Defensins

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Defensins in innate antiviral immunity. 
  • Defensins: natural anti-HIV peptides. 
  • Dendritic epidermal T cells regulate skin antimicrobial barrier function. 
  • Fitness benefits of systemic acquired resistance during Hyaloperonospora parasitica infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Innate immunity and the lung: defense at the interface between host and environment. 
  • Mucosal human defensins 5 and 6 antagonize the anti-HIV activity of candidate polyanion microbicides. 
  • NPR1 modulates cross-talk between salicylate- and jasmonate-dependent defense pathways through a novel function in the cytosol. 
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae-induced human defensins 5 and 6 increase HIV infectivity: role in enhanced transmission. 
  • Proteomic biomarkers of intra-amniotic inflammation: relationship with funisitis and early-onset sepsis in the premature neonate. 
  • Toll-like receptors, innate immunity and lung transplantation.