Evaluation of the effects of defensins on neutrophil functions

Inflammation Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Yomogida, S ^a   Nagaoka, I ^a   Saito, K ^a   Yamashita, T ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecule; Defensin; Neutrophil; Phagocytosis; Superoxide anion generation

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENT; DEFENSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; DEFENSINS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0030063810     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02265117     Document Type: Article

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