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Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease

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Editors:
  1. William M. Shafer

    1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 3001 Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 306)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Paneth Cell α-Defensin Synthesis and Function

    • A. J. Ouellette
    Pages 1-25

  3. Immunomodulatory Properties of Defensins and Cathelicidins

    • D. M. E. Bowdish, D. J. Davidson, R. E. W. Hancock
    Pages 27-66

  4. Host Antimicrobial Defence Peptides in Human Disease

    • B. Agerberth, G. H. Guðmundsson
    Pages 67-90

  5. Antimicrobial Peptides: An Essential Component of the Skin Defensive Barrier

    • M. H. Braff, R. L. Gallo
    Pages 91-110

  6. Antimicrobial Peptides Versus Invasive Infections

    • M. R. Yeaman, A. S. Bayer
    Pages 111-152

  7. Antimicrobial Peptides in the Airway

    • D. M. Laube, S. Yim, L. K. Ryan, K. O. Kisich, G. Diamond
    Pages 153-182

  8. Hepcidin—A Peptide Hormone at the Interface of Innate Immunity and Iron Metabolism

    • T. Ganz
    Pages 183-198

  9. Innate Host Defense of Human Vaginal and CervicalMucosae

    • A. M. Cole
    Pages 199-230

  10. Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides

    • D. Kraus, A. Peschel
    Pages 231-250

  11. Bacterial Evasion of Antimicrobial Peptides by Biofilm Formation

    • M. Otto
    Pages 251-258

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 259-265
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About this book

Microbes are in our midst soon after birth. Thankfully, the number of harmless (and often beneficial) microbes far outnumber those that would do us harm. Our ability to ward-off pathogens in our environment, including those that can colonize our exterior and/or interior surfaces, depends on the integrative action of the innate and adaptive immunity systems. This volume of CTMI, entitled Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease, is dedicated to the role of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the innate host defense system of homo sapiens.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 3001 Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

    William M. Shafer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease

  • Editors: William M. Shafer

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29916-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-29915-8Published: 23 May 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06756-3Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-29916-5Published: 05 October 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 266

  • Topics: Immunology

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