Generation of Multiple Stable Dermcidin-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides in Sweat of Different Body Sites

Generation of multiple stable dermcidin-derived antimicrobial peptides in sweat of different body sites.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effector molecules of innate immunity. Dermcidin (DCD), a recently discovered AMP with broad-spectrum activity, is produced constitutively by the eccrine sweat glands and secreted into sweat. In this study, we investigated the proteolytic processing, site-specific expression, and stability of DCD peptides in eccrine sweat. Using surface-enhanced laser desorptio...

Dermcidin-α: Green Variant of Dermcidin, Human Antimicrobial Peptide in Sweat†

10.1021/bi0160516 CCC: $22.00 © 2002 American Chemical Society Published on Web 04/01/2002 ABSTRACT: Dermcidin (DCD), an recently discovered antimicrobial peptide, plays a role in the innate response by regulating human skin flora in sweat. Here we describe the isolation of the gene of a variant of dermcidin, designated as DCD-α. This variant has 75% homology to dermcidin and has been found in ...

Impaired Innate Defense of Human Skin In with Atopic Dermatitis Correlates with an Antimicrobial Peptides in Sweat of Patients Deficiency of Dermcidin-Derived

Antimicrobial Peptides Derived from Milk: A Review

Milk proteins provide a natural source of bioactive peptides with potential health benefits and applications in the food industry. The release of these peptides from milk proteins is achieved either by hydrolysis using digestive proteases or by lactic acid bacteria fermentation. Peptides, particularly those derived from milk proteins, can exert a wide range of nutritional, functional and biolog...

the role of application of dynamic assessment approach in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels

the present study sought to investigate the role of dynamic assessment (da) in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels. to this end, after conducting the quick placement test, 60 iranian efl learners were assigned to two groups with different language proficiency levels. in both groups each participant wrote two compositions, one before and one af...