Mammalian defensins in immunity: More than just microbicidal

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Yang, De ^a   Biragyn, Arya ^b   Kwak, Larry W ^b   Oppenheim, Joost J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CANCER ANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CHEMOKINES; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE;

EID: 0036606951     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(02)02246-9     Document Type: Review

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