β-Defensin-3 and -4 in intestinal epithelial cells display increased mRNA expression in ulcerative colitis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Fahlgren, A ^a   Hammarstrom S ^a   Danielsson, A ^a   Hammarstrom M L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Cytokines; Human; Inflammatory bowel disease; qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 4; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LARGE INTESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-DEFENSINS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROHN DISEASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 3542990948     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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