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Host Defense Peptides: Dual Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Action [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Julia P Deisinger +2 more
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Regulation of the intestinal barrier function by host defense peptides
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2015 Intestinal barrier function is achieved primarily through regulating the synthesis of mucins and tight junction proteins, which are critical for maintaining optimal gut health and animal performance.
Kelsy eRobinson +4 more
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Host defense peptides clavanins A and MO reduce in vitro osteoclastogenesis
Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2021 Aim: Several systemic diseases, such as periodontitis and apical periodontitis, can cause extensive bone resorption. Host defense peptides may have the potential for the development of novel therapies for the bone resorption process. This study evaluated
Ingrid Aquino Amorim +6 more
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Molecules, 2023 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential components of innate immunity across all species. AMPs have become the focus of attention in recent years, as scientists are addressing antibiotic resistance, a public health crisis that has reached epidemic ...
Caroline Donaghy +4 more
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Oncolytic Activities of Host Defense Peptides [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2011 Cancer continues to be a leading source of morbidity and mortality worldwide in spite of progress in oncolytic therapies. In addition, the incidence of cancers affecting the breast, kidney, prostate and skin among others continue to rise. Chemotherapeutic drugs are widely used in cancer treatment but have the serious drawback of nonspecific toxicity ...
Benna, Sammy al- +3 more
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Antimicrobial peptides in echinoderm host defense [PDF]
Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2015 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important effector molecules in innate immunity. Here we briefly summarize characteristic traits of AMPs and their mechanisms of antimicrobial activity. Echinoderms live in a microbe-rich marine environment and are known to express a wide range of AMPs. We address two novel AMP families from coelomocytes of sea urchins:
Li, Chun +3 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Klebsiella pneumoniae produces a thick capsule layer composed of extracellular polysaccharides protecting the bacterial cells from clearance by innate host immunity during infection.
Renee M. Fleeman, Bryan W. Davies
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Proteolysis of human thrombin generates novel host defense peptides. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2010 The coagulation system is characterized by the sequential and highly localized activation of a series of serine proteases, culminating in the conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin, and formation of a fibrin clot.
Praveen Papareddy +7 more
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Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022 The burgeoning menace of antimicrobial resistance across the globe has necessitated investigations into other chemotherapeutic strategies to combat infections.
Sukriyo Chakraborty +2 more
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Molecular and Biological Properties of Snakins: The Foremost Cysteine-Rich Plant Host Defense Peptides [PDF]
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Tao Su, Mei Han, Dan Cao
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