Chemokines meet defensins: The merging concepts of chemoattractants and antimicrobial peptides in host defense

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6515-6517

  Dürr, Manuela ^a   Peschel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHEMOKINE; ALPHA DEFENSIN; ALPHA HELIX LL37; BETA CHEMOKINE; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELIN; CATHEPSIN L; CATIONIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOKINE; CX3C CHEMOKINE; CXCL 7 CHEMOKINE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL4 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; DEFENSIN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B; GAMMA CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; PEPTIDE; PLATELET MICROBICIDAL PROTEIN; RANTES; THYMOSIN BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHEMOKINES; DEFENSINS; FUNGI; HUMANS;

EID: 0036892922     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.6515-6517.2002     Document Type: Note

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