Two Human Host Defense Ribonucleases against Mycobacteria, the Eosinophil Cationic Protein (RNase 3) and RNase 7

Contribution of Structural Domains to the Activity of Ribonuclease 7 against Uropathogenic Bacteria

(2012) H. Wang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antimicrobial Action and Cell Agglutination by the Eosinophil Cationic Protein Are Modulated by the Cell Wall Lipopolysaccharide Structure

(2012) David Pulido et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Structural determinants of the eosinophil cationic protein antimicrobial activity

(2012) Ester Boix et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Drug Resistance Mechanisms, and Therapy of Infections with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

(2012) B. A. Brown-Elliott et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Antimicrobial activity of human eosinophil granule proteins: involvement in host defence against pathogens

(2012) Anu Malik et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions of Pathogenic Bacteria with Autophagy Systems

(2012) Marija Cemma et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

CR3-dependent negative regulation of human eosinophils by Mycobacterium bovis BCG lipoarabinomannan

(2012) Virginie Driss et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium vaccae Type Strain ATCC 25954

(2012) Y. S. Ho et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antimicrobial RNases in Cutaneous Defense

(2012) Maren Simanski et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

The sulfate-binding site structure of the human eosinophil cationic protein as revealed by a new crystal form

(2012) Ester Boix et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Human  -Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets

(2012) H. Chu et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial autophagy: restriction or promotion of bacterial replication?

(2012) Serge Mostowy et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Exploring New Biological Functions of Amyloids: Bacteria Cell Agglutination Mediated by Host Protein Aggregation

(2012) Marc Torrent et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptoids against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Rinki Kapoor et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

AMPA: an automated web server for prediction of protein antimicrobial regions

(2011) Marc Torrent et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Role of unique basic residues in cytotoxic, antibacterial and antiparasitic activities of human eosinophil cationic protein

(2011) Anubha Singh et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Protecting the boundary: the sentinel role of host defense peptides in the skin

(2011) Jamie J. Bernard et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Cathelicidin is involved in the intracellular killing of mycobacteria in macrophages

(2011) Avinash Sonawane et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Innate Immune Effectors in Mycobacterial Infection

(2011) Hiroyuki Saiga et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Mycobacterium leprae–host-cell interactions and genetic determinants in leprosy: an overview

(2011) Roberta Olmo Pinheiro et al.   Future Microbiology

Eosinophils: multifaceted biological properties and roles in health and disease

(2011) Hirohito Kita   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Eosinophils: Offenders or General Bystanders in Allergic Airway Disease and Pulmonary Immunity?

(2011) Praveen Akuthota et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Refining the Eosinophil Cationic Protein Antibacterial Pharmacophore by Rational Structure Minimization

(2011) Marc Torrent et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Ribonuclease 7 is a potent antimicrobial peptide within the human urinary tract

(2011) John D. Spencer et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Designing antimicrobial peptides: form follows function

(2011) Christopher D. Fjell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Anti-Tuberculosis Activity of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides: De Novo Designed L- and D-Enantiomers Versus L- and D-LL37

(2011) Ziqing Jiang et al.   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Antimicrobial Peptides in Innate Immunity against Mycobacteria

(2011) Dong-Min Shin et al.   Immune Network

Mapping the eosinophil cationic protein antimicrobial activity by chemical and enzymatic cleavage

(2010) Daniel Sánchez et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Eosinophil Cationic Protein Aggregation: Identification of an N-Terminus Amyloid Prone Region

(2010) Marc Torrent et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

NMR Structural Determinants of Eosinophil Cationic Protein Binding to Membrane and Heparin Mimetics

(2010) María Flor García-Mayoral et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Comparison of human RNase 3 and RNase 7 bactericidal action at the Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial cell wall

(2010) Marc Torrent et al.   FEBS Journal

Exploring the sequence determinants of amyloid structure using position-specific scoring matrices

(2010) Sebastian Maurer-Stroh et al.   NATURE METHODS

Protein annotation and modelling servers at University College London

(2010) D. W. A. Buchan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The human cathelicidin hCAP18/LL-37: A multifunctional peptide involved in mycobacterial infections

(2010) Patricia Méndez-Samperio   PEPTIDES

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Skin Infections

(2009) Dirk Elston   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

Bactericidal and membrane disruption activities of the eosinophil cationic protein are largely retained in an N-terminal fragment

(2009) Marc Torrent et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Jalview Version 2--a multiple sequence alignment editor and analysis workbench

(2009) A. M. Waterhouse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Constitutive Expression of the Antimicrobial Peptide RNase 7 Is Associated withStaphylococcus aureusInfection of the Skin

(2009) Philipp Zanger et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Direct and alternative antimicrobial mechanisms of neutrophil-derived granule proteins

(2009) Oliver Soehnlein   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Pore Forming Properties of Cecropin-Melittin Hybrid Peptide in a Natural Membrane

(2009) Alberto Milani et al.   MOLECULES

RNase 7 Contributes to the Cutaneous Defense against Enterococcus faecium

(2009) Bente Köten et al.   PLoS One

Eosinophil Cationic Protein High-Affinity Binding to Bacteria-Wall Lipopolysaccharides and Peptidoglycans†

(2008) Marc Torrent et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

TLR2-dependent eosinophil interactions with mycobacteria: role of  -defensins

(2008) V. Driss et al.   BLOOD

Human macrophage host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2008) Philip T Liu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

The Antipathogen Activities of Eosinophil Cationic Protein

(2008) Ester Boix et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Role of antimicrobial peptides in host defense against mycobacterial infections

(2008) Patricia Méndez-Samperio   PEPTIDES