What is it about?
This study explains how naturally occurring peptides, cathelicidins, regulate aberrant inflammation and prevent cell death in the gut during infection.
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Why is it important?
Understanding the immunomodulatory capacity of these peptides in specific setting, such as colitis, is critical for the development of antibiotic free therapeutics for infectious diseases.
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This page is a summary of: Cathelicidins Induce Toll-Interacting Protein Synthesis to Prevent Apoptosis in Colonic Epithelium, Journal of Innate Immunity, September 2022, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000526121.
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