The role of antimicrobial peptides in skin tumorigenesis

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), known as “natural antibiotics”, are the first line of defense in humans as effector molecules of the innate immune system of the skin. They present activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria, fungi, parasites and enveloped viruses. An increasing number of studies re...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Marcinkiewicz, Sławomir Majewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2016-05-01
Series:Przegląd Dermatologiczny
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/The-role-of-antimicrobial-peptides-in-skin-tumorigenesis,56,27308,1,1.html