An immunomodulatory peptide that confers protection in an experimental candidemia murine model.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on May 30, 2017

Authors

Camila G Freitas1,2,3,4, Stella M F Lima1,3,4,5, Mirna S Freire1,6,7, Ana Paula C Cantuária1,6,8, Nelson G O Júnior1,6,9, Tatiane S Santos6,10, Jéssica S Folha6,10, Suzana M Ribeiro1,11, Simoni C Dias1,3,4, Taia M B Rezende1,3,4,5,6,8, Patrícia Albuquerque6, André M Nicola4,6, César de la Fuente-Núñez12,13,14,15,16,17, Robert E W Hancock18, Octávio L Franco19,20,3,4,6,7,8, Maria Sueli S Felipe1,20,3,4,6

Author Affiliations

1: Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
2: Instituto Federal de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
3: Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
4: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
5: Curso de Odontologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
6: Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
7: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade-Rede Centro-oeste, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
8: Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
9: Pós-Graduação em Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
10: Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
11: Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
12: Synthetic Biology Group, MIT Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
13: Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
14: Department of Biological Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
15: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
16: Harvard Biophysics Program, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
17: The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
18: Center for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
19: Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil ocfranco@gmail.com.
20: S-Inova Biotech-Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

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