[Antimicrobial peptides in respiratory secretions].
The mounting diffusion of the resistance to antibiotics have fostered to study the polypeptides with antimicrobial properties contained in the respiratory secretions. The recent data on this subject are briefly summarized.
Rossi
Giuliano
G
Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Roma.
D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D023082:Defensins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D013183:Sputum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D001798:Blood Proteins; D023082:Defensins; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011498:Protein Precursors; C121625:cathelicidin 2 protein, mammal; C121626:cathelicidin 3 protein, Equus caballus; D009113:Muramidase; D007781:Lactoferrin