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Antimicrobial peptide LL-37 and recombinant human mannose-binding lectin express distinct age- and pathogen-specific antimicrobial activity in human newborn cord blood in vitro [PDF]

, 2018
Background: There is a need to prevent and treat infection in newborns. One approach is administration of antimicrobial proteins and peptides (APPs) such as LL-37, a membrane-active cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, and mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a ...
Borriello, Francesco, Jeffers, Carleen, Joshi, Sweta, Levy, Ofer, Li, Ning, Ozonoff, Al, Pettengill, Matthew, Scheid, Annette   +7 more
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Advances in Bioprinting to Model Immune‐Mediated Skin Diseases

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how 3D bioprinting drives innovation in developing in vitro skin models that mimic immune‐mediated diseases. It highlights current technologies, key applications in studying skin pathologies, and emerging challenges. The review points toward future opportunities for improving disease modeling and advancing therapeutic and cosmetic ...
Andrea Ulloa‐Fernández, Marica Markovic, Julia Fernández‐Pérez, Georg Stary, Aleksandr Ovsianikov   +4 more
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Advances in Plant-Nematode Interactions with Emphasis on the Notorious Nematode Genus Meloidogyne. [PDF]

, 2019
Plant infections by plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) continue to be one of the major limitations in agricultural systems. Root-knot nematodes (RKNs), belonging to the genus Meloidogyne, are one of the most important groups of PPNs worldwide.
Kaloshian, Isgouhi, Teixeira, Marcella
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Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Jessica Ingrid Marquez Cazorla, Renzo Marianito Marquez Cazorla, Aline Martins dos Santos, Jonatas Lobato Duarte, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Túlio Custódio Reis, Lara Cerazi Salvador, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Hélder A. Santos, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +11 more
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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) genome and identification of innate immunity genes and clusters

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background We report the sequencing, assembly and analysis of the genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant lizard, with a focus on antimicrobial host-defense peptides.
Monique L. van Hoek, M. Dennis Prickett, Robert E. Settlage, Lin Kang, Pawel Michalak, Kent A. Vliet, Barney M. Bishop   +6 more
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Strategies in Translating the Therapeutic Potentials of Host Defense Peptides

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
The golden era of antibiotics, heralded by the discovery of penicillin, has long been challenged by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Host defense peptides (HDPs), previously known as antimicrobial peptides, are emerging as a group of ...
Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Roger W. Beuerman, Harminder S. Dua, Harminder S. Dua, Rajamani Lakshminarayanan, Imran Mohammed   +7 more
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Proteomic analysis of skin invasion by blood fluke larvae. [PDF]

, 2008
BackgroundDuring invasion of human skin by schistosome blood fluke larvae (cercariae), a multicellular organism breaches the epidermis, basement membrane, and dermal barriers of skin.
Braschi, Simon, Debnath, Moumita, Hansell, Elizabeth, Ingram, Jessica, Lim, KC, McKerrow, James H, Medzihradszky, Katalin F, Sajid, Mohammed   +7 more
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Evaluation of the Dual Impact of Nanotechnologies on Health and Environment Through Alternative Bridging Models

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how alternative invertebrate and small‐vertebrate models advance the evaluation of nanomaterials across medicine and environmental science. By bridging cellular and organismal levels, these models enable integrated assessment of toxicity, biodistribution, and therapeutic performance.
Marie Celine Lefevre, Margherita Bernardeschi, Matteo Battaglini, Gianni Ciofani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New horizons for host defense peptides and lantibiotics [PDF]

Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2012
Antimicrobial peptides from either microbial sources, or based on host defense peptides (HDPs) from higher organisms, show promising activity against human pathogens. Lantibiotics have been extensively engineered by either molecular biology approaches or chemistry and both natural and modified entities have been shown to have good efficacy in animal ...
Michael John, Dawson, Richard W, Scott
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Oxygen and ROS Delivery for Infected Wound Healing and Future Prospects

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bacterial infection is a major driver of delayed wound healing and postsurgical readmissions; with rising antibiotic resistance, solid peroxide–releasing biomaterials offer sustained delivery of ROS/O2 for antimicrobial control and microenvironmental modulation.
Ayden Watt, Chably Rachella, Charlotte Jaloux, Joshua Vorstenbosch, Adam Hart, Michael Tanzer, Geraldine Merle, Jake Barralet   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source