Peptide drug discovery and development
Subtitle: translational research in academia and industry
By: edited by Miguel Castanho and Nuno C. Santos
Contributors: Wiley online library
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9783527636730
Subjects: Drug development; Peptide drugs; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Matter; title: The Academia-Market Bouncing of Peptide Drugs : Challenges and Strategies in Translational Research with Peptide Drugs. Peptides as Leads for Drug Discovery / Paul J Edwards, Steven R LaPlante; title: Marketing Antimicrobial Peptides: A Critical Academic Point of View / Eduard Bardaj̕; title: Oral Peptide Drug Delivery: Strategies to Overcome Challenges / Josias H Hamman, Jan H Steenekamp; title: Rational Design of Amphipathic a-Helical and Cyclic [beta]- Sheet Antimicrobial Peptides: Specificity and Therapeutic Potential / Wendy J Hartsock, Robert S Hodges; title: Conotoxin-Based Leads in Drug Design / Muharrem Akcan, David J Craik; title: Plant Antimicrobial Peptides: From Basic Structures to Applied Research / Suzana M Ribeiro, Simoni C Dias, Octavio L Franco; title: ^; title: Peptide Drugs' Translational Tales : Peptide Drugs before, Through and after Industry Pipelines. Omiganan Pentahydrochloride: A Novel, Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Peptide for Topical Use / Evelina Rubinchik, Dominique Dugourd; title: Turning Endogenous Peptides into New Analgesics: The Example of Kyotorphin Derivatives / Marta M B Ribeiro, Isa D Serrano, S̤nia S̀ Santos; title: The Development of Romiplostim : A Therapeutic Peptibody Used to Stimulate Platelet Production / Graham Molineux, Ping Wei; title: HIV vs. HIV: Turning HIV-Derived Peptides into Drugs / Henri G Franquelim, Pedro M Matos, A Salom̌ Veiga; title: Sifuvirtide, A Novel HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor / Xiaobin Zhang, Hao Wu, Fengshan Wang; title: Whither Peptide Drugs? Peptides Shaping the Future of Drug Development. Endogenous Peptides and Their Receptors as Drug Discovery Targets for the Treatment of Metabolic Disease / Mary Ann Pelleymounter, Yuren Wang, Ning Lee; title: ^; title: ^^; title: Translation of Motilin and Ghrelin Receptor Agonists into Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders / Gareth J Sanger, John Broad, David H Alpers; title: Of Mice and Men: Translational Research on Amylin Agonism / Jonathan D Roth, Christine M Mack, James L Trevaskis, David G Parkes; title: Peptides and Polypeptides as Immunomodulators and Their Consequential Therapeutic Effect in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Autoimmune Diseases / Ruth Arnon, Michael Sela, Rina Aharoni; title: Development of Antibody Fragments for Therapeutic Applications / Sofia Carte-Real, Frederico Aires da Silva, Joao Gonzalves; title: Index.; title: ^^