Anti‐microbial peptides: from invertebrates to vertebrates

P Bulet, R Stöcklin, L Menin - Immunological reviews, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Gene‐encoded anti‐microbial peptides (AMPs) are widespread in nature, as they are
synthesized by microorganisms as well as by multicellular organisms from both the vegetal …

Characterization of a Defensin from the Sand Fly Phlebotomus duboscqi Induced by Challenge with Bacteria or the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania major

N Boulanger, C Lowenberger, P Volf, R Ursic… - Infection and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial peptides are major components of the innate immune response of epithelial
cells. In insect vectors, these peptides may play a role in the control of gut pathogens. We …

[HTML][HTML] Proteomic analysis of the systemic immune response of Drosophila

F Levy, P Bulet, L Ehret-Sabatier - Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2004 - ASBMB
Improvements in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and
bioinformatics provide new tools to characterize proteins involved in a physiological …

Peptidomic and proteomic analyses of the systemic immune response of Drosophila

F Levy, D Rabel, M Charlet, P Bulet, JA Hoffmann… - Biochimie, 2004 - Elsevier
Insects have developed an efficient host defense against microorganisms, which involves
humoral and cellular mechanisms. Numerous data highlight similarities between defense …

A synthetic antibacterial peptide from Mytilus galloprovincialis reduces mortality due to white spot syndrome virus in palaemonid shrimp

JW Dupuy, JR Bonami, P Roch - Journal of fish diseases, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) isolated from Penaeus monodon was found to be highly
infective for the western Mediterranean shrimp, Palaemon sp. Using polymerase chain …

TsetseEP, a gut protein from the tsetse Glossina morsitans, is related to a major surface glycoprotein of trypanosomes transmitted by the fly and to the products of a …

M Chandra, M Liniger, L Tetley, I Roditi… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2004 - Elsevier
African trypanosomes live in the lumen of the gut of tsetse (Glossina) and may have to face
an immune response. As yet, it is unclear whether they are sensitive to antimicrobial …

[引用][C] Philippe Bulet Reto Stöcklin

L Menin - Immunological Reviews, 2004