Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
"Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Small cationic peptides that are an important component, in most species, of early innate and induced defenses against invading microbes. In animals they are found on mucosal surfaces, within phagocytic granules, and on the surface of the body. They are also found in insects and plants. Among others, this group includes the DEFENSINS, protegrins, tachyplesins, and thionins. They displace DIVALENT CATIONS from phosphate groups of MEMBRANE LIPIDS leading to disruption of the membrane.
| Descriptor ID |
D023181
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.050 D12.776.543.695.054
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| Concept/Terms |
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides- Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
- Cationic Peptides, Antimicrobial
- Peptides, Antimicrobial Cationic
- Microbicidal Cationic Proteins
- Cationic Proteins, Microbicidal
- Proteins, Microbicidal Cationic
- Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
- Antimicrobial Peptides, Cationic
- Peptides, Cationic Antimicrobial
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides" by people in Profiles.
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Cutaneous Burn Injury Modulates Urinary Antimicrobial Peptide Responses and the Urinary Microbiome. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jun; 45(6):e543-e551.
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Bactericidal Permeability-Increasing Proteins Shape Host-Microbe Interactions. mBio. 2017 04 04; 8(2).
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An investigative peptide-acyclovir combination to control herpes simplex virus type 1 ocular infection. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Sep 27; 54(9):6373-81.
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Plasma hepcidin of Ethiopian highlanders with steady-state hypoxia. Blood. 2013 Sep 12; 122(11):1989-91.
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Development and assessment of a biodegradable solvent cast polyester fabric small-diameter vascular graft. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2014 Jun; 102(6):1972-1981.
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Do ß-defensins and other antimicrobial peptides play a role in neuroimmune function and neurodegeneration? ScientificWorldJournal. 2012; 2012:905785.
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IL-17RE is the functional receptor for IL-17C and mediates mucosal immunity to infection with intestinal pathogens. Nat Immunol. 2011 Oct 12; 12(12):1151-8.
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Fusobacterium nucleatum and human beta-defensins modulate the release of antimicrobial chemokine CCL20/macrophage inflammatory protein 3a. Infect Immun. 2011 Nov; 79(11):4578-87.
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LBP/BPI proteins and their relatives: conservation over evolution and roles in mutualism. Biochem Soc Trans. 2011 Aug; 39(4):1039-44.
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Iron deficiency and raised hepcidin in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: clinical prevalence, outcomes, and mechanistic insights. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jul 12; 58(3):300-9.