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- Title
Expanding the roles of antimicrobial peptides in skin: alarming and arming keratinocytes.
- Authors
Schauber, Jürgen; Gallo, Richard L
- Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides are gene-encoded molecules first discovered for their microbicidal properties but recently shown to have pro- or anti-inflammatory functions. Their role as immune regulators is being expanded with evidence that some antimicrobial peptides stimulate keratinocyte migration, proliferation and cytokine or chemokine production. Poorly named, antimicrobial peptides are multifunctional pillars around which the innate and adaptive immune response has evolved.
- Publication
The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2007, Vol 127, Issue 3, p510
- ISSN
1523-1747
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.jid.5700761