S Cociancich, P Bulet, C Hetru, JA Hoffmann - Parasitology today, 1994 - Elsevier
Insects respond to bacterial challenge by the rapid and transient synthesis of a large number of potent antibacterial peptides that are active against many different bacteria. Two families …
P Bulet, C Hetru, JL Dimarcq, D Hoffmann - Developmental & Comparative …, 1999 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides appear to be ubiquitous and multipotent components of the innate immune defense arsenal used by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. During the …
JA Hoffmann, C Hetru - Immunology today, 1992 - cell.com
In response to bacterial challenge or trauma, insects produce a battery of bactericidal or bacteriostatic molecules with a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive and~ or …
M Lamberty, S Ades, S Uttenweiler-Joseph… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
Lepidoptera have been reported to produce several antibacterial peptides in response to septic injury. However, in marked contrast to other insect groups, no inducible antifungal …
S Cociancich, A Dupont, G Hegy, R Lanot… - Biochemical …, 1994 - portlandpress.com
Insects belonging to the recent orders of the endopterygote clade (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera) respond to bacterial challenge by the rapid and transient …
L Otvos, K Bokonyi, I Varga, BI Otvos, R Hoffmann… - Protein …, 2000 - cambridge.org
At a time of the emergence of drug-resistant bacterial strains, the development of antimicrobial compounds with novel mechanisms of action is of considerable interest …
M Tonk, A Vilcinskas - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are peptide-based effector molecules produced by the innate immune system to combat microbes. Insects produce the broadest repertoire of AMPs, and …
H Jenssen, P Hamill, REW Hancock - Clinical microbiology …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial host defense peptides are produced by all complex organisms as well as some microbes and have diverse and complex antimicrobial activities. Collectively these …
J Vizioli, M Salzet - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2002 - cell.com
An expensive group of cationic antimicrobial peptides has been isolated from animals and plants during the past two decades. Three novel classes of natural antibiotics (anionic …