... nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)-infected and BmNPV-uninfected silkworm larvae brain at the late stage of infection. Further, we found that the cell subset that exerts an antiviral function in the silkworm larvae brain corresponds to hemocytes. Specifically, antimicrobial peptides were significantly induced by BmNPV...

...Juan de Dios Ruiz-Rosado; Hanna Cortado; Macie Kercsmar; Birong Li; Gregory Ballash; Israel Cotzomi-Ortega; Yuriko I. Sanchez-Zamora; Sudipti Gupta; Christina Ching; Ester Boix; Ashley R. Jackson; John David Spencer; Brian Becknell Mounting evidence suggests that antimicrobial peptides and proteins...

... lesions and the reduced cell polarity are alleviated by ectopic expression of the antimicrobial peptide drosomycin (Drs), which also restores the secretory activity of the SGs. In addition to extracellular matrix components, both Drs and F-actin localize to fibrotic lesions. [email protected]...

...Melissa Grant; Ola Kilsgård; Sigvard Åkerman; Björn Klinge; Ryan T. Demmer; Johan Malmström; Daniel Jönsson Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a diverse family of peptides that defend the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity and other locations. Many AMPs have multiple functions and properties...

.... Beginning at the time of laying, the initial protective structures of the egg, i.e., the biomineralized eggshell, egg-white antimicrobial peptides, and vitelline membrane, are rapidly and dramatically altered during embryonic development. The embryo-generated extra-embryonic tissues (chorioallantoic...

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... and in vitro is linked to the level of Bom gene expression. Although Toll dictates expression of the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) drosomycin and metchnikowin, we find no evidence that Boms act by modifying the expression of the mature forms of these antifungal AMPs. Antifungal activity Antimicrobial...

... Anopheles Drosophila Immune-deficiency pathway Antimicrobial peptides Plasmodium Microbiota Bacteria © 2017 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel 2017 Open Access License / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Antimicrobial peptides Epithelium Host defense Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Cigarette smoke Chronic...

... of antimicrobial peptide genes, as well as other genes involved in immune and stress responses [ 25 ]. To investigate if this aberrant immune gene expression affects lifespan, we followed the survival time of nub 1 compared with Or R flies. To also analyze if the presence of the commensal flora would...

... been described as a fundamental innate immune defence mechanism. They consist of a nuclear DNA backbone associated with different antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) which are able to engulf and kill pathogens. The AMP LL-37, a member of the cathelicidin family, is highly present in NETs. However...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2014 Extracellular matrix Laminin Antimicrobial peptides Wound...

.... Extracellular histones Antimicrobial peptides Host defense Immune response Septic shock Snap-frozen tissue collected from the center of infection from a patient with severe cellulitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes of M1 serotype was stained. The biopsy was cryostat-sectioned to 8 µm and fixed...

...Andreas Cederlund; Frank Nylén; Erica Miraglia; Peter Bergman; Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson; Birgitta Agerberth Antimicrobial peptides are important for a healthy host-microbe homeostasis. In infections characterized by low levels of the human cathelicidin, LL-37, induction of its expression increases...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Leukotriene B 4 Neutrophils Toll-like receptor Antimicrobial peptides Host defense...

...Julika Merres; Jonas Höss; Lea-Jessica Albrecht; Eugenia Kress; Oliver Soehnlein; Sandra Jansen; Thomas Pufe; Simone C. Tauber; Lars-Ove Brandenburg Antimicrobial peptides (AP) are important components of the innate immune system, yet little is known about their expression and function in the brain...

... the efficient arthropod immune response. Here, we used Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for Francisella infections and investigated whether the bacteria are resistant to insect humoral immune responses, in particular to the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) secreted into the insect hemolymph. Moreover, we...

...A. Menendez; B.P. Willing; M. Montero; M. Wlodarska; C.C. So; G. Bhinder; B.A. Vallance; B.B. Finlay Paneth cell α-defensins are antimicrobial peptides involved in the control of the intestinal microbiota and immunological homeostasis. In mice, they are encoded by multiple, highly homologous genes...

...Birgit Schittek Eccrine sweat glands, which are distributed over the whole bodies of primates and humans, have long been regarded mainly to have a function in thermoregulation. However, the discovery of dermcidin-derived antimicrobial peptides in eccrine sweat demonstrated that sweat actively...

...David Pulido; M. Victòria Nogués; Ester Boix; Marc Torrent Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are nowadays understood as broad multifunctional tools of the innate immune system to fight microbial infections. In addition to its direct antimicrobial action, AMPs can modulate the host immune response...