Defensins versus pathogens: an unfolding story

Oncotarget. 2015 Oct 6;6(30):28533-4. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.5109.

Authors

Elena Kudryashova¹, Wuyuan Lu², Dmitri S Kudryashov^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
² Institute of Human Virology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Immune response; Immunity; Immunology and Microbiology Section; Innate immunity; antimicrobial peptides.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adaptive Immunity
Animals
Bacteria / immunology*
Bacteria / metabolism
Bacteria / pathogenicity
Bacterial Toxins / immunology*
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
Defensins / immunology*
Defensins / metabolism
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Immunity, Innate*
Protein Binding
Protein Stability
Signal Transduction

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Defensins