Defensins: The Case for Their Use against Mycobacterial Infections

Human tuberculosis remains a huge global public health problem with an estimated 1/3rd of the population being infected. Defensins are antibacterial cationic peptides produced by a number of cell types, most notably neutrophil granulocytes and epithelial cells. All three defensin types (α-, β-, and...

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Autores principales: Dong, Haodi, Lv, Yue, Zhao, Deming, Barrow, Paul, Zhou, Xiangmei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27725944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7515687

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27725944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7515687

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