Cathelicidin-BF, a snake Cathelicidin-Derived antimicrobial peptide, could be an excellent therapeutic agent for acne vulgaris

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Yipeng ^a,e   Zhang, Zhiye ^a,e   Chen, Lingling ^d   Guang, Huijuan ^b,c   Li, Zheng ^b,c   Yang, Hailong ^a,e   Li, Jianxu ^a   You, Dewen ^a   Yu, Haining ^b,c   Lai, Ren ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN BF; CLINDAMYCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CATHELICIDIN BF, BUNGARUS FASCIATUS; CYTOKINE; SUPEROXIDE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; OXYGENATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THERAPY EFFECT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EAR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BUNGARUS FASCIATUS; MUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REPTILIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATHELICIDINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOKINES; EAR; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 79960316690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022120     Document Type: Article

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