"Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Small cationic peptides that are an important component, in most species, of early innate and induced defenses against invading microbes. In animals they are found on mucosal surfaces, within phagocytic granules, and on the surface of the body. They are also found in insects and plants. Among others, this group includes the DEFENSINS, protegrins, tachyplesins, and thionins. They displace DIVALENT CATIONS from phosphate groups of MEMBRANE LIPIDS leading to disruption of the membrane.
Descriptor ID |
D023181
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MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.050 D12.776.543.695.054
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Concept/Terms |
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides- Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
- Cationic Peptides, Antimicrobial
- Peptides, Antimicrobial Cationic
- Microbicidal Cationic Proteins
- Cationic Proteins, Microbicidal
- Proteins, Microbicidal Cationic
- Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
- Antimicrobial Peptides, Cationic
- Peptides, Cationic Antimicrobial
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2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides" by people in Profiles.
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Antimicrobial Peptides-or How Our Ancestors Learned to Control the Microbiome. mBio. 2021 10 26; 12(5):e0184721.
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Eco-Aging: stem cells and microbes are controlled by aging antagonist FoxO. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2017 Aug; 38:181-187.
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The intestinal archaea Methanosphaera stadtmanae and Methanobrevibacter smithii activate human dendritic cells. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99411.
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Influence of continuous light treatment on expression of stress biomarkers in Atlantic cod. Dev Comp Immunol. 2014 May; 44(1):30-4.
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Distinct antimicrobial peptide expression determines host species-specific bacterial associations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 24; 110(39):E3730-8.
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Where simplicity meets complexity: hydra, a model for host-microbe interactions. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012; 710:71-81.
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FOXO-dependent regulation of innate immune homeostasis. Nature. 2010 Jan 21; 463(7279):369-73.
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Hydramacin-1, structure and antibacterial activity of a protein from the basal metazoan Hydra. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 16; 284(3):1896-905.
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Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence. Dev Comp Immunol. 2009 Apr; 33(4):559-69.