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Poultry Science, 2020 Cathelicidins represent a major group of host defense peptides (HDPs) that share a highly conserved cathelin-like domain. In birds, this gene family has been identified in many species. However, no information was available in the goose until now.
Yingping Xiao +6 more
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Snake cathelicidin from Bungarus fasciatus is a potent peptide antibiotics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BACKGROUND: Cathelicidins are a family of antimicrobial peptides acting as multifunctional effector molecules of innate immunity, which are firstly found in mammalians. Recently, several cathelicidins have also been found from chickens and fishes.
Yipeng Wang +8 more
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Tissue expression and developmental regulation of chicken cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2012 Cathelicidins are a major family of antimicrobial peptides present in vertebrate animals with potent microbicidal and immunomodulatory activities. Four cathelicidins, namely fowlicidins 1 to 3 and cathelicidin B1, have been identified in chickens.
Achanta Mallika +5 more
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Expression and activity of a novel cathelicidin from domestic cats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Cathelicidins are small cationic antimicrobial peptides found in many species including primates, mammals, marsupials, birds and even more primitive vertebrates, such as the hagfish.
Brian C Leonard +6 more
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Differential Ability of Bovine Antimicrobial Cathelicidins to Mediate Nucleic Acid Sensing by Epithelial Cells [PDF]
, 2017 Cathelicidins encompass a family of cationic peptides characterized by antimicrobial activity and other functions, such as the ability to enhance the sensing of nucleic acids by the innate immune system. The present study aimed to investigate the ability
Arnaud Baumann +14 more
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Antimicrobial Activity of Cathelicidin-Derived Peptide from the Iberian Mole Talpa occidentalis
Vaccines, 2022 The immune systems of all vertebrates contain cathelicidins, a family of antimicrobial peptides. Cathelicidins are a type of innate immune effector that have a number of biological functions, including a well-known direct antibacterial action and ...
Andrea Otazo-Pérez +6 more
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mBio, 2016 The world is at the precipice of a postantibiotic era in which medical procedures and minor injuries can result in bacterial infections that are no longer effectively treated by antibiotics.
Cheng Kao +5 more
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Cathelicidins - Nature's attempt at combinatorial chemistry
, 2005 Cathelicidins are a family of diverse antimicrobial peptides found in granules of mammalian neutrophils. Cathelicidins are active against a broad range of microbes in different environments.
Borregaard, N +3 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 This study aimed to characterize cathelicidins from the gray short-tailed opossum in silico and experimentally validate their antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic bacteria and West Nile virus (WNV).
Hye-sun Cho +11 more
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Therapeutic Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in Diabetes Mellitus
Biologics, 2022 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have recently become widely publicized because they have the potential to function in alternative therapies as “natural” antibiotics, with their main advantage being a broad spectrum of activity.
Julia Depta +7 more
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