Human Chemokines as Antimicrobial Peptides with Direct Parasiticidal Effect on Leishmania mexicana In Vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Söbirk, Sara K ^a,b   Mörgelin, Matthias ^a   Egesten, Arne ^a   Bates, Paul ^c   Shannon, Oonagh ^a   Collin, Mattias ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Clinical Microbiology University and Regional Laboratories Region Skåne ^*  (Sweden)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CCL28 PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CUTANEOUS T CELL ATTRACTING CHEMOKINE; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINE CCL20; CHEMOKINE CCL27; CHEMOKINE CCL3; CHEMOKINE CXCL10; CHEMOKINE CXCL2; CHEMOKINE CXCL6; CHEMOKINE CXCL9; CHEMOKINES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84875319509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058129     Document Type: Article

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