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Human Chemokines as Antimicrobial Peptides with Direct Parasiticidal Effect on Leishmania mexicana In Vitro [PDF]

, 2013
Chemokines and chemokine receptor-mediated effects are important mediators of the immunological response and cure in human leishmaniasis. However, in addition to their signalling properties for leukocytes, many chemokines have also been shown to act ...
Collin, Mattias, Bates, Paul, Shannon, Oonagh, Söbirk, Sara K, Egesten, Arne, Mörgelin, Matthias   +5 more
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Perspective: A proposal on solutions of modern supply chain construction for lactoferrin

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein of the transferrin family that is found in most bodily fluids of mammals and has a variety of biological and beneficial functions, with great importance in health enhancement as a supplement for humans and ...
Ruoyu Mao, Xuanxuan Ma, Ya Hao, Guihong Pen, Xueling Zheng, Na Yang, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang   +7 more
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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Fungal Defensin NZX Against Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Mouse Peritonitis Model

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most common pathogenic bacteria responsible for causing a life-threatening peritonitis disease. NZX, as a variant of fungal defensin plectasin, displayed potent antibacterial activity against S. aureus.
Xueling Zheng, Xueling Zheng, Xueling Zheng, Na Yang, Na Yang, Na Yang, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Da Teng, Da Teng, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang   +17 more
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Plectasin: from evolution to truncation, expression, and better druggability

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Non-computational classical evolution analysis of plectasin and its functional relatives can especially contribute tool value during access to meet requirements for their better druggability in clinical use.
Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Na Yang, Na Yang, Na Yang, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Da Teng, Da Teng, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang   +17 more
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Andrographolide and 4-Phenylbutyric Acid Administration Increase the Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides Beta-Defensin-1 and Cathelicidin and Reduce Mortality in Murine Sepsis

Antibiotics, 2022
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat and requires the search for new treatment strategies. Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have pronounced antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antitumor activity.
Albert Bolatchiev, Vladimir Baturin, Elizaveta Bolatchieva   +2 more
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Research progress on antimicrobial peptides in terms of the prevention and treatment of dental caries

口腔疾病防治, 2023
Antimicrobial peptides have antibacterial effects on various pathogenic microorganisms, including natural antimicrobial peptides and synthetic antimicrobial peptides.
ZHU He , CHENG Xingqun, WU Hongkun
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Marine Invertebrate Peptides: Antimicrobial Peptides

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Antimicrobial peptides are an important component of many organisms’ innate immune system, with a good inhibitory or killing effect against the invading pathogens. As a type of biological polypeptide with natural immune activities, antimicrobial peptides
Ran Wu, Jiri Patocka, Jiri Patocka, Eugenie Nepovimova, Patrik Oleksak, Martin Valis, Wenda Wu, Wenda Wu, Kamil Kuca, Kamil Kuca   +9 more
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Bioprospecting the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) host defense peptidome. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Cationic antimicrobial peptides and their therapeutic potential have garnered growing interest because of the proliferation of bacterial resistance.
Barney M Bishop, Melanie L Juba, Megan C Devine, Stephanie M Barksdale, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, Myung C Chung, Paul S Russo, Kent A Vliet, Joel M Schnur, Monique L van Hoek   +9 more
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Synthetic Antimicrobial Immunomodulatory Peptides: Ongoing Studies and Clinical Trials

, 2022
The increasingly widespread antimicrobial resistance forces the search for new antimicrobial substances capable of fighting infection. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and their synthetic analogs form an extensive group of compounds of great structural ...
Katarzyna E. Greber, Paduszyńska, Małgorzata, Greber, Katarzyna E., Małgorzata Lesiuk, Małgorzata Paduszyńska, Lesiuk, Małgorzata   +5 more
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Probing protein sequences as sources for encrypted antimicrobial peptides [PDF]

, 2012
Starting from the premise that a wealth of potentially biologically active peptides may lurk within proteins, we describe here a methodology to identify putative antimicrobial peptides encrypted in protein sequences.
Francisco J. L. Aragão (132479), Jacques Nicoli (132482), Guilherme D Brand, Tinoco Maria L. P., Guilherme D. Brand (132470), Sharon M Kelly, Maria L P Tinoco, Brand, G.D., Jacques Nicoli, Mariana T. Q. Magalhães (132473), Francisco J L Aragão, Tinoco, M.L.P., Alan Cooper (9827), Cooper Alan, Nicoli, J., Carlos Bloch, Kelly Sharon M., Magalhães, M.T.Q., Sharon M. Kelly (132485), Kelly, S., Aragão, F.J.L., Bloch Jr, C., Brand Guilherme D., Aragão Francisco J. L., Maria L. P. Tinoco (132476), Magalhães Mariana T. Q., Alan Cooper, Bloch Carlos, Cooper, A., Mariana T Q Magalhães, Nicoli Jacques, Carlos Bloch Jr (132488)   +31 more
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