Antimicrobial peptides play critical roles in innate immunity

Antimicrobial peptides play critical roles in innate immunity

Nature Reviews Immunology

2014

Study summary

Review of antimicrobial peptides in barrier defense and immune signaling.

Peptides studied

Stack studied

Immunity Stack

Key findings

Host-defense peptides were shown to integrate direct antimicrobial activity with immunomodulation.

Study details

Study type

review article

Journal

Nature Reviews Immunology

DOI / PubMed

10.1038/nri3608

Year

2014

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