Chronic alcohol exposure renders epithelial cells vulnerable to bacterial infection.

by Stephen Wood, Ravi Pithadia, Tooba Rehman, Lijuan Zhang, Jennifer Plichta, Katherine A Radek, Christopher Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian, Sasha H Shafikhani
Published 2013-01-01

Interleukin-33 increases antibacterial defense by activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase in skin.

by Changwei Li, Hongquan Li, Ziwei Jiang, Tian Zhang, Yue Wang, Zhiheng Li, Yelin Wu, Shizhao Ji, Shichu Xiao, Bernhard Ryffel, Katherine A Radek, Zhaofan Xia, Yuping Lai
Published 2014-02-01

Interplay between bladder microbiota and urinary antimicrobial peptides: mechanisms for human urinary tract infection risk and symptom severity.

by Vanessa Nienhouse, Xiang Gao, Qunfeng Dong, David E Nelson, Evelyn Toh, Kathleen McKinley, Paul Schreckenberger, Noriko Shibata, Cynthia S Fok, Elizabeth R Mueller, Linda Brubaker, Alan J Wolfe, Katherine A Radek
Published 2014-01-01

Hyperglycaemia inhibits REG3A expression to exacerbate TLR3-mediated skin inflammation in diabetes

by Yelin Wu, Yanchun Quan, Yuanqi Liu, Keiwei Liu, Hongquan Li, Ziwei Jiang, Tian Zhang, Hu Lei, Katherine A. Radek, Dongqing Li, Zhenhua Wang, Jilong Lu, Wang Wang, Shizhao Ji, Zhaofan Xia, Yuping Lai
Published 2016-11-01