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Defensins: antifungal lessons from eukaryotes

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2014
Over the last years, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research towards the finding of a viable alternative to current antifungal drugs.
Patrícia M. Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

NOD2 and inflammation: current insights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) protein, NOD2, belonging to the intracellular NOD-like receptor family, detects conserved motifs in bacterial peptidoglycan and promotes their clearance through activation of a proinflammatory ...
Cucchiara, Salvatore   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Alpha-defensins 1-3 release by dendritic cells is reduced by estrogen

open access: yesReproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2011
Background During pregnancy the immune system of the mother must protect any activation that may negatively affect the fetus. Changes in susceptibility to infection as well as resolution of some autoimmune disorders represent empirical evidence for ...
Sperling Rhoda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principles of Periodontology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Periodontal diseases are among the most common diseases affecting humans. Dental biofilm is a contributor to the etiology of most periodontal diseases.
Aas   +428 more
core   +2 more sources

Revealing the Properties of Plant Defensins through Dynamics

open access: yesMolecules, 2013
Defensins are potent, ancient natural antibiotics that are present in organisms ranging from lower organisms to humans. Although the structures of several defensins have been well characterized, the dynamics of only a few have been studied.
Fabio C. L. Almeida   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Peptides and Skin: A Paradigm of Translational Medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small, cationic, amphiphilic peptides with broad-spectrum microbicidal activity against both bacteria and fungi. In mammals, AMPs form the first line of host defense against infections and generally play an important ...
Albiol Matanic VC   +106 more
core   +1 more source

Reawakening retrocyclins: ancestral human defensins active against HIV-1.

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2009
Human alpha and beta defensins contribute substantially to innate immune defenses against microbial and viral infections. Certain nonhuman primates also produce theta-defensins-18 residue cyclic peptides that act as HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Multiple human
Nitya Venkataraman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

BLOOD CONTENTS OF DEFENSINS IN PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIAS CAUSED BY INFLUENZA А/H1N1

open access: yesМедицинская иммунология, 2014
. Defensin amounts in severe forms of influenza-associated pneumonia and acute respiratory distresssyndrome is increased to a lesser degree than in pneumonias with milder clinical course.
E. N. Romanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repurposing of human defensins as a promising antiviral therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2

open access: yesThe Microbe
Human defensins are also known to have promising antiviral activities against both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. The world has already faced panic during the COVID-19 pandemic and alarms us to get ready to fight the emergence of new highly mutated
Roy Dinata   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Killing of Staphylococci by θ-Defensins Involves Membrane Impairment and Activation of Autolytic Enzymes

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2014
θ-Defensins are cyclic antimicrobial peptides expressed in leukocytes of Old world monkeys. To get insight into their antibacterial mode of action, we studied the activity of RTDs (rhesus macaque θ-defensins) against staphylococci.
Miriam Wilmes   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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