Antimicrobial peptides [[electronic resource] ] : properties, functions and role in immune response / / Myung-Dae Seong and Young-Il Hak, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Biomedical, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.329
• Soggetto topico: Peptide antibiotics
• Altri autori: SeongMyung-Dae HakYoung-Il
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: PROPERTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSE -- ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: PROPERTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: Modification in Lipopolysaccharide That Reduce Interaction of Bacterial Pathogens with the Innate Immune System and Cause Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides -- ABSTRACT -- THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE -- SALMONELLA ENDOTOXIN, THE "CANONICAL" LPS -- PROTEUS MIRABILIS -- YERSINIA -- BRUCELLA -- BORDETELLA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: Biological Role of FIsh Antimicrobial Peptides -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GENERAL STRUCTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND WAY OF ACTION -- 3. BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF AMPS IN FISH -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Casein-Derived Peptides -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROPERTIES -- FUNCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: Antimicrobial Peptides in Intestinal Inflammation and Infection -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE CATEGORY -- NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN CATEGORY -- NOVEL OR ARTIFICIAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE CATEGORY -- MODIFIED CATHELICIDIN CATEGORY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: Antimicrobial Peptides: Immunimodulatory Properties, Functions and Therapeutic Applications in Humans -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL OUTLINE AND CLASSIFICATION -- AMPS PROPERTIES, EXPRESSION AND REGULATION -- FUNCTIONS OF AMPS -- AMPS ROLE IN IMMUNE RESPONSES AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES -- AMPS AS THERAPEUTIC TOOLS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: The Role of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides in Immunity and Mechanisms of Action -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INSECT IMMUNITY -- CLASSIFICATION OF INSECT AMPS -- INSECT AMPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 7: Potential of AMPs as Therapeutic Tools Against Infectious -- ABSTRACT -- EFFICIENCY -- IN VIVO STABILITY AND TOXICITY -- COST OF MANUFACTURING -- ACQUISITION OF RESISTANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: LC-MS/MS-Based Quantitative Protein Profiling Can Aid Mechanistic Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides -- ABSTRACT -- ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR DEVELOPMENT AS NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS -- QUANTITATIVE PROTEIN PROFILING CAN AID MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF AMPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Antimicrobial peptides
• ISBN: 1-62257-844-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812230103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Immunology and immune system disorders.; Cell biology research progress.