Antimicrobial peptides: agents of border protection for companion animals

The Coordinated Response of the Physical and Antimicrobial Peptide Barriers of the Skin

(2011) Andrew W. Borkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Expression and Activity of a Novel Cathelicidin from Domestic Cats

(2011) Brian C. Leonard et al.   PLoS One

A Common Mutation in the Defensin DEFB126 Causes Impaired Sperm Function and Subfertility

(2011) T. L. Tollner et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The epididymis-specific antimicrobial peptide β-defensin 15 is required for sperm motility and male fertility in the rat (Rattus norvegicus)

(2010) Yue Zhao et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Functional interaction of human neutrophil peptide-1 with the cell wall precursor lipid II

(2010) Erik de Leeuw et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Human  -Defensin 3 Inhibits Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Staphylococci

(2010) V. Sass et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Specific Binding and Chemotactic Activity of mBD4 and Its Functional Orthologue hBD2 to CCR6-expressing Cells

(2010) Johann Röhrl et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Human  -Defensin 2 and 3 and Their Mouse Orthologs Induce Chemotaxis through Interaction with CCR2

(2010) J. Rohrl et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

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

Plectasin, a Fungal Defensin, Targets the Bacterial Cell Wall Precursor Lipid II

(2010) T. Schneider et al.   SCIENCE

Expression and distribution of antimicrobial peptides in the skin of healthy beagles

(2010) Domenico Santoro et al.   VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of β-defensin 3 against Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolates from healthy and atopic canine skin

(2010) Jennifer Fazakerley et al.   VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

Vitamin D3 Induces Autophagy in Human Monocytes/Macrophages via Cathelicidin

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

Copy number variation of beta-defensins and relevance to disease

(2009) E.J. Hollox   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

The genomic architecture of segmental duplications and associated copy number variants in dogs

(2009) T. J. Nicholas et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Through the Looking Glass, Mechanistic Insights from Enantiomeric Human Defensins

(2009) Gang Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Canine Models of Atopic Dermatitis: A Useful Tool with Untapped Potential

(2009) Rosanna Marsella et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Altered cutaneous expression of β-defensins in dogs with atopic dermatitis

(2009) Catharina M.M. van Damme et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Isoleucine/leucine2 is essential for chemoattractant activity of β-defensin Defb14 through chemokine receptor 6

(2009) Christine Tyrrell et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Expression of β-defensins in the canine respiratory tract and antimicrobial activity against Bordetella bronchiseptica

(2009) Kerstin Erles et al.   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Mapping DNA structural variation in dogs

(2008) W.-K. Chen et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Macaque sperm coating protein DEFB126 facilitates sperm penetration of cervical mucus

(2008) T. L. Tollner et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Antimicrobial peptides and the skin immune defense system

(2008) Jürgen Schauber et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Defective killing of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis is associated with reduced mobilization of human β-defensin-3

(2008) Kevin O. Kisich et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Requirements for Two Proximal NF-κB Binding Sites and IκB-ζ in IL-17A-induced Human β-Defensin 2 Expression by Conducting Airway Epithelium

(2008) Cheng-Yuan Kao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Analysis and Separation of Residues Important for the Chemoattractant and Antimicrobial Activities of β-Defensin 3

(2008) Karen Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

β-Defensin 22 is a major component of the mouse sperm glycocalyx

(2008) Ashley I Yudin et al.   REPRODUCTION

Expression of endogenous antimicrobial peptides in normal canine skin

(2008) Kyra V. Wingate et al.   VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

Beta-Defensin 126 on the Surface of Macaque Sperm Mediates Attachment of Sperm to Oviductal Epithelia1

(2007) Theodore L. Tollner et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION