Defensins in innate immunity

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-188

  Hazlett, Linda ^a   Wu, Minhao ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Clinical significance; Defensins; Inflammation; Ocular immunity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEFENSINS; EYE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79151473786     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1022-4     Document Type: Review

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