The antibacterial shield of the human urinary tract

Kidney International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 548-550

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 5; CATHELICIDIN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOCALIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE 7; RIBONUCLEASE 7 ANTIBODY; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINARY TRACT; URINE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84875722929     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.467     Document Type: Note

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