The RLR/NLR expression and pro-inflammatory activity of tissue mast cells are regulated by cathelicidin LL-37 and defensin hBD-2

Mast cells as sources of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors

(2018) Kaori Mukai et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cathelicidin LL-37 Affects Surface and Intracellular Toll-Like Receptor Expression in Tissue Mast Cells

(2018) Justyna Agier et al.   Journal of Immunology Research

Link between mast cells and bacteria: Antimicrobial defense, function and regulation by cytokines

(2017) Pio Conti et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

Posttranslational Modification as a Critical Determinant of Cytoplasmic Innate Immune Recognition

(2017) Paul J. Baker et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mast cells as the strength of the inflammatory process

(2017) Joanna Pastwińska et al.   POLISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Peptides with Dual Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities

(2017) Mário R. Felício et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Antimicrobial peptides

(2016) Ling-juan Zhang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Antimicrobial Peptides as a Strategy to Combat Fungal Biofilms

(2016) Nicolas Delattin et al.   CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents

(2016) Margit Mahlapuu et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Antimicrobial Activity of Mast Cells: Role and Relevance of Extracellular DNA Traps

(2016) Helene Möllerherm et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Endosomes as Platforms for NOD-like Receptor Signaling

(2014) Kevin S. Bonham et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

NOD1 and NOD2 Interact with the Phagosome Cargo in Mast Cells: A Detailed Morphological Evidence

(2014) Giuliano Zabucchi et al.   INFLAMMATION

Mast Cell Function

(2014) Elaine Zayas Marcelino da Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY

Mast Cell Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide Prevents Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection of the Skin

(2014) A. Di Nardo et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Host defense peptides: front-line immunomodulators

(2014) Sarah C. Mansour et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Antiviral potential of cathelicidins

(2013) Peter G Barlow et al.   Future Microbiology

Intracellular RNA recognition pathway activates strong anti-viral response in human mast cells

(2012) J. Lappalainen et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Widespread Immunological Functions of Mast Cells: Fact or Fiction?

(2012) Hans-Reimer Rodewald et al.   IMMUNITY

Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus-induced NF-κB activation and proinflammatory responses of P815 cells are mediated by NOD2

(2012) Xuhua Xie et al.   Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences

ß-Defensins: Multifunctional Modulators of Infection, Inflammation and More?

(2012) Fiona Semple et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Expression and Functional Characterization of Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene-I-Like Receptors of Mast Cells in Response to Viral Infection

(2012) Minoru Fukuda et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

RNA Sensors Enable Human Mast Cell Anti-Viral Chemokine Production and IFN-Mediated Protection in Response to Antibody-Enhanced Dengue Virus Infection

(2012) Michael G. Brown et al.   PLoS One

The Role of Mast Cells in the Defence against Pathogens

(2012) Mirjam Urb et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mas-related Gene X2 (MrgX2) Is a Novel G Protein-coupled Receptor for the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Human Mast Cells

(2011) Hariharan Subramanian et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms underlying the localisation of mast cells in tissues

(2011) Sarah J. Collington et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Enhancement of Mast Cell IL-6 Production by Combined Toll-Like and Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Like Receptor Activation

(2010) Ian D. Haidl et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Antimicrobial Peptides Human  -Defensins and Cathelicidin LL-37 Induce the Secretion of a Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 by Human Mast Cells

(2010) F. Niyonsaba et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Human Cord Blood-Derived Mast Cells Are Activated by the Nod1 Agonist M-TriDAP to Release Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines

(2010) Mattias Enoksson et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Retinoic Acid-induced Gene-1 (RIG-I) Associates with the Actin Cytoskeleton via Caspase Activation and Recruitment Domain-dependent Interactions

(2009) Amitava Mukherjee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Cathelicidin LL-37 Activates Human Mast Cells and Is Degraded by Mast Cell Tryptase: Counter-Regulation by CXCL4

(2009) F. Schiemann et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Inducible MHC Class II Expression by Mast Cells Supports Effector and Regulatory T Cell Activation

(2009) T. Kambayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Diverse effects of bacterial cell wall components on mast cell degranulation, cysteinyl leukotriene generation and migration

(2009) Maciej Wierzbicki et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Human Cathelicidin CAP18/LL-37 Changes Mast Cell Function toward Innate Immunity

(2008) Mino Yoshioka et al.   BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN

Hyperexpression of NOD2 in intestinal mast cells of Crohn's disease patients: Preferential expression of inflammatory cell-recruiting molecules via NOD2 in mast cells

(2008) Shigeru Okumura et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY