Defensins are antimicrobial peptides which play a key role in innate immunity. High levels of human beta defensin-1 (hBD-1) have previously been detected in the kidney and pancreas, but the cell-specific location of hBD-1 mRNA has not been determined. The expression of hBD-1 mRNA has been examined i
Expression of human β-defensin-1 in the choroid plexus
✍ Scribed by Katsutoshi Nakayama; Nobuyuki Okamura; Hiroyuki Arai; Kiyohisa Sekizawa; Hidetada Sasaki
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 642 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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