Toll-like receptor activation modulates antimicrobial peptide expression by ocular surface cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-220

  Redfern, Rachel L ^a   Reins, Rose Y ^a   McDermott, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Defensins; Inflammation; LL 37; Ocular surface; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OCULAR SURFACE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL STROMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 79952106615     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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