Antimicrobial peptides and human disease
- المؤلف
- William M. Shafer
- سنة النشر
- 2006
- الناشر
- Springer
- لغة الملف
- انكليزي
- نوع الملف
- Book
- تصنيف الكتاب
- Medical Science
- تحميل الكتاب قراءة الكتاب
Microbes are in our midst soon after birth. Thankfully, the number of harmless (and often beneficial) microbes far outnumber those that would do us harm. Our ability to ward-off pathogens in our environment, including those that can colonize our exterior and/or interior surfaces, depends on the integrative action of the innate and adaptive immunity systems. This volume of CTMI, entitled Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease, is dedicated to the role of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the innate host defense system of homo sapiens.
الكلمات المفتاحية: Biomedical and life sciences / Toll-like receptors / Bacterial vaginitis / Biofilm formation / Candida vaginitis / Cathelicidins / Cationic antimicrobial peptides / Chemokine production / Cystic fibrosis / defensins / Endogenous peptide antibiotics / Hepcidin / Host defense peptides / Innate immunity / Iron metabolism / Skin defensive barrier / Trichomoniasis / Tuberculosis
