ADSL and neoplasm: In particular, AMPs and ACPs contribute to microbe/tumor cell clearance by three complementary means: (i) direct membrane disruption; (ii) interference with key intracellular processes such as nucleic acid and protein synthesis; (iii) immune-cell function recruitment or activation via a broad array of functions, with the ultimate goal of clearing pathogens or tumor cells [51,52,53,54,55,56].