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• Published Subscription Review Article 15 Oct 2026

  A Review Article on Insect Antimicrobial Peptides: From Innate Immunity to Therapeutic Drug Leads

  By Harshit Sharma, Anita Devi, Sarbjot Singh, Gaurav Singh, Aaditya Thakur, Sheetal Thakur, Anish Verma

  Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance to existing antibiotics is increasing, and the emergence of truly new classes of antibacterials is rare. Insects exposed to high pathogen densities for hundreds of millions of years depend in part on a rapid, inducible innate immune system that uses antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). These are small, typically cationic, amphipathic peptides mostly produced by the fat body and hemocytes and released in the hemolymph within a few hours of …

  Published in International Journal of Insects · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2026 Read article →