Applications of lysozyme, an innate immune defense factor, as an alternative antibiotic

P Ferraboschi, S Ciceri, P Grisenti - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lysozyme is a~ 14 kDa protein present in many mucosal secretions (tears, saliva, and
mucus) and tissues of animals and plants, and plays an important role in the innate …

[HTML][HTML] The applied anatomy of human skin: A model for regeneration

JM Abdo, NA Sopko, SM Milner - Wound Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Autologous keratinocyte cultures and combinations of scaffolds, different cell types, solutions
of macromolecules, or growth factors have contributed to the resurfacing of burns and large …

Dynamic Gut Microbiome across Life History of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae in Kenya

Y Wang, TM Gilbreath III, P Kukutla, G Yan, J Xu - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The mosquito gut represents an ecosystem that accommodates a complex, intimately
associated microbiome. It is increasingly clear that the gut microbiome influences a wide …

Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteremia is associated with clinically significant infections and high mortality

SKP Lau, WN Chow, CH Foo, SOT Curreem, GCS Lo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Unlike Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, the clinical importance of E. anophelis is poorly
understood. We determined the clinical and molecular epidemiology of bacteremia caused …

The Anopheles Innate Immune System in the Defense against Malaria Infection

AM Clayton, Y Dong, G Dimopoulos - Journal of innate immunity, 2014 - karger.com
The multifaceted innate immune system of insects is capable of fighting infection by a variety
of pathogens including those causing human malaria. Malaria transmission by the …

Elizabethkingia anophelis sp. nov., isolated from the midgut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

P Kämpfer, H Matthews, SP Glaeser… - … of systematic and …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
The taxonomic position, growth characteristics and antibiotic resistance properties of a
slightly yellow-pigmented bacterial strain, designated R26T, isolated from the midgut of the …

[HTML][HTML] The Anopheles mosquito microbiota and their impact on pathogen transmission

M Gendrin, GK Christophides - Anopheles mosquitoes-New …, 2013 - intechopen.com
An ecosystem is composed of a biological community and its physical environment. A
unique ecosystem is the metazoan digestive tract, which contains and interacts with many …

20-Hydroxyecdysone primes innate immune responses that limit bacterial and malarial parasite survival in Anopheles gambiae

RA Reynolds, H Kwon, RC Smith - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blood feeding is an integral behavior of mosquitoes to acquire nutritional resources needed
for reproduction. This requirement also enables mosquitoes to serve as efficient vectors to …

Anopheles gambiae larvae mount stronger immune responses against bacterial infection than adults: evidence of adaptive decoupling in mosquitoes

GP League, TY Estévez-Lao, Y Yan… - Parasites & …, 2017 - Springer
Background The immune system of adult mosquitoes has received significant attention
because of the ability of females to vector disease-causing pathogens while ingesting blood …

Insight into the structural hierarchy of the protease cascade that regulates the mosquito melanization response

SA Saab, X Zhang, S Zeineddine, B Morejon… - Microbes and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Serine protease cascades regulate important insect immune responses, including
melanization and Toll pathway activation. In the context of melanization, central components …