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Chapter title	Host antimicrobial defence peptides in human disease.
Chapter number	3
Book title	Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease
Published in	Current topics in microbiology and immunology, August 2006
DOI	10.1007/3-540-29916-5_3
Pubmed ID	16909918
Book ISBNs	978-3-54-029915-8, 978-3-54-029916-5
Authors	Agerberth B, Gudmundsson GH, Agerberth, B., Guðmundsson, G. H., B. Agerberth, G. H. Guðmundsson
Abstract	Antimicrobial peptides or host defence peptides are endogenous peptide antibiotics, which have been confirmed as an essential part of the immune system. Apart from direct killing of bacteria, a role for the peptides in antiviral and immunomodulatory functions has recently been claimed. In this chapter we have focused on the host contact with microbes, where these host defence peptides are key players. The interplay with commensals and pathogens in relation to antimicrobial peptide expression is discussed, with specific emphasis on the respiratory and the alimentary systems. A possible novel difference in epithelial interactions between commensals and pathogens is considered in relation to disease.

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Country	Count	As %
Netherlands	1	2%
Denmark	1	2%
Switzerland	1	2%
Saudi Arabia	1	2%
Unknown	51	93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	9	16%
Student > Bachelor	8	15%
Researcher	7	13%
Student > Master	6	11%
Student > Postgraduate	5	9%
Other	10	18%
Unknown	10	18%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	18	33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	8	15%
Medicine and Dentistry	3	5%
Nursing and Health Professions	2	4%
Computer Science	2	4%
Other	11	20%
Unknown	11	20%

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