Defensin-relatedpeptide 1 (Defr1) is allelic to Defb8 and chemoattracts immature DC and CD4+ T cells independently of CCR6

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1353-1360

  Taylor, Karen ^a   Rolfe, Mark ^a   Renolds, Natalie ^a   Kilanowski, Fioria ^a   Pathania, Uday ^b   Clarke, Dave ^b   Yang, De ^c   Oppenheim, Joost ^c   Samuel, Kay ^d   Howie, Sarah ^e   Barran, Perdita ^b   Macmillan, Derek ^f   Campopiano, Dominick ^b   Dorin, Julia ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defensin; Chemotaxis; DC

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 8; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN RELATED PEPTIDE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CCR6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DEFB8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DEFR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMOTAXIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHEMOTAXIS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CCR6; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67649991444     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838566     Document Type: Article

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