Wounding in lizards results in the release of beta-defensins at the wound site and formation of an antimicrobial barrier

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-565

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a   Celeghin, Andrea ^b   Dalla Valle, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta defensins expression; Granulocytes; Immunoblotting; Lizards; Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry; Wounds

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84855843359     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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