Novel role of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in the protection of neutrophil extracellular Traps against degradation by bacterial nucleases

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 860-868

  Neumann, Ariane ^a   Völlger, Lena ^a   Berends, Evelien T M ^b   Molhoek, E Margo ^c   Stapels, Daphne A C ^b   Midon, Marika ^d   Friães, Ana ^e   Pingoud, Alfred ^d   Rooijakkers, Suzan H M ^b   Gallo, Richard L ^f   Mörgelin, Matthias ^h   Nizet, Victor ^g   Naim, Hassan Y ^a   Von Köckritz Blickwede, Maren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cathelicidin; Neutrophil extracellular traps; Nucleases

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BETA DEFENSIN 3; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DNA; NUCLEASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATHELICIDINS; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84908645461     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363699     Document Type: Article

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