作者: Mercedes Leonor Sánchez , Melina María Belén Martínez , Paulo César Maffia
DOI: 10.4236/CELLBIO.2013.24023
关键词: Innate immune system 、 Inflammation 、 Immune system 、 SLPI 、 Biology 、 Acquired immune system 、 Microbiology 、 Immunology 、 Antimicrobial 、 Antimicrobial peptides 、 Cathelicidins
摘要: Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small cationic molecules that display antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacteria, fungi and viruses. AMPs are multifunctional have an essential activity in infection inflammation: they play important role the innate immune response, not only as antimicrobial agents, but also as immunomodulating an important link between adaptive response. In this article, we will discuss antimicrobial activity, together with novel properties of some these modulators on adaptive immune