Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (Oct 2001)

Defensinas: una nueva perspectiva en antibioticoterapia

  • Elkin Lemos Luengas,
  • María Cristina Sarmiento,
  • Ligia I. Moneada A.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 4
pp. 207 – 209

Abstract

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We update the concepts on defensins. Defensins are cationic molecules with microbicidal activities against different microorganisms. Sorne of them have been described, as constituents in different human tissues while others, as hBD-2, are found only during the infection processes.

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