Antimicrobial peptides in human health and disease
By: edited by Richard L. Gallo.
Contributors: Gallo, Richard L.
Publisher: Horizon Bioscience
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Wymondham, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Peptide antibiotics.; Protein drugs.; Peptides -- Therapeutic use.; Microbial peptides.; Peptides -- therapeutic use.; Anti-Infective Agents.; Proteins -- therapeutic use.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of cathelicidins in the innate host defenses of mammals / Margherita Zanetti; title: The role of alpha and beta defensins in human defense / Jens-Michael Schröder; title: Granulysin / Steffen Stenger and Robert L. Modlin; title: Hepcidin / Tomas Ganz; title: Antimicrobial peptides in human blood / Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson and Birgitta Agerberth; title: The role of paneth cell [alpha]-defensins in enteric innate immunity / Andre J. Ouellette and Charles L. Bevins; title: Antimicrobial peptides in the lung / Christoph Beisswenger and Robert Bals; title: Antimicrobial peptides in the oral environment: expression and function in health and disease / Beverly A. Dale and L. Page Fredericks; title: Natural antimicrobial peptides: a barrier against human skin infection / Mohamed Zaiou, Richard L. Gallo and Marissa H. Braff; title: Antimicrobial peptide resistance in human bacterial pathogens / Victor Nizet; title: A pediatric perspective on antimicrobial proteins and peptides: expression, function and clinical relevance / Ofer Levy; title: Therapeutic applications of innate immunity peptides / Lijuan Zhang, Scott M. Harris and Timothy J. Falla.