Production of β-defensin antimicrobial peptides by maxillary sinus mucosa

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-179

  Carothers, Daniel G ^a   Graham, Scott M ^a,d   Jia, Hong Peng ^a   Ackermann, Mark R ^c   Tack, Brian F ^b   McCray Jr , Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUSITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0034964478     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065801779954238     Document Type: Article

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