| Literature DB >> 19703980 |
Bruno Rivas-Santiago1, Carmen J Serrano, J Antonio Enciso-Moreno.
Abstract
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 diseases, these phenomena need to be elucidated. This review is focused on the current knowledge about susceptibility and resistance conferred by genetic variations in antimicrobial peptide expression in infectious diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19703980 PMCID: PMC2772553 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01515-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441