Cathelicidin-like Helminth Defence Molecules (HDMs): Absence of Cytotoxic, Anti-microbial and Anti-protozoan Activities Imply a Specific Adaptation to Immune Modulation

Ceftaroline Increases Membrane Binding and Enhances the Activity of Daptomycin against Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Model

(2012) Brian J. Werth et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Modulation of cytokine gene expression by cathelicidin BMAP-28 in LPS-stimulated and -unstimulated macrophages

(2012) Francesca D’Este et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Phospholipases and Cationic Peptides Inhibit Cryptosporidium parvum Sporozoite Infectivity by Parasiticidal and Non-Parasiticidal Mechanisms

(2012) Stéphane Carryn et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Decoding the Functional Roles of Cationic Side Chains of the Major Antimicrobial Region of Human Cathelicidin LL-37

(2011) Guangshun Wang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide differentially regulates T- and B-cell function

(2011) Nicholas W. Kin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Selectively Reduces Proinflammatory Macrophage Responses

(2011) K. L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Evaluation of the Ability of LL-37 to Neutralise LPS In Vitro and Ex Vivo

(2011) Aaron Scott et al.   PLoS One

Effect of BMAP-28 Antimicrobial Peptides on Leishmania major Promastigote and Amastigote Growth: Role of Leishmanolysin in Parasite Survival

(2011) Miriam A. Lynn et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evolution of Th2 Immunity: A Rapid Repair Response to Tissue Destructive Pathogens

(2011) Judith E. Allen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Family of Helminth Molecules that Modulate Innate Cell Responses via Molecular Mimicry of Host Antimicrobial Peptides

(2011) Mark W. Robinson et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Broad-Spectrum Activity against Bacterial Mastitis Pathogens and Activation of Mammary Epithelial Cells Support a Protective Role of Neutrophil Cathelicidins in Bovine Mastitis

(2010) L. Tomasinsig et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Helminth secretions induce de novo T cell Foxp3 expression and regulatory function through the TGF-β pathway

(2010) John R. Grainger et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

In Vivo Pharmacodynamic Characterization of a Novel Plectasin Antibiotic, NZ2114, in a Murine Infection Model

(2009) D. Andes et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibodies to wounded tissue enhance cutaneous wound healing

(2009) Naomi Nishio et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Major Secretory Antigens of the Helminth Fasciola hepatica Activate a Suppressive Dendritic Cell Phenotype That Attenuates Th17 Cells but Fails To Activate Th2 Immune Responses

(2009) D. J. Dowling et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Host Defense Peptides as Effector Molecules of the Innate Immune Response: A Sledgehammer for Drug Resistance?

(2009) Lars Steinstraesser et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Helminth Cysteine Proteases Inhibit TRIF-dependent Activation of Macrophages via Degradation of TLR3

(2009) Sheila Donnelly et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Production of bioactive human α-defensin 5 in Pichia pastoris

(2009) Kung-Hao Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Human Cathelicidin Peptide LL-37 Modulates the Effects of IFN-  on APCs

(2009) A. Nijnik et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

MIF homologues from a filarial nematode parasite synergize with IL-4 to induce alternative activation of host macrophages

(2009) Lidia Prieto-Lafuente et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Antibacterial activity of recombinant hCAP18/LL37 protein secreted from Pichia pastoris

(2009) Soon-ja Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

daf-7-related TGF-β homologues from Trichostrongyloid nematodes show contrasting life-cycle expression patterns

(2009) H. J. McSORLEY et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolated From Newborn Infants Express Pilus-Like Structures and Are Inhibited by the Cathelicidin-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide LL37

(2009) Annika Nelson et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Potential of immunomodulatory host defense peptides as novel anti-infectives

(2009) Donna M. Easton et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Killing of Trypanosomatid Parasites by a Modified Bovine Host Defense Peptide, BMAP-18

(2009) Lee R. Haines et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

HELIQUEST: a web server to screen sequences with specific  -helical properties

(2008) R. Gautier et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

On the hunt for helminths: innate immune cells in the recognition and response to helminth parasites

(2008) Jacqueline G. Perrigoue et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Helminth 2-Cys peroxiredoxin drives Th2 responses through a mechanism involving alternatively activated macrophages

(2008) Sheila Donnelly et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The role of the multifunctional peptide LL-37 in host defense

(2008) Ylva Kai-Larsen   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: Immunity against helminths and immunological phenomena in modern human populations: coevolutionary legacies?

(2008) Joseph A. Jackson et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

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

Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances

(2008) Irith Wiegand et al.   Nature Protocols

The Jpred 3 secondary structure prediction server

(2008) C. Cole et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

APD2: the updated antimicrobial peptide database and its application in peptide design

(2008) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Did cathelicidins, a family of multifunctional host-defense peptides, arise from a cysteine protease inhibitor?

(2008) Shunyi Zhu   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Orthologs of macrophage migration inhibitory factor from parasitic nematodes

(2008) Jon J. Vermeire et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Cystatins from filarial parasites: Evolution, adaptation and function in the host–parasite relationship☆

(2007) W GREGORY et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY