Vitamin D Induction of the Human Antimicrobial Peptide Cathelicidin in the Urinary Bladder

The urinary tract is frequently being exposed to potential pathogens and rapid defence mechanisms are therefore needed. Cathelicidin, a human antimicrobial peptide is expressed and secreted by bladder epithelial cells and protects the urinary tract from infection. Here we show that vitamin D can ind...

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Autores principales: Hertting, Olof, Holm, Åsa, Lüthje, Petra, Brauner, Hanna, Dyrdak, Robert, Jonasson, Aino Fianu, Wiklund, Peter, Chromek, Milan, Brauner, Annelie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015580

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015580

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