LL-37

Experimental Antimicrobial Peptide

LL-37 is a human cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptide. It is pleiotropic, can be pro-inflammatory, and has no established consumer systemic use.

Pharmacokinetic model

A route-level PK model for ll-37 is being prepared from published data. Dosing references, studies, and documented interactions are below; the app catalog is updated as models are validated.

Key facts

Category
Experimental Antimicrobial Peptide
Suggested cadence
once daily

Research behind this entry

  1. Evaluation of LL-37 in healing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers: A multicentric prospective randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial Mahlapuu M, Sidorowicz A, Mikosinski J, Krzyżanowski M, Orleanski J, Twardowska-Saucha K, Nykaza A, Dyaczynski M, Belz-Lagoda B, Dziwiszek G, Kujawiak M, Karczewski M, Sjöberg F, Grzela T, Wegrzynowski A, Thunarf F, Björk J, Ekblom J, Jawien A, Apelqvist J · Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2021 DOI

    A phase IIb randomized trial tested topical LL-37 with compression therapy in 148 venous-leg-ulcer patients. It does not establish systemic or injectable peptide PK.

1 published study referenced in the app, each with a plain-language summary.