Antibacterial Properties and Efficacy of a Novel SPLUNC1-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide, α4-Short, in a Murine Model of Respiratory Infection

Enhanced efficacy of the engineered antimicrobial peptide WLBU2 via direct airway delivery in a murine model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia

(2018) C. Chen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prevention of ESKAPE pathogen biofilm formation by antimicrobial peptides WLBU2 and LL37

(2018) Qiao Lin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

The antimicrobial peptide SAAP-148 combats drug-resistant bacteria and biofilms

(2018) Anna de Breij et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Enhanced biofilm prevention activity of a SPLUNC1-derived antimicrobial peptide against Staphylococcus aureus

(2018) Zhongjie Yu et al.   PLoS One

Local Burn Injury Promotes Defects in the Epidermal Lipid and Antimicrobial Peptide Barriers in Human Autograft Skin and Burn Margin

(2017) Jennifer K. Plichta et al.   Journal of Burn Care & Research

Antimicrobial peptide Epinecidin-1 promotes complete skin regeneration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-infected burn wounds in a swine model

(2017) Han-Ning Huang et al.   Oncotarget

Elimination of Antibiotic Resistant Surgical Implant Biofilms Using an Engineered Cationic Amphipathic Peptide WLBU2

(2017) Jonathan B. Mandell et al.   Scientific Reports

In vivo therapeutic efficacy of frog skin-derived peptides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced pulmonary infection

(2017) Chen Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural Features Essential to the Antimicrobial Functions of Human SPLUNC1

(2016) William G. Walton et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Virulence Potential of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Diabetic Foot Ulcers Among Patients from Southern Poland

(2016) Monika Pobiega et al.   Current Vascular Pharmacology

Comparative functional properties of engineered cationic antimicrobial peptides consisting exclusively of tryptophan and either lysine or arginine

(2016) Berthony Deslouches et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Simultaneous Antibiofilm and Antiviral Activities of an Engineered Antimicrobial Peptide during Virus-Bacterium Coinfection

(2016) Jeffrey A. Melvin et al.   mSphere

Membrane Core-Specific Antimicrobial Action of Cathelicidin LL-37 Peptide Switches Between Pore and Nanofibre Formation

(2016) Mahdi Shahmiri et al.   Scientific Reports

d-Amino acids incorporation in the frog skin-derived peptide esculentin-1a(1-21)NH2 is beneficial for its multiple functions

(2015) Antonio Di Grazia et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Overlap and diversity in antimicrobial peptide databases: compiling a non-redundant set of sequences

(2015) Longendri Aguilera-Mendoza et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Antimicrobial peptide-based treatment for endodontic infections — Biotechnological innovation in endodontics

(2015) Stella Maris de Freitas Lima et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Predicting functional regulatory SNPs in the human antimicrobial peptide genes DEFB1 and CAMP in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS

(2015) Adolfo Flores Saiffe Farías et al.   COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Bactericidal efficacy of atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma (APNTP) against the ESKAPE pathogens

(2015) Padrig B. Flynn et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Virtual screening of a milk peptide database for the identification of food-derived antimicrobial peptides

(2015) Yufang Liu et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

APD3: the antimicrobial peptide database as a tool for research and education

(2015) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Mortality Predictors in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Renal Transplant Recipients With ESKAPE/rESKAPE Pneumonia

(2015) L. Chu et al.   TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS

Analysis of Healing Effect of Alginate Sulfate Hydrogel Dressing Containing Antimicrobial Peptide on Wound Infection Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2015) Hamid Babavalian et al.   Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides To Overcome Multidrug Resistance by ESKAPE Pathogens

(2014) Berthony Deslouches et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

From ESKAPE to ESCAPE, From KPC to CCC

(2014) F. G. De Rosa et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Parallel evolution of small colony variants in Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms

(2014) Vaughn S. Cooper et al.   GENOMICS

SPLUNC1/BPIFA1 Contributes to Pulmonary Host Defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae Respiratory Infection

(2013) Yang Liu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Identification of the SPLUNC1 ENaC-inhibitory domain yields novel strategies to treat sodium hyperabsorption in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cultures

(2013) Carey A. Hobbs et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Dual Acute Proinflammatory and Antifibrotic Pulmonary Effects of Short Palate, Lung, and Nasal Epithelium Clone–1 after Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes

(2013) Y. Peter Di et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Rational Design of Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Consisting Exclusively of Arginine and Tryptophan, and Their Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

(2013) Berthony Deslouches et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

One-Year Surveillance of ESKAPE Pathogens in an Intensive Care Unit of Monterrey, Mexico

(2013) Jorge Martín Llaca-Díaz et al.   CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinical relevance of the ESKAPE pathogens

(2013) Jack N Pendleton et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Increased Susceptibility to Pulmonary Pseudomonas Infection in Splunc1 Knockout Mice

(2013) Y. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Purification and Characterization of Biofilm-Associated EPS Exopolysaccharides from ESKAPE Organisms and Other Pathogens

(2013) Patrick M. Bales et al.   PLoS One

Molecular basis for pH-dependent mucosal dehydration in cystic fibrosis airways

(2013) A. L. Garland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SPLUNC1 Deficiency Enhances Airway Eosinophilic Inflammation in Mice

(2012) Jyoti V. Thaikoottathil et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Multifunctional Role of Human SPLUNC1 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

(2012) Sameera Sayeed et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Rapid Identification of ESKAPE Bacterial Strains Using an Autonomous Microfluidic Device

(2012) Jack Y. Ho et al.   PLoS One

SPLUNC1 Promotes Lung Innate Defense Against Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Mice

(2011) Fabienne Gally et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Functional roles of SPLUNC1 in the innate immune response against Gram-negative bacteria

(2011) Y. Peter Di   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Transmembrane Pores Formed by Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

(2011) Chang-Chun Lee et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Use of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Microbial Biofilms: Advantages and Limits

(2011) Giovanna Batoni et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Relative Spatial Positions of Tryptophan and Cationic Residues in Helical Membrane-active Peptides Determine Their Cytotoxicity

(2011) Øystein Rekdal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Rigidity-Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity: A Case for Linear Cationic α-Helical Peptide HP(2–20) and Its Four Analogues

(2011) Li Liu et al.   PLoS One

Disperse distribution of cationic amino acids on hydrophilic surface of helical wheel enhances antimicrobial peptide activity

(2010) Young Soo Kim et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

HELIQUEST: a web server to screen sequences with specific  -helical properties

(2008) R. Gautier et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Pore Formation Induced by an Antimicrobial Peptide: Electrostatic Effects

(2008) Frantz Jean-François et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2008) Helen W. Boucher et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Federal Funding for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance in Nosocomial Pathogens: No ESKAPE

(2008) Louis B. Rice   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES