Localization and expression of two human b-defensins (HBD-1 and HBD-2) in intestinal biopsies of celiac patients

Innate immunity is the first line of defense against microorganisms in vertebrates and acts by providing an initial barrier to microorganisms and triggering adaptive immune responses (Ganz and Lehrer 1999; Oppenheim et al., 2002). Peptides such as b-defensins are an important component of this defen...

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Published in:European journal of histochemistry 2003, Vol.47 (4), p.389-392
Main Authors: Boniotto, M, Pirulli, D, Verga Falzacappa, M V, Trevisiol, C, Gerarduzzi, T, Crovella, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
beta-Defensins - genetics
beta-Defensins - metabolism
Biopsy
Celiac Disease - metabolism
Celiac Disease - pathology
Duodenum - metabolism
Duodenum - pathology
Gene Expression
Humans
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Messenger - genetics
RNA, Messenger - metabolism
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Summary:Innate immunity is the first line of defense against microorganisms in vertebrates and acts by providing an initial barrier to microorganisms and triggering adaptive immune responses (Ganz and Lehrer 1999; Oppenheim et al., 2002). Peptides such as b-defensins are an important component of this defense, both providing a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, mycobacteria and several enveloped viruses (Ganz and Leher, 1994) and showing chemotactic activity by linking and activating CCR6 (Hoover DM et al. , 2002). b-defensins are small cationic peptides that vary in their expression patterns and spectrum of pathogen specificity (Ganz and Leher, 2002).
ISSN:1121-760X
2038-8306