Search for dissertations about: "regulatory peptides"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words regulatory peptides.

  2. 6. Bioactive peptides and proteins in disease

    Author : Essam Refai; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Regulatory peptides and marker proteins are important to study in order to understand disease mechanisms. This applies of course also to our common diseases where all relationships are not yet known. Cancer and diabetes are two such complex diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. READ MORE

  4. 7. Expression of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides in man and rat

    Author : Stefan Termén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : LL-37; rCRAMP; butyrate; colonic epithelium; central nervous system; transcription;

    Abstract : Endogenous antimicrobial peptides are effectors of innate immunity. They kill microorganisms by disrupting their cell membranes, but are also believed to have signaling functions in the immune system. They are present in epithelia, secretions and phagocytic cells. READ MORE

  5. 8. Regulatory mechanisms involved in pathoadaptation of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Author : Nikola Zlatkov; Bernt Eric Uhlin; Åke Forsberg; Sun Nyunt Wai; Eliora Ron; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ExPEC; PAIs; pathoadaptation; citrate; metabolism; filamentation; toxins; molekylärbiologi; Molecular Biology; mikrobiologi; Microbiology;

    Abstract : Establishment of commensal bacteria within a new niche of their host usually promotes the transition from commensalism to pathogenicity. Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) represent different pathovars with biphasic lifestyle – they can reside in the gut as commensals or they can escape and cause diseases elsewhere in the human body. READ MORE

  6. 9. Regulation and characterization of antimicrobial peptides in man and mice

    Author : Jenny Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The gene-encoded antimicrobial peptides have emerged as an important component of innate immunity. In mammals, antimicrobial peptides are either directly secreted from cells or found in cell granules, which can be released after stimuli. READ MORE

  7. 10. Epidermal Reactions to Injury with Implications for Innate Immunity

    Author : Markus Roupé; Infektionsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Innate immunity; epidermis; Wound healing; interleukin-8; Antimicrobial peptides;

    Abstract : Abstract The epidermis is one of our primary interfaces towards the external milieu. Following injury, the physical barrier function of the skin is destroyed and the epidermis is left vulnerable to microbial invasion. READ MORE