Immunolocalization of defensins and cathelicidin in human glands of Moll

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-237

  Stoeckelhuber, Mechthild ^a   Messmer, Elisabeth M ^a   Schubert, Christoph ^b   Stoeckelhuber, Beate M ^c   Koehler, Claudia ^a   Welsch, Ulrich ^a   Bals, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Dermatopathology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial protein; Cathelicidin; Ciliary gland; Defensin; Gland of Moll

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CILIARY GLAND; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOCRINE GLANDS; DEFENSINS; EYELIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 43449119492     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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