Increased expression of human beta-defensin 3 in mollusca contagiosum

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-192

  Meyer Hoffert, U ^a   Schwarz, T ^a   Schroder J M ^a   Glaser R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA-DEFENSIN 3, HUMAN; DEFB4A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; SKIN DEFECT; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WOUND HEALING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

BETA-DEFENSINS; HUMANS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM;

EID: 75849145751     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03640.x     Document Type: Article

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