Neonatal skin in mice and humans expresses increased levels of antimicrobial peptides: Innate immunity during development of the adaptive response

Pediatric Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-572

  Dorschner, Robert A ^a,b   Lin, Kenneth H ^a,b   Murakami, Masamoto ^a,b   Gallo, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Mail Code 111B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 4; CATHELICIDIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0037383501     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000057205.64451.B7     Document Type: Article

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