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The Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 and Mimics are Potential Anticancer Drugs

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) play a critical role in innate host defense against microbial pathogens in many organisms. The human cathelicidin, LL-37, has a net positive charge and is amphiphilic, and can eliminate pathogenic microbes directly via electrostatic attraction toward negatively charged...

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Autores principales: Kuroda, Kengo, Okumura, Kazuhiko, Isogai, Hiroshi, Isogai, Emiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175965
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2015.00144