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Title Antimicrobial peptides : properties, functions and role in immune response / Myung-Dae Seong, Young-Il Hak, editors
Published New York : Nova Biomedical, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Immunology and immune system disorders
Cell biology research progress
Immunology and immune system disorders.
Contents ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: PROPERTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSE; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: PROPERTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: Modification in Lipopolysaccharide That Reduce Interaction of Bacterial Pathogens with the Innate Immune System and Cause Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides; ABSTRACT; THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SALMONELLA ENDOTOXIN, THE "CANONICAL" LPS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; YERSINIA; BRUCELLA; BORDETELLA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Chapter 2: Biological Role of FIsh Antimicrobial PeptidesABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL STRUCTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND WAY OF ACTION; 3. BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF AMPS IN FISH; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Casein-Derived Peptides; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PROPERTIES; FUNCTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Antimicrobial Peptides in Intestinal Inflammation and Infection; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE CATEGORY; NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN CATEGORY; NOVEL OR ARTIFICIAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE CATEGORY; MODIFIED CATHELICIDIN CATEGORY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Chapter 5: Antimicrobial Peptides: Immunimodulatory Properties, Functions and Therapeutic Applications in HumansABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL OUTLINE AND CLASSIFICATION; AMPS PROPERTIES, EXPRESSION AND REGULATION; FUNCTIONS OF AMPS; AMPS ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSES AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES; AMPS AS THERAPEUTIC TOOLS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: The Role of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides in Immunity and Mechanisms of Action; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; INSECT IMMUNITY; CLASSIFICATION OF INSECT AMPS; INSECT AMPS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Chapter 7: Potential of AMPs as Therapeutic Tools Against Infectious ABSTRACT; EFFICIENCY; IN VIVO STABILITY AND TOXICITY; COST OF MANUFACTURING; ACQUISITION OF RESISTANCE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: LC-MS/MS-Based Quantitative Protein Profiling Can Aid Mechanistic Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides; ABSTRACT; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR DEVELOPMENT AS NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS; QUANTITATIVE PROTEIN PROFILING CAN AID MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF AMPS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Peptide antibiotics.
Immune response.
Anti-Bacterial Agents
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Immune response
Peptide antibiotics
Form Electronic book
Author Seong, Myung-Dae
Hak, Young-Il
LC no. 2020677429
ISBN 9781622578443
1622578449