Review: Defensins and cathelicidins in lung immunity

Leukotriene B 4 Induces Release of Antimicrobial Peptides in Lungs of Virally Infected Mice

(2014) Éric Gaudreault et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Airway Epithelial versus Immune Cell Stat1 Function for Innate Defense against Respiratory Viral Infection

(2014) L. P. Shornick et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Respiratory Epithelial Cells Convert Inactive Vitamin D to Its Active Form: Potential Effects on Host Defense

(2014) S. Hansdottir et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Retrocyclin 2: a new therapy against avian influenza H5N1 virus in vivo and vitro

(2009) Qing-long Liang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Gene profiling studies in the neonatal ovine lung show enhancing effects of VEGF on the immune response

(2009) Fatoumata B. Sow et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evidence that cathelicidin peptide LL-37 may act as a functional ligand for CXCR2 on human neutrophils

(2009) Zhifang Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsule Polysaccharide Impedes the Expression of  -Defensins by Airway Epithelial Cells

(2009) D. Moranta et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Self-RNA–antimicrobial peptide complexes activate human dendritic cells through TLR7 and TLR8

(2009) Dipyaman Ganguly et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Interactions of  -,  -, and  -Defensins with Influenza A Virus and Surfactant Protein D

(2009) M. Doss et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dying and Necrotic Neutrophils Are Anti-Inflammatory Secondary to the Release of  -Defensins

(2009) K. Miles et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Neutrophils Ameliorate Lung Injury and the Development of Severe Disease during Influenza Infection

(2009) M. D. Tate et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Human defensins and LL-37 in mucosal immunity

(2009) Mona Doss et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Rhesus Theta-Defensin Prevents Death in a Mouse Model of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Pulmonary Disease

(2009) C. L. Wohlford-Lenane et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Selective reciprocity in antimicrobial activity versus cytotoxicity of hBD-2 and crotamine

(2009) N. Y. Yount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Reawakening Retrocyclins: Ancestral Human Defensins Active Against HIV-1

(2009) Nitya Venkataraman et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Topical versus Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy for Treating Mildly Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized, Controlled, Double‐Blinded, Multicenter Trial of Pexiganan Cream

(2008) Benjamin A. Lipsky et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Innate immunity to influenza virus: implications for future therapy

(2008) Mitchell R White et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Different effects of telithromycin on MUC5AC production induced by human neutrophil peptide-1 or lipopolysaccharide in NCI-H292 cells compared with azithromycin and clarithromycin

(2008) H. Ishimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Role of Human β-Defensin-2 during Tumor Necrosis Factor-α/NF-κB-mediated Innate Antiviral Response against Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

(2008) Srikanth Kota et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Suppression of pulmonary innate host defence in smokers

(2008) C Herr et al.   THORAX

Enhanced expression of murine β-defensins (MBD-1, -2,- 3, and -4) in upper and lower airway mucosa of influenza virus infected mice

(2008) Kong T. Chong et al.   VIROLOGY