Intestinal antimicrobial peptides during homeostasis, infection, and disease

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Muniz, Luciana R ^a   Knosp, Camille ^a   Yeretssian, Garabet ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Enteric pathogens; Homeostasis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Innate immunity; Intestine; NOD like receptors,Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874211596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00310     Document Type: Review

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