title: [Mechanisms of antibiofilm immunity].
abstract: The formation of microbial biomembranes complicates clinical course of infectious diseases. The review deals with the problem of interaction between immune system and specific components of microbial biofilms. The immune mechanisms which may destroy biomembranes and damage biomembrane-associated microorganisms are analyzed. The vulnerable spots of immune defense against microbal biomembranes are described. This review also issues future prospects of immune-based control of microbal biomembrane processes.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Chebotar'
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D018441:Biofilms; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*