Expression of human beta-defensins 1 and 2 in kidneys with chronic bacterial infection

Lehmann, Jan; Retz, Margitta; Harder, Jürgen; Krams, Matthias; Kellner, Udo; Hartmann, Julia; Hohgräwe, Kerstin; Raffenberg, Uta; Gerber, Martin; Loch, Tillmann; Weichert-Jacobsen, K.; Stöckle, Michael

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-2-20

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Expression of human beta-defensins 1 and 2 in kidneys with chronic bacterial infection

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Sep 18, 2002

Authors:

Jan Lehmann

Margitta Retz

Jürgen Harder

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Constitutive expression and localization of antimicrobial human beta-defensin-1 (HBD-1) in human kidneys as a potential mechanism of antimicrobial defense has been previously reported. Inducible expression of human beta-defensin-2 (HBD-2) has been described in various epithelial organs b...

Subject

Beta defensin

Defensin

Biology

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