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Vaginal innate immune mediators are modulated by a water extract of Houttuynia cordata Thunb

BACKGROUND: Vaginal epithelial cells (VECs) produce antimicrobial peptides including human β-defensin 2 (hBD2) and secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), as well as cytokines and chemokines that play vital roles in mucosal innate immunity of the female reproductive tract. Houttuynia cordata...

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Autores principales: Satthakarn, Surada, Hladik, Florian, Promsong, Aornrutai, Nittayananta, Wipawee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26077233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0701-9