| Rank | 
		Title | 
        Journal | 
		Year | 
		PubWeight™‹?› | 
	
	
		| 
			1
		 | 
		
			
			Injury is a major inducer of epidermal innate immune responses during wound healing.
		 | 
        
			J Invest Dermatol
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			1.87
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			2
		 | 
		
			
			SIC, a secreted protein of Streptococcus pyogenes that inactivates antibacterial peptides.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2003
		 | 
		
			1.60
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			3
		 | 
		
			
			Activation of the complement system generates antibacterial peptides.
		 | 
        
			Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
		 | 
		
			2004
		 | 
		
			1.51
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			4
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial activities of heparin-binding peptides.
		 | 
        
			Eur J Biochem
		 | 
		
			2004
		 | 
		
			1.46
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			5
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial peptides: key components of the innate immune system.
		 | 
        
			Crit Rev Biotechnol
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			1.44
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			6
		 | 
		
			
			Injury-induced innate immune response in human skin mediated by transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor.
		 | 
        
			J Clin Invest
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			1.30
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			7
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial and chemoattractant activity, lipopolysaccharide neutralization, cytotoxicity, and inhibition by serum of analogs of human cathelicidin LL-37.
		 | 
        
			Antimicrob Agents Chemother
		 | 
		
			2005
		 | 
		
			1.28
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			8
		 | 
		
			
			Increased levels of glycosaminoglycans during septic shock: relation to mortality and the antibacterial actions of plasma.
		 | 
        
			Shock
		 | 
		
			2008
		 | 
		
			1.25
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			9
		 | 
		
			
			Proteolysis of human thrombin generates novel host defense peptides.
		 | 
        
			PLoS Pathog
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			1.12
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			10
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial activity of histidine-rich peptides is dependent on acidic conditions.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			1.12
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			11
		 | 
		
			
			Domain 5 of high molecular weight kininogen is antibacterial.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2005
		 | 
		
			1.11
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			12
		 | 
		
			
			Evaluation of strategies for improving proteolytic resistance of antimicrobial peptides by using variants of EFK17, an internal segment of LL-37.
		 | 
        
			Antimicrob Agents Chemother
		 | 
		
			2008
		 | 
		
			1.11
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			13
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial peptides derived from growth factors.
		 | 
        
			Growth Factors
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			1.09
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			14
		 | 
		
			
			End-tagging of ultra-short antimicrobial peptides by W/F stretches to facilitate bacterial killing.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			1.04
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			15
		 | 
		
			
			Pathological conditions involving extracellular hemoglobin: molecular mechanisms, clinical significance, and novel therapeutic opportunities for α(1)-microglobulin.
		 | 
        
			Antioxid Redox Signal
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			1.04
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			16
		 | 
		
			
			Highly selective end-tagged antimicrobial peptides derived from PRELP.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			1.02
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			17
		 | 
		
			
			C-terminal peptides of tissue factor pathway inhibitor are novel host defense molecules.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			1.02
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			18
		 | 
		
			
			Zinc potentiates the antibacterial effects of histidine-rich peptides against Enterococcus faecalis.
		 | 
        
			FEBS J
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			1.00
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			19
		 | 
		
			
			Bacterial killing by heparin-binding peptides from PRELP and thrombospondin.
		 | 
        
			Matrix Biol
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			1.00
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			20
		 | 
		
			
			In silico identification and biological evaluation of antimicrobial peptides based on human cathelicidin LL-37.
		 | 
        
			Antimicrob Agents Chemother
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.97
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			21
		 | 
		
			
			Interactions between M proteins of Streptococcus pyogenes and glycosaminoglycans promote bacterial adhesion to host cells.
		 | 
        
			Eur J Biochem
		 | 
		
			2003
		 | 
		
			0.96
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			22
		 | 
		
			
			Histidine-rich glycoprotein protects from systemic Candida infection.
		 | 
        
			PLoS Pathog
		 | 
		
			2008
		 | 
		
			0.95
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			23
		 | 
		
			
			Rational design of antimicrobial C3a analogues with enhanced effects against Staphylococci using an integrated structure and function-based approach.
		 | 
        
			Biochemistry
		 | 
		
			2008
		 | 
		
			0.95
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			24
		 | 
		
			
			Preservation of antimicrobial properties of complement peptide C3a, from invertebrates to humans.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.94
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			25
		 | 
		
			
			Histidine-rich glycoprotein exerts antibacterial activity.
		 | 
        
			FEBS J
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			0.94
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			26
		 | 
		
			
			Effect of peptide length on the interaction between consensus peptides and DOPC/DOPA bilayers.
		 | 
        
			Langmuir
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.94
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			27
		 | 
		
			
			Composition effect on peptide interaction with lipids and bacteria: variants of C3a peptide CNY21.
		 | 
        
			Biophys J
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.94
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			28
		 | 
		
			
			Up-regulation of A1M/α1-microglobulin in skin by heme and reactive oxygen species gives protection from oxidative damage.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.93
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			29
		 | 
		
			
			Histidine-rich glycoprotein promotes bacterial entrapment in clots and decreases mortality in a mouse model of sepsis.
		 | 
        
			Blood
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.93
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			30
		 | 
		
			
			Midkine and pleiotrophin have bactericidal properties: preserved antibacterial activity in a family of heparin-binding growth factors during evolution.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.92
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			31
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial activity of human prion protein is mediated by its N-terminal region.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.90
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			32
		 | 
		
			
			An electrochemical study into the interaction between complement-derived peptides and DOPC mono- and bilayers.
		 | 
        
			Langmuir
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			0.90
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			33
		 | 
		
			
			Protein C inhibitor--a novel antimicrobial agent.
		 | 
        
			PLoS Pathog
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.90
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			34
		 | 
		
			
			Tryptophan end-tagging of antimicrobial peptides for increased potency against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.89
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			35
		 | 
		
			
			Structure-activity studies and therapeutic potential of host defense peptides of human thrombin.
		 | 
        
			Antimicrob Agents Chemother
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.89
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			36
		 | 
		
			
			SufA--a novel subtilisin-like serine proteinase of Finegoldia magna.
		 | 
        
			Microbiology
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			0.88
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			37
		 | 
		
			
			Thymic stromal lymphopoietin exerts antimicrobial activities.
		 | 
        
			Exp Dermatol
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.88
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			38
		 | 
		
			
			Heparin binding protein is increased in chronic leg ulcer fluid and released from granulocytes by secreted products of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
		 | 
        
			Thromb Haemost
		 | 
		
			2004
		 | 
		
			0.88
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			39
		 | 
		
			
			Effects of topology, length, and charge on the activity of a kininogen-derived peptide on lipid membranes and bacteria.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.88
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			40
		 | 
		
			
			Host defense peptides of thrombin modulate inflammation and coagulation in endotoxin-mediated shock and Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			0.88
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			41
		 | 
		
			
			Heme-scavenging role of alpha1-microglobulin in chronic ulcers.
		 | 
        
			J Invest Dermatol
		 | 
		
			2003
		 | 
		
			0.86
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			42
		 | 
		
			
			Chemerin is an antimicrobial agent in human epidermis.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.86
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			43
		 | 
		
			
			Proteolytic activation transforms heparin cofactor II into a host defense molecule.
		 | 
        
			J Immunol
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.85
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			44
		 | 
		
			
			Skin barrier impairment correlates with cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus colonization and sensitization to skin-associated microbial antigens in adult patients with atopic dermatitis.
		 | 
        
			Int J Dermatol
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.85
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			45
		 | 
		
			
			Antifungal activity of C3a and C3a-derived peptides against Candida.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.84
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			46
		 | 
		
			
			Sensitization to skin-associated microorganisms in adult patients with atopic dermatitis is of importance for disease severity.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.83
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			47
		 | 
		
			
			The C-terminal sequence of several human serine proteases encodes host defense functions.
		 | 
        
			J Innate Immun
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.83
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			48
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial activity of peptides derived from human ß-amyloid precursor protein.
		 | 
        
			J Pept Sci
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			0.83
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			49
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial C3a--biology, biophysics, and evolution.
		 | 
        
			Adv Exp Med Biol
		 | 
		
			2007
		 | 
		
			0.82
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			50
		 | 
		
			
			Effects of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation.
		 | 
        
			FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.82
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			51
		 | 
		
			
			Importance of lipopolysaccharide aggregate disruption for the anti-endotoxic effects of heparin cofactor II peptides.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.82
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			52
		 | 
		
			
			The TFPI-2 derived peptide EDC34 improves outcome of gram-negative sepsis.
		 | 
        
			PLoS Pathog
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.82
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			53
		 | 
		
			
			Oligotryptophan-tagged antimicrobial peptides and the role of the cationic sequence.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.82
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			54
		 | 
		
			
			Incorporation of antimicrobial compounds in mesoporous silica film monolith.
		 | 
        
			Biomaterials
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.81
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			55
		 | 
		
			
			Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 is found in skin and its C-terminal region encodes for antibacterial activity.
		 | 
        
			PLoS One
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			0.81
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			56
		 | 
		
			
			Membrane and lipopolysaccharide interactions of C-terminal peptides from S1 peptidases.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			0.81
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			57
		 | 
		
			
			Detection of serine proteases secreted by Lucilia sericata in vitro and during treatment of a chronic leg ulcer.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2003
		 | 
		
			0.80
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			58
		 | 
		
			
			SufA - a bacterial enzyme that cleaves fibrinogen and blocks fibrin network formation.
		 | 
        
			Microbiology
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.80
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			59
		 | 
		
			
			Gene expression demonstrates increased resilience toward harmful inflammatory stimuli in the proliferating epidermis of human skin wounds.
		 | 
        
			Exp Dermatol
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.80
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			60
		 | 
		
			
			The multiple faces of host defence peptides and proteins.
		 | 
        
			J Innate Immun
		 | 
		
			2012
		 | 
		
			0.79
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			61
		 | 
		
			
			Cyclin A expression in chronic leg ulcers.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2006
		 | 
		
			0.79
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			62
		 | 
		
			
			Antibacterial activity of the contact and complement systems is blocked by SIC, a protein secreted by Streptococcus pyogenes.
		 | 
        
			J Biol Chem
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.79
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			63
		 | 
		
			
			Antimicrobial activity of a C-terminal peptide from human extracellular superoxide dismutase.
		 | 
        
			BMC Res Notes
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.78
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			64
		 | 
		
			
			A descriptive study of bacterial load of full-thickness surgical wounds in dermatologic surgery.
		 | 
        
			Dermatol Surg
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.78
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			65
		 | 
		
			
			Binding and release of consensus peptides by poly(acrylic acid) microgels.
		 | 
        
			Biomacromolecules
		 | 
		
			2009
		 | 
		
			0.78
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			66
		 | 
		
			
			Lipopolysaccharide interactions of C-terminal peptides from human thrombin.
		 | 
        
			Biomacromolecules
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.77
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			67
		 | 
		
			
			Effect of hydrophobicity on the interaction between antimicrobial peptides and poly(acrylic acid) microgels.
		 | 
        
			J Phys Chem B
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.77
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			68
		 | 
		
			
			Antifungal activities of peptides derived from domain 5 of high-molecular-weight kininogen.
		 | 
        
			Int J Pept
		 | 
		
			2011
		 | 
		
			0.77
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			69
		 | 
		
			
			Effects of peptide hydrophobicity on its incorporation in phospholipid membranes--an NMR and ellipsometry study.
		 | 
        
			Biochim Biophys Acta
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.76
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			70
		 | 
		
			
			p33 (gC1q receptor) prevents cell damage by blocking the cytolytic activity of antimicrobial peptides.
		 | 
        
			J Immunol
		 | 
		
			2013
		 | 
		
			0.76
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			71
		 | 
		
			
			Effects of PEGylation on membrane and lipopolysaccharide interactions of host defense peptides.
		 | 
        
			Biomacromolecules
		 | 
		
			2014
		 | 
		
			0.76
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			72
		 | 
		
			
			Mycosis Fungoides: A Retrospective Study of 44 Swedish Cases.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2016
		 | 
		
			0.76
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			73
		 | 
		
			
			Increased levels of human neutrophil alpha-defensins in chronic venous leg ulcers.
		 | 
        
			J Dermatol Sci
		 | 
		
			2008
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			74
		 | 
		
			
			The epidermal growth factor receptor is a regulator of epidermal complement component expression and complement activation.
		 | 
        
			J Immunol
		 | 
		
			2014
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			75
		 | 
		
			
			Effects of peptide secondary structure on the interaction with oppositely charged microgels.
		 | 
        
			Biomacromolecules
		 | 
		
			2010
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			76
		 | 
		
			
			Need for Improved Definition of "Chronic Wounds" in Clinical Studies.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2017
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			77
		 | 
		
			
			A New Look for ActaDV with More Rapid Publication.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2017
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			78
		 | 
		
			
			Surgical site infections in dermatologic surgery: etiology, pathogenesis, and current preventative measures.
		 | 
        
			Dermatol Surg
		 | 
		
			2015
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			79
		 | 
		
			
			Conformational aspects of high content packing of antimicrobial peptides in polymer microgels.
		 | 
        
			ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
		 | 
		
			2017
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 | 
	
	
		| 
			80
		 | 
		
			
			Idiopathic angioedema and urticarial vasculitis in a patient with a history of acquired haemophilia.
		 | 
        
			Acta Derm Venereol
		 | 
		
			2015
		 | 
		
			0.75
		 |