Stimulation of specific cytokines in human conjunctival epithelial cells by defensins HNP1, HBD2, and HBD3

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 644-653

  Li, Jing ^a,b   Zhu, Hong Yuan ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 1; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 2; NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 3; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RANTES; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 3, HUMAN; BETA-DEFENSIN 3, HUMAN; DEFB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEFENSIN 1; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WESTERN BLOTTING; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 59449100129     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1838     Document Type: Article

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