Human Beta-Defensin 3 Is Up-Regulated in Cutaneous Leprosy Type 1 Reactions

Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation

(2011) Miriam Wilmes et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

The skin microbiome

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

A Phase Two Randomised Controlled Double Blind Trial of High Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone and Oral Prednisolone versus Intravenous Normal Saline and Oral Prednisolone in Individuals with Leprosy Type 1 Reactions and/or Nerve Function Impairment

(2011) Stephen L. Walker et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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

Cyclic and Acyclic Defensins Inhibit Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Replication by Different Mechanisms

(2010) Aprille Seidel et al.   PLoS One

Divergence of Macrophage Phagocytic and Antimicrobial Programs in Leprosy

(2009) Dennis Montoya et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) are associated with protection against leprosy

(2009) P.-Y. Bochud et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

TLR2 Looks at Lipoproteins

(2009) Mirjam Schenk et al.   IMMUNITY

SNP 668C (−44) alters a NF-κB1 putative binding site in non-coding strand of human β-defensin 1 (DEFB1) and is associated with lepromatous leprosy

(2009) Ernesto Prado-Montes de Oca et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

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

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Genomewide Association Study of Leprosy

(2009) Fu-Ren Zhang et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Convergence of IL-1β and VDR Activation Pathways in Human TLR2/1-Induced Antimicrobial Responses

(2009) Philip T. Liu et al.   PLoS One

Toll‐Like Receptor 2(TLR2)Polymorphisms Are Associated with Reversal Reaction in Leprosy

(2008) Pierre‐Yves Bochud et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES