Human antimicrobial peptides as therapeutics for viral infections

A Ahmed, G Siman-Tov, G Hall, N Bhalla, A Narayanan - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Successful in vivo infection following pathogen entry requires the evasion and subversion of
multiple immunological barriers. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are one of the first immune …

Immunomodulatory role of the antimicrobial LL-37 peptide in autoimmune diseases and viral infections

B Pahar, S Madonna, A Das, C Albanesi, G Girolomoni - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages,
as well as epithelial cells, and are an essential component of innate immunity system …

Immunological aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the putative beneficial role of vitamin-D

MY Peng, WC Liu, JQ Zheng, CL Lu, YC Hou… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still an ongoing global health crisis. Immediately after the …

Human β-defensin 2 plays a regulatory role in innate antiviral immunity and is capable of potentiating the induction of antigen-specific immunity

J Kim, YL Yang, SH Jang, YS Jang - Virology journal, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are primarily known for their innate
immune defense against invading microorganisms, including viruses. In addition, recent …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Towards the application of human defensins as antivirals

MS Park, JI Kim, I Lee, S Park, JY Bae… - Biomolecules & …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Defensins are antimicrobial peptides that participate in the innate immunity of hosts.
Humans constitutively and/or inducibly express α-and β-defensins, which are known for their …

In-vitro effect of human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37 on dengue virus type 2

K Alagarasu, PS Patil, P Shil, M Seervi, MB Kakade… - Peptides, 2017 - Elsevier
Human Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is known to have antiviral activity against
many viruses. In the present study, we investigated the in-vitro effect of LL-37 on dengue …

Vitamin D-induced LL-37 modulates innate immune responses of human primary macrophages during DENV-2 infection

JA Castillo, DM Giraldo, JM Smit… - Pathogens and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Epidemics of dengue, an acute and potentially severe disease caused by mosquito-borne
dengue virus (DENV), pose a major challenge to clinicians and health care services across …

Endogenous cathelicidin is required for protection against ZIKV-caused testis damage via inactivating virons

Z Liu, J Wu, Z Qin, C Dong, H Yang, J Sun, W Xu… - Antiviral Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Cathelicidins have been shown to effectively inhibit flavivirus replication in vitro. However,
the effects of mouse and human endogenous cathelicidins on flavivirus infection in vivo are …

Cathelicidins target hsp60 to restrict cvb3 transmission via disrupting the exosome and reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis

Y Yang, C Huang, L Hui, Y Song, Y Fu, M Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides (mouse, CRAMP; human, LL-37) have broad-spectrum
antiviral activities against enveloped viruses, but their mechanisms of action against …