Antimicrobial Peptides - Basics for Clinical Application (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book presents an overview of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), their mechanisms of antimicrobial action, other activities, and various problems that must still be overcome regarding their clinical application. Divided into four major parts, the book begins with a general overview of AMPs (Part I), and subsequently discusses the various mechanisms of antimicrobial action and methods for researching them (Part 2). It then addresses a range of activities other than antimicrobial action, such as cell penetration, antisepsis, anticancer, and immunomodulatory activities (Part 3), and explores the prospects of clinical application from various standpoints such as the selective toxicity, design, and discovery of AMPs (Part 4). A huge number of AMPs have been discovered in plants, insects, and vertebrates including humans, and constitute host defense systems against invading pathogenic microorganisms. Consequently, many attempts have been made to utilize AMPs as antibiotics. AMPs could help to solve the urgent problem of drug-resistant bacteria, and are also promising with regard to sepsis and cancer therapy. Gathering a wealth of information, this book will be a bible for all those seeking to develop antibiotics, anti-sepsis, or anticancer agents based on AMPs.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1117
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Katsumi Matsuzaki
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-981-13-3587-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	981-13-3587-7
Barcode:	9789811335877

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