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Avian defensins

Description : Modulation of defensin expression may be one way to improve animal health and to reduce zoonotic diseases. Defensins are small, cationic, and amphipathic cysteine-rich antibiotic peptides found in plants, insects, mammals and birds. Whereas α- and θ-defensins appear to be absent in birds, several β-...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : English

Identification of chicken cathelicidin-2 core elements involved in antibacterial and immunomodulatory activities

Description : Chicken host defense peptide cathelicidin-2 (CATH-2) is known to exert antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities and consists of two -helices connected by a hinge region. Herewe report the biological properties of the separate -helical segments and the importance of the proline residue in the ...
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Language(s) : English

The carbohydrate recognition domain of collectins

Description : Collectins are effector molecules of the innate immune system that play an important role in the first line of defence against bacteria, viruses and fungi. Most of their interactions with microorganisms are mediated through their carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD), which binds in a Ca2+-dependent...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : English

Salmonella serovar specific upregulation of porcine defensins 1 and 2 in a jejunal epithelial cell line

Description : Defensins are important antimicrobial effector peptides of the innate immune system, which provides protection against bacterial infections in the intestine. Salmonella Choleraesuis and Salmonella Typhimurium are the most commonly isolated serovars in pig, but disease outcome is dependent on the Sal...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : English

Altered cutaneous expression of β-defensins in dogs with atopic dermatitis

Description : Canine atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic allergic skin disorder with an immunopathogenesis comparable to that in humans with AD. The high frequency of recurrent infections with Staphylococcus pseudo intermedius and Malassezia pachydermatis may indicate a defective innate immune response in the ski...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : English

Differential regulation of porcine β-defensins 1 and 2 upon Salmonella infection in the intestinal epithelial cell line IPI-2I

Description : Intestinal epithelial cells represent the first line of defence against pathogenic bacteria in the lumen of the gut. Besides acting as a physical barrier, epithelial cells orchestrate the immune response through the production of several innate immune mediator molecules including β-defensins. Here, ...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : Dutch

Transcriptional expression levels of chicken collectins are effected by avian influenza A virus inoculation.

Description : Mammalian collectins have been found to play an important role in the defense against influenza A virus H9N2 inoculation, but for chicken collectins this has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of avian influenza A virus (AIV) inoculation on collectin gene expre...
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Language(s) : English

Chicken heterophils are recruited to the site of Salmonella infection and release antibacterial mature Cathelicidin-2 upon stimulation with LPS

Description : The biological functions of avian cathelicidins are poorly defined. Inmammals,cathelicidins have shownto possess potent broad-range antimicrobial activity aswell as immunomodulatory activities. Therefore,we investigated the microbicidal activities and localization of Cathelicidin-2 in non-infected a...
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Language(s) : English

Chicken lung lectin is a functional C-type lectin and inhibits haemagglutination by influenza A virus

Description : Many proteins of the calcium-dependent (C-type) lectin family have been shown to play an important role in innate immunity. They can bind to a broad range of carbohydrates, which enables them to interact with ligands present on the surface of micro-organisms. We previously reported the finding of a ...
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Language(s) : English

Expression of β-defensins pBD-1 and pBD-2 along the small intestinal tract of the pig : lack of upregulation in vivo upon Salmonella typhimurium infection

Description : Defensins are antimicrobial peptides that play an important role in the innate immune response in the intestine. Up to date, only one β-defensin (pBD-1), has been described in pig, which was found to be expressed at low levels in the intestine. We set-up a quantitative PCR method to detect the gene ...
Repository : Igitur Archive, Utrecht University repository
Language(s) : English
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