Identification of antibacterial components in human hair shafts

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily old components of innate immunity. AMPs identified in human skin include defensins, cathelicidin, dermcidin, psoriasin, and RNase7 (1, 2). Some AMPs, such as the human cathelicidin peptide LL-37, are upregulated during inflammation in skin (1). Variou...

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Main Authors: Subbaiah, Roopa S., Kerk, Swat Kim, Lian, Yilong, Lunny, Declan, Sze, Siu Kwan, Ng, Kee Woei, Schmidtchen, Artur, Adav, Sunil Shankar
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87924
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45603