What is the real role of antimicrobial polypeptides that can mediate several other inflammatory responses?
review · Level V
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Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides are effector molecules of innate immunity with microbicidal and pro- or anti-inflammatory activities. Their role is now widening following evidence that one such multifunctional peptide, LL-37, induces angiogenesis, a process essential for host defense, wound healing, and tissue repair.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Inflammation
- Neovascularization, Pathologic