Synergy and remarkable specificity of antimicrobial peptides in vivo using a systematic knockout approach

Short-Form Bomanins Mediate Humoral Immunity in Drosophila

(2018) Scott A. Lindsay et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

An Antimicrobial Peptide and Its Neuronal Receptor Regulate Dendrite Degeneration in Aging and Infection

(2018) Lezi E et al.   NEURON

Antimicrobial peptides modulate long-term memory

(2018) Raquel Barajas-Azpeleta et al.   PLoS Genetics

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of host–pathogen interactions in insects: evolutionary insights and future directions

(2018) Timothy B Sackton   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Evolution of defence cocktails: Antimicrobial peptide combinations reduce mortality and persistent infection

(2017) Caroline Zanchi et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Metabolic Integration of Bacterial Endosymbionts through Antimicrobial Peptides

(2017) Peter Mergaert et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular mechanism of synergy between the antimicrobial peptides PGLa and magainin 2

(2017) Jonathan Zerweck et al.   Scientific Reports

NF-κB Immunity in the Brain Determines Fly Lifespan in Healthy Aging and Age-Related Neurodegeneration

(2017) Ilias Kounatidis et al.   Cell Reports

A systems level approach to temporal expression dynamics in Drosophila reveals clusters of long term memory genes

(2017) Julianna Bozler et al.   PLoS Genetics

Stochastic variation in the initial phase of bacterial infection predicts the probability of survival in D. melanogaster

(2017) David Duneau et al.   eLife

Komodo dragon-inspired synthetic peptide DRGN-1 promotes wound-healing of a mixed-biofilm infected wound

(2017) Ezra M.C. Chung et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Combination Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides

(2016) Guozhi Yu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Immune genes and divergent antimicrobial peptides in flies of the subgenus Drosophila

(2016) Mark A. Hanson et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Convergent Balancing Selection on an Antimicrobial Peptide in Drosophila

(2016) Robert L. Unckless et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PGRP-SD, an Extracellular Pattern-Recognition Receptor, Enhances Peptidoglycan-Mediated Activation of the Drosophila Imd Pathway

(2016) Igor Iatsenko et al.   IMMUNITY

Staphylococcus aureus Exploits Epidermal Barrier Defects in Atopic Dermatitis to Trigger Cytokine Expression

(2016) Teruaki Nakatsuji et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

The functional interaction between abaecin and pore-forming peptides indicates a general mechanism of antibacterial potentiation

(2016) Mohammad Rahnamaeian et al.   PEPTIDES

Perspectives on the evolutionary ecology of arthropod antimicrobial peptides

(2016) Jens Rolff et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The potential for adaptive maintenance of diversity in insect antimicrobial peptides

(2016) Robert L. Unckless et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diversity, evolution and medical applications of insect antimicrobial peptides

(2016) Eleftherios Mylonakis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Amyloid-β peptide protects against microbial infection in mouse and worm models of Alzheimer’s disease

(2016) Deepak Kumar Vijaya Kumar et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents

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

Drosophila innate immunity: regional and functional specialization of prophenoloxidases

(2015) Jan P. Dudzic et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Pancreatic β-Cells Limit Autoimmune Diabetes via an Immunoregulatory Antimicrobial Peptide Expressed under the Influence of the Gut Microbiota

(2015) Jia Sun et al.   IMMUNITY

Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria

(2015) M. Rahnamaeian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Complex Contributions of Genetics and Nutrition to Immunity in Drosophila melanogaster

(2015) Robert L. Unckless et al.   PLoS Genetics

An Effector Peptide Family Required for Drosophila Toll-Mediated Immunity

(2015) Alexa W. Clemmons et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Trans-species polymorphism at antimicrobial innate immunity cathelicidin genes of Atlantic cod and related species

(2015) Katrín Halldórsdóttir et al.   PeerJ

The Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 and Mimics are Potential Anticancer Drugs

(2015) Kengo Kuroda et al.   Frontiers in Oncology

Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antibiotics against Clostridium difficile

(2014) Sabine Nuding et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Mechanism of Escherichia coli Resistance to Pyrrhocoricin

(2014) S. Narayanan et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Perforin Pore Facilitates the Delivery of Cationic Cargos

(2014) Sarah E. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Methods to study Drosophila immunity

(2014) Claudine Neyen et al.   METHODS

The Toll-Dorsal Pathway Is Required for Resistance to Viral Oral Infection in Drosophila

(2014) Álvaro Gil Ferreira et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Enhanced antimicrobial activity of peptide-cocktails against common bacterial contaminants of ex vivo stored platelets

(2013) K.V.K. Mohan et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Accelerated homologous recombination and subsequent genome modification in Drosophila

(2013) L. A. Baena-Lopez et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Highly Improved Gene Targeting by Germline-Specific Cas9 Expression in Drosophila

(2013) Shu Kondo et al.   GENETICS

Dnr1 mutations cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila by activating the innate immune response in the brain

(2013) Y. Cao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The saposin-like protein SPP-12 is an antimicrobial polypeptide in the pharyngeal neurons ofCaenorhabditis elegansand participates in defence against a natural bacterial pathogen

(2012) Aylin Hoeckendorf et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Synergistic action of Galleria mellonella anionic peptide 2 and lysozyme against Gram-negative bacteria

(2012) Agnieszka Zdybicka-Barabas et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Wild-type Drosophila melanogaster as an alternative model system for investigating the pathogenicity of Candida albicans

(2011) M. T. Glittenberg et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

TheDrosophilaGene Disruption Project: Progress Using Transposons With Distinctive Site Specificities

(2011) Hugo J. Bellen et al.   GENETICS

Locus-specific protocol for nine different innate immune genes (antimicrobial peptides: β-defensins) across passerine bird species reveals within-species coding variation and a case of trans-species polymorphisms

(2011) O. HELLGREN et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Antimicrobial Peptides Keep Insect Endosymbionts Under Control

(2011) F. H. Login et al.   SCIENCE

Describing the Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptide Action with the Interfacial Activity Model

(2010) William C. Wimley   ACS Chemical Biology

Antimicrobial peptides: General overview and clinical implications in human health and disease

(2010) Eduardo Guaní-Guerra et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Antimicrobial Peptides Increase Tolerance to Oxidant Stress inDrosophila melanogaster

(2010) Huiwen W. Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Providencia sneebia sp. nov. and Providencia burhodogranariea sp. nov., isolated from wild Drosophila melanogaster

(2009) P. Juneja et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their synergistic effect with antibiotics: a study against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

(2009) Amanulla Mohammed Fayaz et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Long-Range Activation of Systemic Immunity through Peptidoglycan Diffusion in Drosophila

(2009) Mathilde Gendrin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Antimicrobial peptides and self-DNA in autoimmune skin inflammation

(2008) Michel Gilliet et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Balancing Selection at a Frog Antimicrobial Peptide Locus: Fluctuating Immune Effector Alleles?

(2008) J. A. Tennessen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Antimicrobial peptides of the Cecropin-family show potent antitumor activity against bladder cancer cells

(2008) Henrik Suttmann et al.   BMC Urology