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SUBMITTER: Easton DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7114281 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Easton Donna M DM Nijnik Anastasia A Mayer Matthew L ML Hancock Robert E W RE
Trends in biotechnology 20090814 10
A fundamentally new strategy for the treatment of infectious disease is the modulation of host immune responses to enhance clearance of infectious agents and reduce tissue damage due to inflammation. Antimicrobial host defense peptides have been investigated for their potential as a new class of antimicrobial drugs. Recently their immunomodulatory activities have begun to be appreciated. Modulation of innate immunity by synthetic variants of host defense peptides, called innate defense regulator ...[more]