The recent discovery that vitamin D induces antimicrobial peptide gene expression explains, in part, the 'antibiotic' effect of vitamin D and has greatly renewed interest in the ability of vitamin ...
T cells constantly survey the body for signs of infection or malignancy through the recognition of fragments of antigens (peptides) complexed to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex.
Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...