Reduced levels of lactoferrin in biofilm-associated chronic rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 895-901

  Psaltis, Alkis J ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a,b   Ha, Kien R ^a   Tan, Lor Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Biofilms; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Innate immune system; Lactoferrin

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NASAL MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SINUSITIS;

EID: 43049084053     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31816381d4     Document Type: Article

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