Defensin is suppressed by tick salivary gland extract during the in vitro interaction of resident skin cells with borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2515-2517

  Marchal, Claire M P ^a   Luft, Benjamin J ^b   Yang, Xiaohua ^b   Sibilia, Jean ^a   Jaulhac, Benoît ^a   Boulanger, Nathalie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN CELL; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELLS, CULTURED; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-8; KERATINOCYTES; LYME DISEASE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SKIN; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 70349119582     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.73     Document Type: Letter

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