Cathelicidins, multifunctional peptides of the innate immunity

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-48

  Zanetti, Margherita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b National Laboratory CIB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Cathelin; Infection; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CATHELIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE BMAP 28; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PR 39; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIZATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

BOVINAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0842326097     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0403147     Document Type: Review

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