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Published on: February 8, 2016
Recombinant probiotics with antimicrobial peptides: a dual strategy to improve immune response in immunocompromised
Santi M Mandal1, Osmar N Silva2, Octavio L Franco2
1Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India.
Abstract:
Bacterial infectious diseases are currently a serious health problem, especially in patients compromised by illness or those receiving immune-suppressant drugs. In this context, it is not only essential to improve the understanding of infectious mechanisms and host response but also to discover novel therapies with extreme urgency. Probiotics and antimicrobial peptides are also favorably viewed as novel strategies in the control of resistant bacteria. The present review will shed some light on the use of probiotic microorganisms expressing antimicrobial peptides as a dual therapy to control bacterial infectious diseases.
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