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Diana Legarda
Researcher at Rutgers University
Publications - 6
Citations - 1015
Diana Legarda is an academic researcher from Rutgers University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Innate immune system & Antimicrobial peptides. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 985 citations. Previous affiliations of Diana Legarda include University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
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The innate immune response of the respiratory epithelium
TL;DR: The respiratory epithelium maintains an effective antimicrobial environment to prevent colonization by microorganisms in inspired air as mentioned in this paper, and the epithelial cells respond to the presence of microbes by the induction two complementary parts of an innate immune response.
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Production of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Murine Macrophages: Regulation by Hypoxia, Lactate, and the Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Pathway
TL;DR: In this paper, an anti-VEGF antibody was used to neutralize most of the angiogenic activity produced by IFNgamma/LPS-activated MPMs.
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Characterization of a fish antimicrobial peptide: gene expression, subcellular localization, and spectrum of activity.
TL;DR: The hypothesis that pleurocidin participates in innate mucosal immunity, and it may prove to be a beneficial therapeutic agent, is supported.
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One of two human lactoferrin variants exhibits increased antibacterial and transcriptional activation activities and is associated with localized juvenile periodontitis.
Kabilan Velliyagounder,Jeffrey B. Kaplan,David Furgang,Diana Legarda,Gill Diamond,Ruth E. Parkin,Daniel H. Fine +6 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that these two lactoferrin variants are functionally different and that these differences may contribute to the pathogenesis of localized juvenile periodontitis.
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Suppression of NF-kappaB-mediated beta-defensin gene expression in the mammalian airway by the Bordetella type III secretion system.
Diana Legarda,Marcia E. Klein-Patel,Marcia E. Klein-Patel,Sunghan Yim,Ming H. Yuk,Gill Diamond +5 more
TL;DR: A mechanism for bacterial evasion of the innate immune response in the airway, which could allow for the observed persistent colonization of this pathogen, is suggested.