The human antimicrobial and chemotactic peptides LL-37 and α-defensins are expressed by specific lymphocyte and monocyte populations

Blood

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3086-3093

  Agerberth, B ^a   Charo, J ^a   Werr, J ^a   Olsson, B ^a   Idali, F ^a   Lindbom, L ^a   Kiessling, R ^a   Jornvall, H ^a   Wigzell, H ^a   Gudmundsson, G H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE; DEFENSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; EFFECTOR CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PANETH CELL; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034332193     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.9.3086     Document Type: Article

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