Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A Protects Lung Epithelium from Cytotoxicity of Human β-Defensin 3

Induction of human β-defensin-2 in pulmonary epithelial cells by Legionella pneumophila: involvement of TLR2 and TLR5, p38 MAPK, JNK, NF-κB, and AP-1

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Neutrophil α-Defensins Cause Lung Injury by Disrupting the Capillary–Epithelial Barrier

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The structural parameters for antimicrobial activity, human epithelial cell cytotoxicity and killing mechanism of synthetic monomer and dimer analogues derived from hBD3 C-terminal region

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Review: Defensins and cathelicidins in lung immunity

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Pulmonary Collectins Protect Macrophages against Pore-forming Activity ofLegionella pneumophilaand Suppress Its Intracellular Growth

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Structure-Dependent Charge Density as a Determinant of Antimicrobial Activity of Peptide Analogues of Defensin

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

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Linear Analogues of Human β-Defensin 3: Concepts for Design of Antimicrobial Peptides with Reduced Cytotoxicity to Mammalian Cells

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Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Inflammatory Cell Responses by Altering LPS Binding to Its Receptors

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