An essential amino acid induces epithelial beta -defensin expression
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An essential amino acid induces epithelial beta -defensin expression.
Antimicrobial peptides constitute an important component of the mammalian innate immune response. Several types of antimicrobial peptides, including the beta-defensins, are produced at epithelial surfaces in response to infectious threats. Here we show that a class of small molecules, including l-isoleucine and several of its analogs, can specifically induce epithelial beta-defensin expression....
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.220424597