Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases Based on Antimicrobial Peptide Production

• Published in: Infection and Immunity Vol. 77; no. 11; pp. 4690 - 4695
• Main Authors: Rivas-Santiago, Bruno, Serrano, Carmen J, Enciso-Moreno, J. Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.11.2009; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: Animals; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides - genetics; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Communicable Diseases - genetics; Communicable Diseases - immunology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Microbiology; Minireview; Infection; Sensitivity; Microbiology; Peptides; Immunity; Antimicrobial agent

In the last few years, the great impact of antimicrobial peptides on infectious disease susceptibility and natural resistance has been reported. In some cases, susceptibility to diseases is related to antimicrobial peptide polymorphisms and gene copy numbers, but for the vast majority of infectious...