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Antimicrobial Peptides

Antimicrobial Peptides is a class of small, cationic protein molecules that function as key effector molecules in innate immunity by directly killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms through membrane disruption or interference with intracellular processes.

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Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms

Michael Zasloff · Nature · 2002 · 8.4K citations

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Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

Philip T. Liu, Steffen Stenger, Huiying Li et al. · Science · 2006 · 3.9K citations

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APD3: the antimicrobial peptide database as a tool for research and education

Guangshun Wang, Xia Li, Zhe Wang · Nucleic Acids Research · 2015 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Interleukin (IL)-22 and IL-17 are coexpressed by Th17 cells and cooperatively enhance expression of antimicrobial peptides

Spencer C. Liang, Xiangyang Tan, Deborah Luxenberg et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2006 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Magainins, a class of antimicrobial peptides from Xenopus skin: isolation, characterization of two active forms, and partial cDNA sequence of a precursor.

M Zasloff · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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    Robert E. W. Hancock

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    166 publications · 23.8K citations

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    Robert I. Lehrer

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    111 publications · 16.8K citations

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  3. TG
    Tomas Ganz

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    78 publications · 18.6K citations

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  4. RL
    Richard L. Gallo

    University of California San Diego, United States

    99 publications · 22.5K citations

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  5. ME
    Michael E. Selsted

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    83 publications · 13.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    109 h-index

    2.5K publications

    183.4K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    102 h-index

    887 publications

    213.6K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    96 h-index

    754 publications

    102.2K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    84 h-index

    660 publications

    105K citations

  5. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    71 h-index

    598 publications

    77K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    71 h-index

    454 publications

    52.5K citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    71 h-index

    687 publications

    78.9K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    69 h-index

    752 publications

    57.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 504 publications · 64K citations

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  2. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    AAC · 655 publications · 50.3K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 205 publications · 39.4K citations

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  4. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 326 publications · 31.2K citations

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  5. Biochemistry

    335 publications · 31.3K citations

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