Human β-defensin 3 increases the TLR9-dependent response to bacterial DNA

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 658-664

  McGlasson, Sarah L ^a   Semple, Fiona ^a   MacPherson, Heather ^a   Gray, Mohini ^b   Davidson, Donald J ^b   Dorin, Julia R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Dendritic cells; Plasmacytoid dendritic cells; Toll like receptor 9; Type I interferon; Defensin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA DEFENSIN 3; FLT3 LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA-DEFENSIN 3, HUMAN; FLT3 LIGAND PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TLR9 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 85013141262     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646799     Document Type: Article

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