Reduced expression of dermcidin, a peptide active against propionibacterium acnes, in sweat of patients with acne vulgaris

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 783-786

  Nakano, Toshiaki ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^b   Fujimura, Takao ^a   Arai, Satoru ^a   Mukuno, Akira ^a   Sato, Naoya ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Dermcidin; Propionibacterum acnes; Sweat

Indexed keywords

DERMCIDIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEAT; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RADIATION RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940047980     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2068     Document Type: Article

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