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Milena Mechkarska
Milena Mechkarska
Senior Lecturer (Biochemistry), Department Life Sciences, FST, The University of The West Indies
Verified email at sta.uwi.edu
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Potential therapeutic applications of multifunctional host-defense peptides from frog skin as anti-cancer, anti-viral, immunomodulatory, and anti-diabetic agents
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, ML Lukic, PR Flatt
Peptides 57, 67-77, 2014
2102014
Hepatitis viruses and the MAPK pathway: is this a survival strategy?
M Panteva, H Korkaya, S Jameel
Virus research 92 (2), 131-140, 2003
1342003
Host-defense peptides with therapeutic potential from skin secretions of frogs from the family pipidae
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska
Pharmaceuticals 7 (1), 58-77, 2014
1132014
The hepatitis E virus Orf3 protein protects cells from mitochondrial depolarization and death
SM Moin, M Panteva, S Jameel
Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (29), 21124-21133, 2007
942007
Antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential from skin secretions of the Marsabit clawed frog Xenopus borealis (Pipidae)
M Mechkarska, E Ahmed, L Coquet, J Leprince, T Jouenne, H Vaudry, ...
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology …, 2010
632010
Tigerinin‐1R: a potent, non‐toxic insulin‐releasing peptide isolated from the skin of the Asian frog, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus
OO Ojo, YHA Abdel‐Wahab, PR Flatt, M Mechkarska, JM Conlon
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 13 (12), 1114-1122, 2011
552011
Putative histidine kinase inhibitors with antibacterial effect against multi-drug resistant clinical isolates identified by in vitro and in silico screens
N Velikova, S Fulle, AS Manso, M Mechkarska, P Finn, JM Conlon, ...
Scientific reports 6 (1), 26085, 2016
502016
An analog of the host-defense peptide hymenochirin-1B with potent broad-spectrum activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria and immunomodulatory properties
M Mechkarska, M Prajeep, GD Radosavljevic, IP Jovanovic, A Al Baloushi, ...
Peptides 50, 153-159, 2013
502013
Peptides from frog skin with potential for development into agents for Type 2 diabetes therapy
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, YH Abdel-Wahab, PR Flatt
Peptides 100, 275-281, 2018
442018
Anti-cancer, immunoregulatory, and antimicrobial activities of the frog skin host-defense peptides pseudhymenochirin-1Pb and pseudhymenochirin-2Pa
M Mechkarska, S Attoub, S Sulaiman, J Pantic, ML Lukic, JM Conlon
Regulatory Peptides 194, 69-76, 2014
442014
The hymenochirins: A family of host-defense peptides from the Congo dwarf clawed frog Hymenochirus boettgeri (Pipidae)
M Mechkarska, M Prajeep, L Coquet, J Leprince, T Jouenne, H Vaudry, ...
Peptides 35 (2), 269-275, 2012
442012
Esculentin-2CHa: a host-defense peptide with differential cytotoxicity against bacteria, erythrocytes and tumor cells
S Attoub, M Mechkarska, A Sonnevend, G Radosavljevic, I Jovanovic, ...
Peptides 39, 95-102, 2013
432013
Cholinergic stimulation of the immune system protects against lethal infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
MJ Fernandez‐Cabezudo, DE Lorke, S Azimullah, M Mechkarska, ...
Immunology 130 (3), 388-398, 2010
422010
Host-defense peptides in skin secretions of African clawed frogs (Xenopodinae, Pipidae)
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, JD King
General and comparative endocrinology 176 (3), 513-518, 2012
412012
Purification and properties of antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of the Eritrea clawed frog Xenopus clivii (Pipidae)
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, E Ahmed, J Leprince, H Vaudry, JD King, ...
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology …, 2011
412011
Peptidomic analysis of skin secretions from the bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Ranidae) identifies multiple peptides with potent insulin-releasing activity
M Mechkarska, OO Ojo, MA Meetani, L Coquet, T Jouenne, ...
Peptides 32 (2), 203-208, 2011
412011
Host defense peptides in skin secretions of the Oregon spotted frog Rana pretiosa: implications for species resistance to chytridiomycosis
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, E Ahmed, L Coquet, T Jouenne, J Leprince, ...
Developmental & Comparative Immunology 35 (6), 644-649, 2011
402011
A family of antimicrobial and immunomodulatory peptides related to the frenatins from skin secretions of the Orinoco lime frog Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Hylidae)
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, G Radosavljevic, S Attoub, JD King, ML Lukic, ...
Peptides 56, 132-140, 2014
382014
Anti-tumor activities of the host-defense peptide hymenochirin-1B
S Attoub, H Arafat, M Mechkarska, JM Conlon
Regulatory Peptides 187, 51-56, 2013
382013
Host-defense peptides in skin secretions of the tetraploid frog Silurana epitropicalis with potent activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
JM Conlon, M Mechkarska, M Prajeep, A Sonnevend, L Coquet, ...
Peptides 37 (1), 113-119, 2012
382012
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