Pleurocidin,
a novel antimicrobial peptide, induces human mast cell activation through the FPRL1 receptor.
«I think this is exciting work in the context of a new,
novel antimicrobial,» he says.
Not exact matches
At the micro-level, the food and agribusiness sector is seeing an increase in the virulence of microorganisms and parasites, known pathogens spreading to
novel geographies, and the continued rise of
antimicrobial resistance.67 Global use of
antimicrobials in livestock is expected to rise by 67 % by 2030 to 105,596 tons.68 China's livestock industry alone could soon be consuming almost one third of the world's available antibiotics.
H58 Typhi is often resistant to the first - line
antimicrobials commonly used to treat the disease, and is continuing to evolve as it spreads to new regions and populations, acquiring
novel mutations providing resistance to newer
antimicrobial agents, such as ciprofloxacin and azithromycin.
At the Interscience Conference on
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago, Illinois, this weekend, researchers reported preliminary results from tests of a
novel treatment in 15 HIV - infected people designed to free them from the need to take antiretroviral drugs.
Genome - scale metabolic models as platforms for identification of
novel genes as
antimicrobial drug targets — Bashir Sajo Mienda — Future Medicine
Cathelicidin
Antimicrobial Peptide: A
Novel Regulator of Islet Function, Islet Regeneration, and Selected Gut Bacteria.
Although
antimicrobial peptides are not the only functional class to be overrepresented among short, secreted proteins encoded by members of multi-gene families, the prevalence of these properties among induced genes strongly suggests the possibly that at least some of these genes encode
novel immune effectors.
Richter is developing a
novel approach to deliver
antimicrobial and antifungal pest control agents via lignin - core environmentally benign nanoparticles.
In some cases these seem to represent
novel, previously uncharacterized
antimicrobial peptides, but many more of these immune - inducible genes are difficult to characterize in the absence of detailed functional studies.
An enhanced understanding of the skin microbiome is necessary to gain insight into microbial involvement in human skin disorders and to enable
novel promicrobial and
antimicrobial therapeutic approaches for their treatment.
Laboratory Research: Biomarkers in emergency and critical care,
novel assays for diagnosis and management of hemorrhage and thrombosis, investigating canine neutrophil extracellular traps, evaluating canine platelet function, effect of
antimicrobials on the microbiome.