Immunolocalization of defensins and cathelicidin in human glands of Moll

The Expression of the Gene Coding for the Antibacterial Peptide LL-37 Is Induced in Human Keratinocytes during Inflammatory Disorders

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Medicine, Dermatology, Molecular Biology +17

Activities of LL-37, a Cathelin-Associated Antimicrobial Peptide of Human Neutrophils

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Life Sciences, Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance +13

The human antimicrobial and chemotactic peptides LL-37 and α-defensins are expressed by specific lymphocyte and monocyte populations

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Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +12

The peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 is expressed in epithelia of the human lung where it has broad antimicrobial activity at the airway surface

Robert Bals, Xiaorong Wang, Michael Zasloff et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 745 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Innate Immunity +14

The Human Gene <i>FALL39</i> and Processing of the Cathelin Precursor to the Antibacterial Peptide LL‐37 in Granulocytes

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Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Biology +17