Cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the host-microbe interface

S Malhotra, D Hayes Jr, DJ Wozniak - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
In human pathophysiology, the clash between microbial infection and host immunity
contributes to multiple diseases. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a classical example of this …

Antimicrobial peptides–Advances in development of therapeutic applications

HX Luong, TT Thanh, TH Tran - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe infection is becoming a significant health problem which threaten the lives of
patients and the safety and economy of society. In the way of finding new strategy …

Influence of diabetes mellitus on immunity to human tuberculosis

P Kumar Nathella, S Babu - Immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for the development of active pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB), with development of DM pandemic in countries where TB is also endemic …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of antimicrobial peptides to better predict efficacy

DK Mercer, MDT Torres, SS Duay, E Lovie… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During the development of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) as potential therapeutics,
antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) stands as an essential part of the process in …

Clinical applications of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): where do we stand now?

M Divyashree, MK Mani, D Reddy… - Protein and peptide …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
In this era of multi-drug resistance (MDR), antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are one of the most
promising classes of potential drug candidates to combat communicable as well as …

Role of amphipathicity and hydrophobicity in the balance between hemolysis and peptide–membrane interactions of three related antimicrobial peptides

A Hollmann, M Martínez, ME Noguera… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) represent important self defense molecules in
many organisms, including humans. These peptides have a broad spectrum of activities …

Prevention of Infectious Mastitis by Oral Administration of Lactobacillus salivarius PS2 During Late Pregnancy

L Fernández, N Cárdenas, R Arroyo… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Previous studies have shown that oral administration of lactobacilli can be an
efficient approach to treat lactational infectious mastitis. In this trial, we have evaluated the …

Vitamin D and its therapeutic relevance in pulmonary diseases

S Ahmad, S Arora, S Khan, M Mohsin, A Mohan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vitamin D is customarily involved in maintaining bone and calcium homeostasis. However,
contemporary studies have identified the implication of vitamin D in several cellular …

Microbiome-immune interactions in tuberculosis

G Mori, M Morrison, A Blumenthal - PLoS pathogens, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an infectious disease of global significance and a leading cause
of death in low-and middle-income countries. Significant effort has been directed towards …

P. gingivalis in Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerosis – Scenes of Action for Antimicrobial Peptides and Complement

M Hussain, CM Stover, A Dupont - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
According to the NHS, it is estimated that over 50% of the adult population are, to some
extent, affected by gum disease and approximately 15% of UK population have been …