Dermcidin is constitutively produced by eccrine sweat glands and is not induced in epidermal cells under inflammatory skin conditions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 534-539

  Rieg, S ^a   Garbe, C ^a   Sauer, B ^a   Kalbacher, H ^a   Schittek, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Dermcidin; Eccrine glands; Inflammation; Sweat

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSORIASIS; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SWEAT GLAND; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADULT; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECCRINE GLANDS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; PSORIASIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 4944263392     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06081.x     Document Type: Article

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