Human Defensins: Potential Tools for Clinical Applications

As components of the innate immune system, antimicrobial peptides in the form of human defensins play an important role in host defense by serving as the epithelial layer’s biochemical barrier against local infections. Recent studies have shown these molecules to have far more additional cellular fu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthias Wenghoefer, Jochen Winter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-02-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
AMP
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/4/1/691/