Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Khurshid, Zohaib
• Naseem, Mustafa
• Sheikh, Zeeshan
• Najeeb, Shariq
• Shahab, Sana
• Zafar, Muhammad Sohail

Titel

Oral antimicrobial peptides: Types and role in the oral cavity

Ist Teil von

• Saudi pharmaceutical journal, 2016-09, Vol.24 (5), p.515-524

Ort / Verlag

Saudi Arabia: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a wide-ranging class of host-defense molecules that act early to contest against microbial invasion and challenge. These are small cationic peptides that play an important in the development of innate immunity. In the oral cavity, the AMPs are produced by the salivary glands and the oral epithelium and serve defensive purposes. The aim of this review was to discuss the types and functions of oral AMPs and their role in combating microorganisms and infections in the oral cavity.