Innate Immunity and Host Defense Peptides in Veterinary Medicine

• Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 247 - 265
• Main Authors: Linde, A, Ross, C.R, Davis, E.G, Dib, L, Blecha, F, Melgarejo, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.03.2008
• Subjects: Animal Diseases - immunology; Animals; Animals, Domestic - immunology; Antimicrobial peptides; Cathelicidins - chemistry; Cathelicidins - metabolism; Danger-associated molecular patterns; Defensins - chemistry; Defensins - metabolism; immunity; Immunity, Innate - physiology; Natural antibiotics; Pathogen-associated molecular patterns; Pattern recognition receptors; peptides; resistance mechanisms; Toll-like receptors; veterinary medicine; Veterinary Medicine - methods

Recent years have witnessed a surge in interest directed at innate immune mechanisms. Proper conceptualization of the key elements of innate immunity, however, is still a work in progress, because most research in immunology traditionally has been focused on components of the acquired immune respons...