Inducible expression of an antimicrobial peptide of the innate immunity in polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1003-1010

  Tomasinsig, Linda ^a,b   Scocchi, Marco ^b   Di Loreto, Carla ^a   Artico, Daria ^a   Zanetti, Margherita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Nazionale CIB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bac5; Gene expression; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE BAC5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAC5 GENE; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LUNG INFECTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFECTION; INTESTINES; KINETICS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036855464     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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