Peptidylarginine Deiminases Present in the Airways during Tobacco Smoking and Inflammation Can Citrullinate the Host Defense Peptide LL-37, Resulting in Altered Activities

Midkine and Pleiotrophin Have Bactericidal Properties

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PAD4 is essential for antibacterial innate immunity mediated by neutrophil extracellular traps

(2010) Pingxin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Evidence that cathelicidin peptide LL-37 may act as a functional ligand for CXCR2 on human neutrophils

(2009) Zhifang Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

SufA of the Opportunistic Pathogen Finegoldia magna Modulates Actions of the Antibacterial Chemokine MIG/CXCL9, Promoting Bacterial Survival during Epithelial Inflammation

(2009) Christofer Karlsson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: A Strategic Tactic to Defeat Pathogens with Potential Consequences for the Host

(2009) Eva Medina   Journal of Innate Immunity

Secondary necrosis of apoptotic neutrophils induced by the human cathelicidin LL-37 is not proinflammatory to phagocytosing macrophages

(2009) Hsin-Ni Li et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Identification of a Cigarette Smoke–Responsive Region in the Distal MMP-1 Promoter

(2008) Becky A. Mercer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Smoking increases peptidylarginine deiminase 2 enzyme expression in human lungs and increases citrullination in BAL cells

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Immunity to Citrullinated Proteins in Rheumatoid Arthritis

(2008) Lars Klareskog et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

The Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Selectively Permeabilizes Apoptotic Leukocytes

(2008) A. Bjorstad et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Primary sequence, together with other factors, influence peptide deimination by peptidylarginine deiminase-4

(2008) Maria E. Stensland et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Citrullination of CXCL10 and CXCL11 by peptidylarginine deiminase: a naturally occurring posttranslational modification of chemokines and new dimension of immunoregulation

(2008) T. Loos et al.   BLOOD

Citrullination of CXCL8 by peptidylarginine deiminase alters receptor usage, prevents proteolysis, and dampens tissue inflammation

(2008) Paul Proost et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Host Defence Peptide LL-37 Induces IL-6 Expression in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Activation of the NF-κB Signaling Pathway

(2008) Jelena Pistolic et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Infection in the Pathogenesis and Course of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2008) Sanjay Sethi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE