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antimicrobial peptides and activities

Last updated June 2, 2026

Rising Stars

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Rising Stars Researchers

1
Beilun Wang
Southeast University
70
2
Yihan Wu
Shanghai University
60
3
Huayang Liu
Westlake University
50
4
Lantian Yao
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
30
5
Tzong-Yi Lee
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
20
6
Marcelo D. T. Torres
Unknown
10

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

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Claudia Zampaloni
Roche (Switzerland)
99
2
Jacqueline R. M. A. Maasch
University of Pennsylvania
80
3
Jing Xu
Monash University
70
4
Joseph F. Pierre
University of Wisconsin–Madison
50
5
Shuaiqi Ji
Shenyang Agricultural University
40
6
Jingjing Hu
East China Normal University
30
7
Sadegh Shabani
The University of Melbourne
20
8
Pengjun Zhou
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
10

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Michael Tartakovsky
National Institutes of Health
99
2
James M. Wilson
The Wistar Institute
90
3
Knut Adermann
Unknown
80
4
Robert S. Hodges
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
60
5
Robert I. Lehrer
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
50
6
Hui Cheng Chen
National Institute of Child Health
40
7
Jules A. Hoffmann
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
30
8
Yechiel Shai
Weizmann Institute of Science
10

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
LEAP‐1, a novel highly disulfide‐bonded human peptide, exhibits antimicrobial activity
FEBS Letters|2000
1.3k cit.
2
Human beta-defensin 2 is a salt-sensitive peptide antibiotic expressed in human lung.
Journal of Clinical Investigation|1998
576 cit.
3
Transduction of Dendritic Cells by DNA Viral Vectors Directs the Immune Response to Transgene Products in Muscle Fibers
Journal of Virology|1998
464 cit.
4
NF- B in the Immune Response of Drosophila
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology|2009
253 cit.
5
The Consequence of Sequence Alteration of an Amphipathic α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptide and Its Diastereomers
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2002
209 cit.
6
Two Motifs within a Transmembrane Domain, One for Homodimerization and the Other for Heterodimerization
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2004
91 cit.
7
Intranasal gene therapy to prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 variants
PLoS Pathogens|2021
48 cit.
8
High activity of an affinity-matured ACE2 decoy against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 and pre-emergent coronaviruses
PLoS ONE|2022
9 cit.
9
Intranasal gene therapy to prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 variants
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2021
6 cit.
10
High activity of an affinity-matured ACE2 decoy against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 and pre-emergent coronaviruses
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2022
1 cit.

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