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Brevinin-2-related peptide and its [D4K] analogue stimulate insulin release in vitro and improve glucose tolerance in mice fed a high fat diet.

Acrosyringium is the main site of the vesicle/pustule formation in palmoplantar pustulosis.

Genomic polymorphisms of the innate immune system and allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Membrane perturbation induced by papiliocin peptide, derived from Papilio xuthus, in Candida albicans.

1alpha-hydroxylase and innate immune responses to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in colonic cell lines.

Polyamines can increase resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to mediators of the innate human host defense.

Increased serum hepcidin and alterations in blood iron parameters associated with asymptomatic P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria.

Reconstitution of Normal Hepcidin Expression in Hfe-Deficient Mice After Liver Transplantation: A New Role of HFE in Kupffer Cells?

Phylloseptin-1 (PSN-1) from Phyllomedusa sauvagei skin secretion: a novel broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide with antibiofilm activity.

Mechanisms involved in vitamin D mediated intestinal calcium absorption and in non-classical actions of vitamin D.

Hepcidin expression does not rescue the iron-poor phenotype of Kupffer cells in Hfe-null mice after liver transplantation.

Vitamin D-binding protein directs monocyte responses to 25-hydroxy- and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.

Molecular characterization and expression of a crustin-like gene from Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of an iron-fortified food product in female soldiers during military training: relations between iron status, serum hepcidin, and inflammation.

The POU transcription factor Drifter/Ventral veinless regulates expression of Drosophila immune defense genes.

Antimicrobial activity of the Naja atra cathelicidin and related small peptides.

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of cathelicidins and short, synthetic peptides against Francisella

Proteomics and neonatal infection.

Synergy among antibacterial peptides and between peptides and small-molecule antibiotics.

Antiviral activity of selected antimicrobial peptides against vaccinia virus.