Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) gene is a direct target of the vitamin D receptor and is strongly up-regulated in myeloid cells by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1067-1077

  Gombart, Adrian F ^a,c   Borregaard, Niels ^b   Koeffler, H Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monocytes; Sepsis; VDRE; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CALCITRIOL; CATHELICIDIN; MESSENGER RNA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BONE MARROW CELL; CAMP GENE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FUNGUS; GENE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS; VITAMIN D RESPONSIVE ELEMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CALCITRIOL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CYTOKINES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MONOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 21744438757     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3284com     Document Type: Article

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