Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease [electronic resource] / edited by William M. Shafer.

Paneth Cell ?-Defensin Synthesis and Function -- Immunomodulatory Properties of Defensins and Cathelicidins -- Host Antimicrobial Defence Peptides in Human Disease -- Antimicrobial Peptides: An Essential Component of the Skin Defensive Barrier -- Antimicrobial Peptides Versus Invasive Infections -- Antimicrobial Peptides in the Airway -- HepcidinA Peptide Hormone at the Interface of Innate Immunity and Iron Metabolism -- Innate Host Defense of Human Vaginal and CervicalMucosae -- Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides -- Bacterial Evasion of Antimicrobial Peptides by Biofilm Formation.

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