Host Defense Peptides and Their Potential as Therapeutic Agents

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book offers an overview of our current understanding of host defense peptides and their potential for clinical applications as well as some of the obstacles to this.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-27
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:505 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:321
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319814063

Utforska kategorier

Biokemi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Onkologi inom Medicin
Medicin: icke kliniska discipliner inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

RICHARD M. EPAND Professor Emeritus McMaster University Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences 4H28 Health Sciences Centre Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8S 4K1 Tel. 905-525-9140 ext. 22073 Email: epand@mcmaster.ca 450 publications

Innehållsförteckning

Diversity in Host Defense Antimicrobial Peptides.- Antifungal Host Defense Peptides.- Antiviral Host Defense Peptides.- Anticancer peptides: prospective innovation in cancer therapy.- Plant Antimicrobial Peptides.- Host Defense Peptides and the Eicosanoid Cascade.- Bacterial resistance to host defence peptides.- Engineered OAKs Against Antibiotic Resistance and for Bacterial Detection.- Structural Analysis of Amphibian, Insect and Plant Host Defense Peptides Inspires the Design of Novel Therapeutic Molecules.- How to teach old antibiotics new tricks.- Antimicrobial peptides and Preterm Birth.- Host defense peptides and their advancements in translational Staphylococcus aureus research.<