Expression of CRAMP via PGN-TLR-2 and of α-defensin-3 via CpG-ODN-TLR-9 in corneal fibroblasts

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-382

  Rodriguez Martinez, S ^a   Cancino Diaz, M E ^a   Cancino Diaz, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN ALPHA DEFENSIN 3; PROTEIN CATHELIN RELATED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 33644648533     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.082289     Document Type: Article

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