A host defense peptide mimetic, brilacidin, potentiates caspofungin antifungal activity against human pathogenic fungi

By sjmartinez • April 13, 2023

Dos Reis TF, de Castro PA, Bastos RW, Pinzan CF, Souza PFN, Ackloo S, Hossain MA, Drewry DH, Alkhazraji S, Ibrahim AS, Jo H, Lightfoot JD, Adams EM, Fuller KK, deGrado WF, Goldman GH. A host defense peptide mimetic, brilacidin, potentiates caspofungin antifungal activity against human pathogenic fungi. Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 12;14(1):2052. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37573-y. PMID: 37045836; PMCID: PMC10090755.

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