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This Review is an overview of mammalian defensins: classification and structure, cell sources and tissue distribution. Viral infection induces expression of defensins. Defensins control viral ...

This article is an extension of a previous series which is now available as an anthology in the book, “Natural Immunity and Covid-19: What it is and How it Could Save Your Life”. Here, we introduce ...

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2011;7(6):779-787. 1 Integrative Gastroenterology, Department of Integrative and Internal Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, University of Duisburg-Essen, Knappschafts ...

A recent study conducted at the Ohio State University, USA, and the Fudan University, China, has revealed that alpha-defensin human neutrophil peptide 1 (HNP1), a cationic antimicrobial peptide, can ...

Researchers at Ume University in Sweden have found that the composition of the intestinal microbiota is influenced by a variety of factors, including nutrition. The composition of the intestinal ...

Viruses and bacteria are always trying to sneak into our bodies, but researchers at the University of Missouri are discovering that our own biology may already hold the keys to fighting off some of ...

Since the beginning, plants and animals have deployed various mechanisms to fight pathogens. Proteins have always played an important part in this armoury, and a broad variety of defensin proteins ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, headed by Prof. Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, have developed a new therapeutic strategy against anthrax using defensins, well known ...

While injectables like fillers and botulinum toxins, energy-based devices and cosmetic surgery can soften wrinkles, improve skin tone and increase your supply of collagen, the right skincare can do ...

In clarifying the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases, a dysregulation of the adaptive immune function was the main focus of research in the last decade. With increasing knowledge of ...