the immune system, with a specific focus on antimicrobial peptides (AMP). Although the focus of this review is AMP with direct antimicrobial effects on fungi, we will also discuss compounds with direct antifungal activity, including monoclonal antibodies (mAb), as well as immunomodulatory molecules that can enhance the immune response to fungal infection, including immunomodulatory AMP, vaccines, checkpoint inhibitors, interferon and colony stimulating factors as well as immune cell therapies. The focus of this manuscript will be a non-exhaustive review of antifungal compounds in preclinical and clinical development that are based on t

SUBMITTER: Mercer DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7533533 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature