Human cathelicidin, hCAP-18, is processed to the antimicrobial peptide LL-37 by extracellular cleavage with proteinase 3

Blood

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3951-3959

  Sørensen, Ole E ^a,b,c,d,e   Follin, Per ^a,b,c,d   Johnsen, Anders H ^a,b,c,d   Calafat, Jero ^a,b,c,d   Sandra Tjabringa, G ^a,b,c,d   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^a,b,c,d   Borregaard, Niels ^a,b,c,d  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; MYELOBLASTIN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN HCAP 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0035877995     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V97.12.3951     Document Type: Article

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