Тhe role of defensins in the development of pathologic process: new approaches to diagnosis and treatment (literature review)

Abstract

This literature review summarises and evaluates existing data about properties and biological activity of defensins, more particularly about their antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory activity, their role in the genesis of various diseases, as well as new perspectives for the use of presented cationic antimicrobial peptides in diagnosis and treatmentof different pathologies.

Keywords

• antimicrobial cationic peptides, defensin, pathogenesis
• pathologic process