Antimicrobial human β-defensins in the colon and their role in infectious and non-infectious diseases

Pathogens

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-192

  Cobo, Eduardo R ^a   Chadee, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Colon; Infection; Innate immunity; Intestinal mucosa; Parasites; defensin

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MUCIN 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHIGELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84897756840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens2010177     Document Type: Review

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