Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides are effectors of innate immunity in phagocytes, body fluids and epithelia. In mammals, defensins, peptides with a characteristic six-cysteine framework, are particularly abundant and widely distributed in various animal species and tissues. The first part of this review provides a historical overview of the ideas that led to the current state-of-the-art in antimicrobial peptides, and the second part is an update on mammalian defensins and their role in host defense to infections.
Keywords: history, membrane interactions, peptide structure
Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening
Title: Defensins and Other Antimicrobial Peptides: A Historical Perspective and an Update
Volume: 8 Issue: 3
Author(s): Tomas Ganz
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Keywords: history, membrane interactions, peptide structure
Abstract: Antimicrobial peptides are effectors of innate immunity in phagocytes, body fluids and epithelia. In mammals, defensins, peptides with a characteristic six-cysteine framework, are particularly abundant and widely distributed in various animal species and tissues. The first part of this review provides a historical overview of the ideas that led to the current state-of-the-art in antimicrobial peptides, and the second part is an update on mammalian defensins and their role in host defense to infections.
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Ganz Tomas, Defensins and Other Antimicrobial Peptides: A Historical Perspective and an Update, Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening 2005; 8 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1386207053764594
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1386207053764594 |
Print ISSN 1386-2073 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5402 |
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