The skin surface as antimicrobial barrier: present concepts and future outlooks

IL-17A Enhances Vitamin D3-Induced Expression of Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide in Human Keratinocytes

(2014) M. Peric et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Structure and function of the epidermis related to barrier properties

(2012) Adone Baroni et al.   CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY

Cathelicidin LL-37: a defense molecule with a potential role in psoriasis pathogenesis

(2012) Yvonne Dombrowski et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Temporal shifts in the skin microbiome associated with disease flares and treatment in children with atopic dermatitis

(2012) H. H. Kong et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Natural antimicrobial peptides from bacteria: characteristics and potential applications to fight against antibiotic resistance

(2012) M. Hassan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Paraoxonase 2 Acts as a Quorum Sensing–Quenching Factor in Human Keratinocytes

(2012) Maren Simanski et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Pattern recognition receptors in infectious skin diseases

(2012) Heleen D. de Koning et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Nutrient Metal Sequestration by Calprotectin Inhibits Bacterial Superoxide Defense, Enhancing Neutrophil Killing of Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Thomas E. Kehl-Fie et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The potter’s wheel: the host’s role in sculpting its microbiota

(2011) Charles L. Bevins et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Bacterial resistance mechanisms against host defense peptides

(2011) Tomaz Koprivnjak et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

An antimicrobial protein, lactoferrin exists in the sweat: proteomic analysis of sweat

(2011) Ji-Hye Park et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Microbial Symbiosis with the Innate Immune Defense System of the Skin

(2011) Richard L. Gallo et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Skin Microbiome: Looking Back to Move Forward

(2011) Heidi H. Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Psoriasis Enables Keratinocyte Reactivity against TLR9 Ligands

(2011) Shin Morizane et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

The Effect of Washing and Drying Practices on Skin Barrier Function

(2011) David Voegeli   Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing

The skin microbiome

(2011) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Cytosolic DNA Triggers Inflammasome Activation in Keratinocytes in Psoriatic Lesions

(2011) Y. Dombrowski et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Differential expression of antimicrobial peptides in margins of chronic wounds

(2010) Stefanie Dressel et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Infection of the Skin Is Associated with Inducibility of Human  -Defensin 3 but Not Human  -Defensin 2

(2010) P. Zanger et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Skin Inflammation Induced by the Synergistic Action of IL-17A, IL-22, Oncostatin M, IL-1 , and TNF-  Recapitulates Some Features of Psoriasis

(2010) K. Guilloteau et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Antimicrobial Heterodimer S100A8/S100A9 (Calprotectin) Is Upregulated by Bacterial Flagellin in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes

(2010) Arby Abtin et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

RNase 7 Protects Healthy Skin from Staphylococcus aureus Colonization

(2010) Maren Simanski et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Enhanced Expression and Secretion of Antimicrobial Peptides in Atopic Dermatitis and after Superficial Skin Injury

(2010) Jürgen Harder et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Activation of TLR2 by a Small Molecule Produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis Increases Antimicrobial Defense against Bacterial Skin Infections

(2010) Yuping Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Skin Commensals Amplify the Innate Immune Response to Pathogens by Activation of Distinct Signaling Pathways

(2010) Ines Wanke et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Quorum sensing in bacterial virulence

(2010) L. C. M. Antunes et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Staphylococcus epidermidis Esp inhibits Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and nasal colonization

(2010) Tadayuki Iwase et al.   NATURE

Longitudinal shift in diabetic wound microbiota correlates with prolonged skin defense response

(2010) E. A. Grice et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In an early branching metazoan, bacterial colonization of the embryo is controlled by maternal antimicrobial peptides

(2010) S. Fraune et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reddish, scaly, and itchy: how proteases and their inhibitors contribute to inflammatory skin diseases

(2009) Ulf Meyer-Hoffert   ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS

Enhanced expression of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in lesional skin of adults with atopic eczema

(2009) N. Ballardini et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Rhamnolipid-induced shedding of flagellin fromPseudomonas aeruginosaprovokes hBD-2 and IL-8 response in human keratinocytes

(2009) Ulrich Gerstel et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcal Antimicrobial Peptides: Relevant Properties and Potential Biotechnological Applications

(2009) M. Bastos et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

UV-B radiation induces the expression of antimicrobial peptides in human keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo

(2009) Regine Gläser et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

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

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

Selective Antimicrobial Action Is Provided by Phenol-Soluble Modulins Derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis, a Normal Resident of the Skin

(2009) Anna L. Cogen et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Enteric defensins are essential regulators of intestinal microbial ecology

(2009) Nita H Salzman et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Commensal bacteria regulate Toll-like receptor 3–dependent inflammation after skin injury

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

β-Defensin-2 Protein Is a Serum Biomarker for Disease Activity in Psoriasis and Reaches Biologically Relevant Concentrations in Lesional Skin

(2009) Patrick A. M. Jansen et al.   PLoS One

RNase 7 Contributes to the Cutaneous Defense against Enterococcus faecium

(2009) Bente Köten et al.   PLoS One

Topographical and Temporal Diversity of the Human Skin Microbiome

(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: The simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence

(2008) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Flagellin is the principal inducer of the antimicrobial peptide S100A7c (psoriasin) in human epidermal keratinocytes exposed to Escherichia coli

(2008) Arby Abtin et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Differential innate immune responses of a living skin equivalent model colonized by Staphylococcus epidermidis or Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Diana B. Holland et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Differential mRNA Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides and Proteins in Atopic Dermatitis as Compared to Psoriasis Vulgaris and Healthy Skin

(2008) Thilo Gambichler et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Hydramacin-1, Structure and Antibacterial Activity of a Protein from the Basal MetazoanHydra

(2008) Sascha Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Antimicrobial Protein Psoriasin (S100A7) Is Upregulated in Atopic Dermatitis and after Experimental Skin Barrier Disruption

(2008) Regine Gläser et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Secreted Proteases from Dermatophytes

(2008) Michel Monod   MYCOPATHOLOGIA