Antimicrobial peptides and human disease /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Shafer, William M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2006]
Series:	Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 306.
Subjects:	Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > physiology. Anti-Infective Agents. Immunity, Innate > physiology. Peptide antibiotics. Antibiotiques peptidiques. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Paneth cell [alpha]-defensin synthesis and function / A.J. Ouellette
Immunomodulatory properties of defensins and cathelicidins / D.M.E. Bowdish, D.J. Davidson, and R.E.W. Hancock
Host antimicrobial defence peptides in human disease / B. Agerberth and G.H. Guðmundsson
Antimicrobial peptides: an essential component of the skin defensive barrier / M.H. Braff and R.L. Gallo
Antimicrobial peptides versus invasive infections / M.R. Yeaman and A.S. Bayer
Antimicrobial peptides in the airway / D.M. Laube ... [et al.]
Hepcidin: a peptide hormone at the interface of innate immunity and iron metabolism / T. Ganz
Innate host defense of human vaginal and cervical mucosae / A.M. Cole
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides / D. Kraus and A. Peschel
Bacterial evasion of antimicrobial peptides by biofilm formation / M. Otto.