UVB wavelength dependency of antimicrobial peptide induction for innate immunity in normal human keratinocytes

Received 28 June 2009

Keywords: Antimicrobial peptide (AMP), Innate immunity, Human β-defensin 2 (HBD-2), Cathelicidin (LL-37), UVB

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a Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Mizuho-cho, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan

b Department of Dermatology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Matsuyama, Japan

Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 853 8261; fax: +81 52 852 5449.

PII: S0923-1811(09)00235-7

doi:10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.07.011

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