Azurophil Granule Proteins Constitute the Major Mycobactericidal Proteins in Human Neutrophils and Enhance the Killing of Mycobacteria in Macrophages

The Major Bactericidal Activity of Human Seminal Plasma Is Zinc-Dependent and Derived from Fragmentation of the Semenogelins

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Cathepsin G and Neutrophil Elastase Contribute to Lung-Protective Immunity against Mycobacterial Infections in Mice

(2012) K. Steinwede et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cathelicidin is involved in the intracellular killing of mycobacteria in macrophages

(2011) Avinash Sonawane et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Host and bacterial factors control the Mycobacterium avium-induced chronic peritoneal granulocytosis in mice

(2010) R. APPELBERG et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG expressing chimaeric protein of Ag85B and ESAT-6 enhances immunostimulatory activity of human macrophages

(2010) Ying Xu et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

An interferon-inducible neutrophil-driven blood transcriptional signature in human tuberculosis

(2010) Matthew P. R. Berry et al.   NATURE

Vitamin D3 Induces Autophagy in Human Monocytes/Macrophages via Cathelicidin

(2009) Jae-Min Yuk et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Lactoferrin enhances efficacy of the BCG vaccine: comparison between two inbred mice strains (C57BL/6 and BALB/c)

(2009) Shen-An Hwang et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

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

(2008) V. Driss et al.   BLOOD

Neutrophil primary granule proteins HBP and HNP1–3 boost bacterial phagocytosis by human and murine macrophages

(2008) Oliver Soehnlein et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Nutrient acquisition by mycobacteria

(2008) M. Niederweis   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of human serum components on bactericidal activity of human beta defensin 3

(2007) Giuseppantonio Maisetta et al.   PEPTIDES