MOUSE NEUTROPHILS LACK DEFENSINS

被引:182
作者
EISENHAUER, PB [1 ]
LEHRER, RI [1 ]
机构
[1] W LOS ANGELES VET ADM HOSP,LOS ANGELES,CA 90073
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D O I
10.1128/IAI.60.8.3446-3447.1992
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Defensins are broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides that are abundant in human, rat, and rabbit neutrophils. We now report that neutrophils from nine strains of mice lacked appreciable defensin content. Mice may therefore be imperfect experimental surrogates for humans or rats in models of infection in which neutrophil function is significant.
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页码:3446 / 3447
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