Nucleotide sequence and expression of rat β-defensin-1: Its significance in diabetic rodent models

Nephron

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Hiratsuka, Takeaki ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Date, Yukari ^a   Mukae, Hiroshi ^a   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; cDNA; Diabetic rodent model; Rat defensin 1; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DEFENSIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED OLETF; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035024973     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045961     Document Type: Article

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