Constitutive Expression of the Antimicrobial Peptide RNase 7 Is Associated with<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Infection of the Skin

Abstract

In conjunction with the existing evidence from in vitro studies, these findings suggest that antimicrobial peptides found at high baseline levels in healthy skin, such as RNase 7, confer protection against S. aureus infection of the skin.