The Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Binds Directly to CsrS, a Sensor Histidine Kinase of Group AStreptococcus, to Activate Expression of Virulence Factors

The human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 and its fragments possess both antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

(2013) Xiaorong Feng et al.   PEPTIDES

Inactivation of the CovR/S Virulence Regulator Impairs Infection in an Improved Murine Model of Streptococcus pyogenes Naso-Pharyngeal Infection

(2013) Faraz M. Alam et al.   PLoS One

Streptolysin O and its Co-Toxin NAD-glycohydrolase Protect Group A Streptococcus from Xenophagic Killing

(2013) Maghnus O'Seaghdha et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A comprehensive summary of LL-37, the factotum human cathelicidin peptide

(2012) Dieter Vandamme et al.   CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Rot and SaeRS Cooperate To Activate Expression of the Staphylococcal Superantigen-Like Exoproteins

(2012) M. A. Benson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Bacterial Pathogen Co-opts Host Plasmin to Resist Killing by Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptides

(2012) Andrew Hollands et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Vitamin D and the Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Enhance Group A Streptococcus Resistance to Killing by Human Cells

(2012) J. F. Love et al.   mBio

Salivary levels of antimicrobial peptides Hnp 1-3, Ll-37 and S100 in Behcet's disease

(2011) Gonca Mumcu et al.   ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY

Molecular insight into invasive group A streptococcal disease

(2011) Jason N. Cole et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Signal Transduction through CsrRS Confers an Invasive Phenotype in Group A Streptococcus

(2011) Hien J. Tran-Winkler et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Efficient protein production method for NMR using soluble protein tags with cold shock expression vector

(2010) Kokoro Hayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR

Highly Frequent Mutations in Negative Regulators of Multiple Virulence Genes in Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Isolates

(2010) Tadayoshi Ikebe et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Lipid Segregation Explains Selective Toxicity of a Series of Fragments Derived from the Human Cathelicidin LL-37

(2009) R. F. Epand et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

CovS Simultaneously Activates and Inhibits the CovR-Mediated Repression of Distinct Subsets of Group A Streptococcus Virulence Factor-Encoding Genes

(2009) J. Trevino et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

M1 Protein Allows Group A Streptococcal Survival in Phagocyte Extracellular Traps through Cathelicidin Inhibition

(2009) Xavier Lauth et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

The chemistry and biology of LL-37

(2009) Matthew F. Burton et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

NMR Structure of the Cathelicidin-Derived Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles†

(2008) Fernando Porcelli et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Cathelicidin LL-37 in Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Soft Tissue Infections in Humans

(2008) L. Johansson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Structures of Human Host Defense Cathelicidin LL-37 and Its Smallest Antimicrobial Peptide KR-12 in Lipid Micelles

(2008) Guangshun Wang   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Induction of group A Streptococcus virulence by a human antimicrobial peptide

(2008) I. Gryllos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA