Pleurocidin-family cationic antimicrobial peptides mediate lysis of multiple myeloma cells and impair the growth of multiple myeloma xenografts

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pleurocidin-family cationic antimicrobial peptides mediate lysis of multiple myeloma cells and impair the growth of multiple myeloma xenografts

AU - Hilchie, Ashley L.

AU - Conrad, David M.

AU - Power Coombs, Melanie R.

AU - Zemlak, Tyler

AU - Doucette, Carolyn D.

AU - Liwski, Robert S.

AU - Hoskin, David W.

N1 - Funding Information: Th is work was supported by a Capital Health Research Grant. A.H. and C.D. were supported by Postgraduate Scholarships from NSERC. D.C. was supported by a Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Summer Fellowship. T.Z. is supported by a trainee award from The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute with funds provided by Cancer Care Nova Scotia as part of the Terry Fox Strategic Health Research Training Program in Cancer Research at CIHR. We thank Susan Douglas and Aleksander Patrzykat (Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council) for helpful discussions, and Tony Reiman (Saint John Regional Hospital) for providing the human multiple myeloma cell lines. We also acknowledge the support of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Atlantic Innovation Fund, NSERC, and other partners that fund the Facilities for Materials Characterization, managed by the Institute for Research in Materials.

PY - 2013/10

Y1 - 2013/10

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U2 - 10.3109/10428194.2013.770847

DO - 10.3109/10428194.2013.770847

M3 - Article

C2 - 23350892

AN - SCOPUS:84884478109

SN - 1042-8194

VL - 54

SP - 2255

EP - 2262

JO - Leukemia and Lymphoma

JF - Leukemia and Lymphoma

IS - 10

ER -