Expression and potential function of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides in dermatophytosis and tinea versicolor

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 877-882

  López García, Belén ^a,b   Lee, Phillip H A ^a   Gallo, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptides; CRAMP; LL 37

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; TINEA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 33645801593     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl078     Document Type: Article

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