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Recommended Reading


Mowska, Patryk, Daniel Lorentzen, Katherine Excoffon, Joseph Zabner, Paul B. McCray, William M. Nauseef, Corinne Dupuy, and Botond Bánfi. A novel host defense system of airways is defective in cystic fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1 Nov. 2006. Web. 26 Nov. 2009.

http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/175/2/174.pdf.

Conner GE, Salathe M, Forteza R. Lactoperoxidase and hydrogen peroxide metabolism in the airway, AmJ Respir Crit Care Med 2002 Dec 15;166 (12 Pt2):S57-1 Review

http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/166/12/S1/S57

Conner GE, Wijkstrom-Frei C, Randell SH, Fernandez VE, Salathe M. The lactoperoxidase system links anion transport to host defense in cystic fibrosis. FEBS Lett. 2007;581(2):271-8.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1851694/pdf/nihms16911.pdf

Childers M, Eckel G, Himmel A, Caldwell J. A new model of cystic fibrosis pathology: lack of transport of glutathion and its thiocyanate conjugates. Med Hypotheses. 2007;68(1):101-12.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16934416

Minarowski Ł, Sands D, Minarowska A, Karwowska A, Sulewska A, Gacko M, Chyczewska E. Thiocyanate concentration in saliva of cystic fibrosis patients. Folia Histochem Cytobiol. 2008;46(2):245-6.

http://versita.metapress.com/content/12805r021413m867/fulltext.pdf

Rada B, Leto TL. Redox warfare between airway epithelial cells and Pseudomonas : dual oxidase versus pyocyanin. Immunol. Res. 2008.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776630/pdf/nihms-156213.pdf

Rada B, Lekstrom K, Damian S, Dupuy C, Leto TL. The Pseudomonas toxin pyocyanin inhibits the dual oxidase-based antimicrobial system as it imposes oxidative stress on airway epithelial cells. J Immunol. 2008 Oct 1;181(7):4883-93. http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/reprint/181/7/4883

Rada B, Leto TL. Oxidative innate immune defenses by Nox/Duox family NADPH oxidases. Contrib. Microbiol. 2008;15:164-87. Review.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776633/pdf/nihms156206.pdf

Fischer H. Mechanism and function of DUOX in epithelia of the lung. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2009;11(10):1-13.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19358684

Pedemonte N, Caci E, Sondo E, Caputo A, et al. Thiocyanate transport in resting & IL-4-stimulated human bronchial epithelial cells: role of pendrin and anion channels. J Immunol. 2007;178(8):5144-53.

http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/reprint/178/8/5144


Thomas EL, Aune TM. Lactoperoxidase, peroxide, thiocyanate antimicrobial system : correlation of sulfhydryl oxidation with antimicrobial action. Infect. Immun. (1978); 20(2):456-63.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC421877/pdf/iai00197-0132.pdf

Thomas EL, Bates KP, Jefferson MM. Hypothiocyanite ion : detection of the antimicrobial agent in human saliva. J. Dent. Res. 1980; 59(9):1466-72.

http://jdr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/59/9/1466

White WE Jr, Pruitt KM, Mansson-Rahemtulla B. Peroxidase-Thiocyanate-Peroxide Antibacterial System Does Not Damage DNA. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1983; 23(2): 267–272.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC186035/pdf/aac00203-0085.pdf

Wijkstrom-Frei C, El-Chemaly S, Ali-Rachedi R, Gerson C, Cobas MA, Forteza R, Salathe M, Conner GE. Lactoperoxidase and human airway host defense. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2003;29(2):206-12.

http://ajrcmb.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/29/2/206

Xu Y, Szep S, Lu Z. The antioxidant role of thiocyanate in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis and other inflammation related diseases, PNAS. 2009; Early edition, November 16th

http://www.pnas.org/content/106/48/20515.full.pdf+html

Rogan MP, Taggart CC, Greene CM, Murphy PG, O'Neill SJ, McElvaney NG. Loss of microbicidal activity and increased formation of biofilm due to decreased lactoferrin activity in patients with cystic fibrosis. J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;190(7):1245-53. Epub 2004 Aug 26.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/423821?cookieSet=1


Recommended Books

The Lactoperoxydase system, K Pruitt, 1985

Lactoferrin, JP Perraudin, 2008

The Pulmonary Epithelium in Health and Disease, D Proud, 2008

Airway Mucus: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Perspectives, D Rogers, M Lethem, 1997