| Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential tools for the prevention of skin cancer M Tonk, A Vilcinskas, M Rahnamaeian Applied microbiology and biotechnology 100 (17), 7397-7405, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| The medical potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects M Tonk, A Vilcinskas Current topics in medicinal chemistry 17 (5), 554-575, 2017 | 73 | 2017 |
| Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis A Cabezas-Cruz, LMF Passos, K Lis, R Kenneil, JJ Valdés, J Ferrolho, ... PLoS One 8 (6), e65243, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms M Kalsy, M Tonk, M Hardt, U Dobrindt, A Zdybicka-Barabas, M Cytrynska, ... NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 6 (1), 1-8, 2020 | 62 | 2020 |
| The potential of the Galleria mellonella innate immune system is maximized by the co-presentation of diverse antimicrobial peptides MRB Moghaddam, M Tonk, C Schreiber, D Salzig, P Czermak, ... Biological Chemistry 397 (9), 939-945, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Tribolium castaneum defensins are primarily active against Gram-positive bacteria M Tonk, E Knorr, A Cabezas-Cruz, JJ Valdés, C Kollewe, A Vilcinskas Journal of invertebrate pathology 132, 208-215, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Defensins from the tick Ixodes scapularis are effective against phytopathogenic fungi and the human bacterial pathogen Listeria grayi M Tonk, A Cabezas-Cruz, JJ Valdés, ROM Rego, T Chrudimská, M Strnad, ... Parasites & vectors 7 (1), 1-8, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
| Ixodes ricinus defensins attack distantly-related pathogens M Tonk, A Cabezas-Cruz, JJ Valdés, ROM Rego, L Grubhoffer, ... Developmental & Comparative Immunology 53 (2), 358-365, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| Bioactivity of Natural and Engineered Antimicrobial Peptides from Venom of the Scorpions Urodacus yaschenkoi and U. manicatus K Luna-Ramirez, M Tonk, M Rahnamaeian, A Vilcinskas Toxins 9 (1), 22, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
| Identification and partial characterisation of new members of the Ixodes ricinus defensin family M Tonk, A Cabezas-Cruz, JJ Valdés, ROM Rego, N Rudenko, ... Gene 540 (2), 146-152, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
| Compelling evidence for the activity of antiviral peptides against SARS-CoV-2 M Tonk, D Růžek, A Vilcinskas Viruses 13 (5), 912, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Antiplasmodial activity is an ancient and conserved feature of tick defensins A Cabezas-Cruz, M Tonk, A Bouchut, C Pierrot, RJ Pierce, M Kotsyfakis, ... Frontiers in microbiology 7, 1682, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| The Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptides Mtk-1 and Mtk-2 are active against the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum M Tonk, C Pierrot, A Cabezas-Cruz, M Rahnamaeian, J Khalife, ... Parasitology research 118 (6), 1993-1998, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria J Couto, M Tonk, J Ferrolho, S Antunes, A Vilcinskas, J de la Fuente, ... Ticks and tick-borne diseases 9 (4), 844-849, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| Antibacterial and antifungal activity of defensins from the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus A Cabezas-Cruz, M Tonk, MR Bleackley, JJ Valdés, RA Barrero, ... Ticks and tick-borne diseases 10 (6), 101269, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| Tick defensin γ-core reduces Fusarium graminearum growth and abrogates mycotoxins production with high efficiency V Leannec-Rialland, A Cabezas-Cruz, V Atanasova, S Chereau, N Ponts, ... Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-11, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Use of Defensins to Develop Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Synthetic Fungicides to Control Phytopathogenic Fungi and Their Mycotoxins V Leannec-Rialland, V Atanasova, S Chereau, M Tonk-Rügen, ... Journal of Fungi 8 (3), 229, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus N Rügen, TP Jenkins, N Wielsch, H Vogel, BF Hempel, RD Süssmuth, ... Biomedicines 9 (7), 819, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Potent Activity of Hybrid Arthropod Antimicrobial Peptides Linked by Glycine Spacers M Tonk, JJ Valdés, A Cabezas-Cruz, A Vilcinskas International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (16), 8919, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
| Anthelminthic activity of assassin bug venom against the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni M Tonk, A Vilcinskas, CG Grevelding, S Haeberlein Antibiotics 9 (10), 664, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
Alejandro Cabezas-CruzINRAE, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentVerified email at vet-alfort.fr
