Antimicrobial Peptides and Innate Immunity

AvPieter S. Hiemstra,Sebastian A. J. Zaat

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Progress in Inflammation Research

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Beskrivning

Further chapters discuss the role of antimicrobial peptides in disease, by providing an overview of mechanisms in bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides and a discussion of their role in inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-03-07
Mått:155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:598 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Progress in Inflammation Research
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Springer Basel
ISBN:9783034807678

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Innehållsförteckning

Evolution of Antimicrobial Peptides: a View From the Cystine Chapel.- Innate immunity in plants: the role of antimicrobial peptides.- Antimicrobial peptides produced by microorganisms.- LL-37: an immunomodulatory antimicrobial host defence peptide.- Wound Repair and Antimicrobial Peptides.- WAPing out pathogens and disease in the mucosa-roles for SLPI and trappin-2.- Histatins: multifunctional salivary antimicrobial peptides.- Structure-function relationships of antimicrobial chemokines.- Mechanisms and Significance of Bacterial Resistance to Human Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides.- Antimicrobial peptides and inflammatory bowel disease.- Cystic Fibrosis and Defective Airway Innate Immunity.- Antimicrobial peptides in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- Host defense peptides: Immune modulation and antimicrobial activity in vivo.- Helping the host – induction of antimicrobial peptides as a novel therapeutic strategy against infections.