Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease

✍ Scribed by A. J. Ouellette (auth.), William M. Shafer Ph.D. (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 274
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 306
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Paneth Cell α-Defensin Synthesis and Function....Pages 1-25
Immunomodulatory Properties of Defensins and Cathelicidins....Pages 27-66
Host Antimicrobial Defence Peptides in Human Disease....Pages 67-90
Antimicrobial Peptides: An Essential Component of the Skin Defensive Barrier....Pages 91-110
Antimicrobial Peptides Versus Invasive Infections....Pages 111-152
Antimicrobial Peptides in the Airway....Pages 153-182
Hepcidin—A Peptide Hormone at the Interface of Innate Immunity and Iron Metabolism....Pages 183-198
Innate Host Defense of Human Vaginal and CervicalMucosae....Pages 199-230
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides....Pages 231-250
Bacterial Evasion of Antimicrobial Peptides by Biofilm Formation....Pages 251-258

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Immunology

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