Identification of antibacterial components in human hair shafts
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily old components of innate immunity. AMPs identified in human skin include defensins, cathelicidin, dermcidin, psoriasin, and RNase7 (1, 2). Some AMPs, such as the human cathelicidin peptide LL-37, are upregulated during inflammation in skin (1). Variou...
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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2018
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87924 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45603 |