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The Constitutive Capacity of Human Keratinocytes to Kill Staphylococcus aureus Is Dependent on β-Def...

The Constitutive Capacity of Human Keratinocytes to Kill Staphylococcus aureus Is Dependent on β-Def...

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The Constitutive Capacity of Human Keratinocytes to Kill Staphylococcus aureus Is Dependent on β-Defensin 3

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Full title

The Constitutive Capacity of Human Keratinocytes to Kill Staphylococcus aureus Is Dependent on β-Defensin 3

Publisher

Danvers, MA: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

Journal of investigative dermatology, 2007-10, Vol.127 (10), p.2368-2380

Language

English

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Publisher

Danvers, MA: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

Normal skin is often exposed to bacteria, including potent pathogens such as E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus sp., but these microbes usually do not cause skin inflammation or infection in healthy individuals. Therefore, we hypothesized that there must be a constitutive mechanism for rapid destruction and elimination of small numbe...

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The Constitutive Capacity of Human Keratinocytes to Kill Staphylococcus aureus Is Dependent on β-Defensin 3

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907164373

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907164373

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ISSN

0022-202X

E-ISSN

1523-1747

DOI

10.1038/sj.jid.5700861

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