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β-defensins and the epididymis: contrasting influences of prenatal, postnatal, and adult scenarios
Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016 β-defensins are components of host defense, with antimicrobial and pleiotropic immuno-modulatory properties. Research over the last 15 years has demonstrated abundant expression of a variety of β-defensins in the postnatal epididymis of different species.
Camilla M Ribeiro +3 more
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Plant Defensins from a Structural Perspective
, 2020 Plant defensins form a family of proteins with a broad spectrum of protective activities against fungi, bacteria, and insects. Furthermore, some plant defensins have revealed anticancer activity.
Irina V. Nesmelova +3 more
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
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Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2021 Defensins are small proteins, usually ranging from 3 to 6 kDa, amphipathic, disulfide-rich, and with a small or even absent hydrophobic core. Since a hydrophobic core is generally found in globular proteins that fold in an aqueous solvent, the peculiar ...
Mariana H. Moreira +3 more
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Plant Defensins : Tissue Specific Expression Leading to Distinctive Functions [PDF]
, 2019 Plant defensins are small, cysteine-rich cationic antimicrobial peptides that possess biological activity towards a broad range of pathogenic organisms.
Bhatnagar-Mathur, P +3 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Lactoferrin promotes wound healing by activating MAPK, PI3K/Akt, and extracellular matrix pathways, enhancing fibroblast remodeling, proliferation, and re‐epithelialization. These mechanisms highlight its therapeutic potential in inflammation control, tissue repair, and remodeling.
Morgana Lüdtke Azevedo +4 more
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Research progress on anti-mycobacterial effect of mammal defensins
Siliao yanjiu, 2022 Mammalian defencins are cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity produced by a variety of cells. They are divided into α-defencins, β-defencins and θ-defencins, which exert antimicrobial effects mainly by increasing the permeability of bacterial ...
KANG Jing-jing +5 more
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Antifungal defensins and their role in plant defense
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 Since the beginning of the 90’s lots of cationic plant, cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides (AMP) have been studied. However, Broekaert only coined the term plant defensin in 1995, after comparison of a new class of plant antifungal peptides with known
Ariane eLacerda +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.We present a complete T2T genome assembly for a key bat reservoir. Integrating population genomics, comparative genomics, transcriptomics, single‐cell omics, and functional assays, we resolve previously inaccessible genomic regions and identify evolutionary signatures associated with immune adaptation.
Yuting Wang +15 more
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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.We conducted a longitudinal trial across nursery, growing, and finishing phases, showing that phytochemical supplementation as a potential antibiotic alternative reduced potential pathogens and promoted beneficial Lactobacillus amylovorus in the nursery phase, and enriched amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism pathways (prediction) during finishing ...
Ziyu Liu +11 more
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