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Antimicrobial peptides and complement in neonatal hypoxia-ischemia induced brain damage [PDF]

, 2015
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a clinical condition in the neonate, resulting from oxygen deprivation around the time of birth. HIE affects 1-5/1000 live births worldwide and is associated with the development of neurological deficits ...
Hristova, M, Rocha-Ferreira, E
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Discovery of an Adaptive Neuroimmune Response Driving Itch and Fast Tick Removal with Implications for Preventing Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Itch‐induced tick removal (IITR): An acquired neuroimmune mechanism, itch‐induced tick removal, develops after repeated tick exposure, mobilizing T cells and macrophages at the tick bite site to trigger a rapid scratching response that facilitates timely tick removal within a critical window that precedes the transmission of many tick‐borne pathogens ...
Johannes S. P. Doehl, Tiago D. Serafim, Serena Doh, Charles S. Grugan, Eva Iniguez, Luana Rogerio, Ronja Frigard, Ranadhir Dey, Pedro Cecilio, Xinglong Gu, Pang‐Yen Tseng, Aline da Silva Moreira, Mahnaz Minai, James Oristian, Hans Ackerman, Steven Brooks, Caroline Percopo, Siu‐Ping Ng, Derron A. Alves, Lucas Tirloni, Jennifer M. Anderson, Adriana Marques, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Daniel E. Sonenshine, José M. C. Ribeiro, Mark Hoon, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loop Replacement Enhances the Ancestral Antibacterial Function of a Bifunctional Scorpion Toxin

Toxins, 2018
On the basis of the evolutionary relationship between scorpion toxins targeting K+ channels (KTxs) and antibacterial defensins (Zhu S., Peigneur S., Gao B., Umetsu Y., Ohki S., Tytgat J.
Shangfei Zhang, Bin Gao, Xueli Wang, Shunyi Zhu   +3 more
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Human β-Defensin 2 (HBD-2) Displays Oncolytic Activity but Does Not Affect Tumour Cell Migration

Biomolecules, 2022
Defensins form an integral part of the cationic host defence peptide (HDP) family, a key component of innate immunity. Apart from their antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities, many HDPs exert multifaceted effects on tumour cells, notably direct ...
Guneet K. Bindra, Scott A. Williams, Fung T. Lay, Amy A. Baxter, Ivan K. H. Poon, Mark D. Hulett, Thanh Kha Phan   +6 more
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Gut Lactate Boosts Ruminococcus via Histone Lactylation to Mediate Time‐Restricted Feeding Protection in Crohn's Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
TRF enriches Ruminococcus, a bacterial genus producing SCFAs, and activates the epithelial HIF‐1α signaling pathway. This mechanism protects the colonic mucosa from inflammatory insults in colitis models. Mechanistically, gut lactate production during starvation and refeeding mediates H4K12la, which increases SLC9A3 expression and creates an acidic gut
Linwen Huang, Huishi Tan, Senhui Weng, Yuntao Liu, Lingxu Song, Shaoyu Cheng, Zelong Lin, Jiawei Chen, Fei Tan, Jun Wang, Jinke Huang, Linkun Cai, Jiwei Chai, Cailing Zhong, Yanqiang Shi, Wendi Zhang, Haiyan Zhang, Chongyang Huang   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phlebotomus papatasi Antimicrobial Peptides in Larvae and Females and a Gut-Specific Defensin Upregulated by Leishmania major Infection

Microorganisms, 2021
Phlebotomus papatasi is the vector of Leishmania major, causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Old World. We investigated whether P. papatasi immunity genes were expressed toward L. major, commensal gut microbes, or a combination of both.
Barbora Kykalová, Lucie Tichá, Petr Volf, Erich Loza Telleria   +3 more
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Keratinocytes from human skin respond as typical immune cells after the stimulation with _Trichophyton rubrum_ [PDF]

, 2007
_Trichophyton rubrum_ is the main agent causing dermatophytosis (1). Keratinocytes are considered to be the first physical barrier of defense against pathogens (2). But not only a physical barrier.
Alfonso E. Islas-Rodrí, Luz A. Garcí   +1 more
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Human β-defensin 4 – defensin without the “twist”

Postępy Biochemii, 2016
β-defensins are small, cysteine-rich, cationic peptides that contribute to various processes related to both arms of host defense, the innate and adaptive immunities. All β-defensins are potent antimicrobials with activity targeting a broad range of pathogens.
Adam, Prahl, Marzena, Pazgier, Jerry, Alexandratos, Jacek, Lubkowski   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Identifying Cytokine Motif‐Containing, Immunomodulatory Bacterial Proteins in Human Gut Microbiome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By building and constructing HMM (Upper left, blue), the authors identify CMCPs in bacteria genomes and CRC related metagenomes and enriched CRC‐related CMCPs (Upper right, blue). They analyze sequence and structural similarity of hits (Lower left, green), test function with engineered EcN delivered to tumors in a mouse tumor model (Lower right, pink ...
Ziyu Wang, Siqi Guo, Jing Li, Qianqian Huang, Jing Ning, Binbin Xia, Xun Lv, Xiang Liu, Zeyu Gao, Jine Li, Longchao Liu, Moshi Song, Jun Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

AhR Activation Transcriptionally Induces Anti-Microbial Peptide Alpha-Defensin 1 Leading to Reversal of Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Colitis

Gut Microbes
Alpha-defensin 1 is a small antimicrobial peptide that acts as the first line of defense against pathogens. It is induced following microbial cues and inflammatory signals in neutrophils and Paneth cells in the small intestine, which suggests that it ...
Manikandan Palrasu, Khadija Kakar, Amarnath Marudamuthu, Hamida Hamida, Shruthi Thada, Yin Zhong, Shanieka Staley, Philip Brandon Busbee, Jie Li, Monica Garcia-Buitrago, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash Nagarkatti   +11 more
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