Purification and characterization of defensins from cystic fibrosis sputum

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Soong, L B ^a   Ganz, T ^b   Ellison, A ^a   Caughey, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cell; Cystic fibrosis; Defensin; Neutrophil; Sputum

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; NEUTROPHIL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRACHEA;

BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030942221     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050114     Document Type: Article

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