Antiviral activities of human host defense peptides

DC Brice, G Diamond - Current medicinal chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Peptides with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity are found widely expressed throughout
nature. As they participate in a number of different aspects of innate immunity in mammals …

Evolution and diversity of immune responses during acute HIV infection

SW Kazer, BD Walker, AK Shalek - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Understanding the earliest immune responses following HIV infection is critical to inform
future vaccines and therapeutics. Here, we review recent prospective human studies in at …

Integrated single-cell analysis of multicellular immune dynamics during hyperacute HIV-1 infection

SW Kazer, TP Aicher, DM Muema, SL Carroll… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Cellular immunity is critical for controlling intracellular pathogens, but individual cellular
dynamics and cell–cell cooperativity in evolving human immune responses remain poorly …

Smoking and Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Infection Promote Retention of CD8+ T Cells in the Airway Mucosa

B Corleis, JL Cho, SJ Gates, AH Linder… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Smoking and human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection are risk factors for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is among the most common comorbid …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial mismanagement: how inadequate treatments for vaginal dysbiosis drive the HIV epidemic in women

A Gustin, R Cromarty, L Schifanella, NR Klatt - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Women and girls represent a key population driving new HIV infections and persistence of
the HIV pandemic. A key determinant of HIV susceptibility is the composition of the vaginal …

[HTML][HTML] Interferons at the crossroad of cell death pathways during gastrointestinal inflammation and infection

I Stolzer, B Ruder, MF Neurath, C Günther - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Interferons (IFNs) are pleiotropic immune-modulatory cytokines that are well known for their
essential role in host defense against viruses, bacteria, and other pathogenic …

Modulation of human β-defensin-1 production by viruses

LK Ryan, G Diamond - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
While initially identified as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide, constitutively expressed
in epithelia, human β-defensin (hBD)-1 is now recognized to have a more complex pattern of …

Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of red blood cells from rainbow trout challenged with VHSV point towards novel immunomodulant targets

I Nombela, M Lopez-Lorigados, ME Salvador-Mira… - Vaccines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Teleost red blood cells (RBCs) are nucleated and therefore can propagate cellular
responses to exogenous stimuli. RBCs can mount an immune response against a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] 宿主防御肽抗病毒感染机制研究进展

万超, 彭练慈, 叶超 - 微生物学报, 2023 - actamicro.ijournals.cn
宿主防御肽是一类广泛存在于脊椎动物的小分子多肽, 具有广谱的抗菌活性以及抗炎, 细胞趋化,
促进血管生成和修复损伤等免疫调节功能. 以往的研究多集中在宿主防御肽抗细菌和真菌感染的 …

Identification of novel disease-relevant genes and pathways in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes: a potential defect in pancreatic iron homeostasis

L Yip, R Alkhataybeh, C Taylor, R Fuhlbrigge… - Diabetes, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Multiple pathways contribute to the pathophysiological development of type 1 diabetes
(T1D); however, the exact mechanisms involved are unclear. We performed differential gene …