Cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptides are a family of polypeptides found in lysosomes of macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). Cathelicidins serve a critical role in mammalian innate immune defense against invasive bacterial infection. Members of the cathelicidin family of antimicrobial polypeptides are characterized by a high...
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(kә-the″lĭ-si´din) an antimicrobial protein that occurs in white blood cells and the epithelium. It is important in preventing infections. When too much cathelicidin and too much of an enzyme known as stratum corneum tryptic enzyme are present in the skin, an abnormal protein fragment is formed that causes th...
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