Human Neutrophil Peptide 1 as immunotherapeutic agent against Leishmania infected BALB/c mice.

• Main Authors: Zahra Abdossamadi (Author), Negar Seyed (Author), Farnaz Zahedifard (Author), Tahereh Taheri (Author), Yasaman Taslimi (Author), Hossein Montakhab-Yeganeh (Author), Alireza Badirzadeh (Author), Mohammad Vasei (Author), Safoora Gharibzadeh (Author), Sima Rafati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human Neutrophil Peptide 1 (HNP1) produced by neutrophils, is a well-known antimicrobial peptide which plays a role both in innate as well as in adaptive immunity and is under intensive investigation as a potential therapeutic agent. Previous in vitro experiments have indicated the leishmaniacidal e...