The coordinated response of the physical and antimicrobial peptide barriers of the skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-287

  Borkowski, Andrew W ^a   Gallo, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 14; BETA DEFENSIN 3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PERMEABILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSORIASIS; ROSACEA; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PSORIASIS; ROSACEA; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 78651400695     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.360     Document Type: Note

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