Dawn M. E. Bowdish

The cationic antimicrobial peptide LL-37 modulates dendritic cell differentiation and dendritic cell-induced T cell polarization.

The human cationic peptide LL-37 induces activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase and p38 kinase pathways in primary human monocytes.

Impact of LL-37 on anti-infective immunity.

A re-evaluation of the role of host defence peptides in mammalian immunity.

Immunomodulatory activities of small host defense peptides.

Anti-endotoxin properties of cationic host defence peptides and proteins.

Apoptosis of airway epithelial cells: human serum sensitive induction by the cathelicidin LL-37.

Modulation of the TLR-mediated inflammatory response by the endogenous human host defense peptide LL-37.

The human cationic host defense peptide LL-37 mediates contrasting effects on apoptotic pathways in different primary cells of the innate immune system.

IRAK-4 mutation (Q293X): rapid detection and characterization of defective post-transcriptional TLR/IL-1R responses in human myeloid and non-myeloid cells.

CD312, the human adhesion-GPCR EMR2, is differentially expressed during differentiation, maturation, and activation of myeloid cells.

Host defense peptide LL-37, in synergy with inflammatory mediator IL-1beta, augments immune responses by multiple pathways.

Conserved domains of the class A scavenger receptors: evolution and function.

MARCO, TLR2, and CD14 are required for macrophage cytokine responses to mycobacterial trehalose dimycolate and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Host defence peptide LL-37 induces IL-6 expression in human bronchial epithelial cells by activation of the NF-kappaB signaling pathway.

Immune inhibitory ligand CD200 induction by TLRs and NLRs limits macrophage activation to protect the host from meningococcal septicemia.

The macrophage.

The evolution of the class A scavenger receptors.

MARCO is required for TLR2- and Nod2-mediated responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae and clearance of pneumococcal colonization in the murine nasopharynx.

Blood CD33(+)HLA-DR(-) myeloid-derived suppressor cells are increased with age and a history of cancer.

Immunosenescence and novel vaccination strategies for the elderly.

HIV-1 gp120 induces TLR2- and TLR4-mediated innate immune activation in human female genital epithelium.

A Guide to Bioinformatics for Immunologists.