Abstract |
For survival of plants, animals as well as main in a nature full of aggressive microbes, endogenous antibiotics play an essential role, which is not yet fully appreciated in medicine and science. For example in the granules of polymorphonuclear granulocytes and macrophages or even of specialized epithelial cells such as Paneth cells in the crypts of the intestinal mucosa, oligopeptides are produced with a wide range of antimicrobial activity. According to their chemical structures and modes of action they can be grouped into various different families. The physiological role of these agents on the surface of skin and mucosa or within host tissue is only incompletely understood.
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Authors | B Haegele, V Mersch-Sundermann, M Kretschmar, H Hof |
Journal | Immunitat und Infektion
(Immun Infekt)
Vol. 23
Issue 6
Pg. 205-8
(Dec 1995)
Germany |
Vernacular Title | Antimikrobiell wirksame Oligopeptide--ein wichtiger Teil der unspezifischen Infektabwehr. |
PMID | 8582735
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Bacteria
(drug effects)
- Bacterial Infections
(prevention & control)
- Granulocytes
- Humans
- Infection Control
(methods)
- Intestinal Mucosa
(chemistry, microbiology)
- Neutrophils
- Oligopeptides
(chemistry, classification, metabolism, pharmacology)
- Skin
(microbiology)
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