Antiviral Activity and Increased Host Defense against Influenza Infection Elicited by the Human Cathelicidin LL-37

Peter G. Barlow; Pavel Svoboda; Annie Mackellar; Anthony A. Nash; Ian A. York; Jan Pohl; Donald J. Davidson; Ruben O. Donis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025333

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Antiviral Activity and Increased Host Defense against Influenza Infection Elicited by the Human Cathelicidin LL-37

Peter G. Barlow,

Current address: School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Pavel Svoboda,

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Annie Mackellar,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Anthony A. Nash,

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Ian A. York,

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Jan Pohl,

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Donald J. Davidson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Donald J. Davidson, Ruben O. Donis

Affiliation MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Ruben O. Donis

Contributed equally to this work with: Donald J. Davidson, Ruben O. Donis

* E-mail: rdonis@cdc.gov

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Antiviral Activity and Increased Host Defense against Influenza Infection Elicited by the Human Cathelicidin LL-37

Peter G. Barlow,
Pavel Svoboda,
Annie Mackellar,
Anthony A. Nash,
Ian A. York,
Jan Pohl,
Donald J. Davidson,
Ruben O. Donis

Published: October 21, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025333

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I do not understand how the editor or the authors could miss the fact that our group was the first one to suggest that vitamin D kills influenza virus.

Cannell JJ, Vieth R, Umhau JC, Holick MF, Grant WB, Madronich S, Garland CF, Giovannucci E. Epidemic influenza and vitamin D. Epidemiol Infect. 2006 Dec;134(6):1129-40. Epub 2006 Sep 7.

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