β-defensin 1 contributes to pulmonary innate immunity in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3068-3072

  Moser, Christian ^a   Weiner, Daniel J ^a   Lysenko, Elena ^a   Bals, Robert ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a   Wilson, James M ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036259798     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3068-3072.2002     Document Type: Article

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