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Neutrophil defensins: their possible role in allergic asthma.

Antonio Pereira Vega, Inmaculada Ventura, Cristina Chamorro, Rocío Aroca, A Orovigt, Elisa Gómez, Yolanda Gutiérrez Puente, Juan A. Asturias

PubMed · 2011 · 11 citations · 19 references

Abstract

Neutrophils from allergic patients release alpha-defensins via an allergen-dependent mechanism.

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Defensins. Natural peptide antibiotics of human neutrophils.

Tomas Ganz, Michael E. Selsted, D Szklarek et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1985 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Identification of Defensin-1, Defensin-2, and CAP37/Azurocidin as T-cell Chemoattractant Proteins Released from Interleukin-8-stimulated Neutrophils

Oleg Chertov, Dennis F. Michiel, Luoling Xu et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 541 citations · Full text

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Monocyte-chemotactic activity of defensins from human neutrophils.

Mary Territo, Tomas Ganz, Michael E. Selsted et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1989 · 487 citations · Full text

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Oxidative Stress Causes Mucin Synthesis Via Transactivation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Role of Neutrophils

Kiyoshi Takeyama, Karim Dabbagh, Jae Jeong Shim et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2000 · 343 citations · Full text

Mechanisms for induction of acquired host immunity by neutrophil peptide defensins

James W. Lillard, Prosper N. Boyaka, Oleg Chertov et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 304 citations

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