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

  • Kan Torii

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Mizuho-cho, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 853 8261; fax: +81 52 852 5449.
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  • Chiyo Saito

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Matsuyama, Japan
    • ,
  • Akimichi Morita

      Affiliations

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

Received 28 June 2009 published online 12 July 2010.
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Keywords: Antimicrobial peptide (AMP), Innate immunity, Human β-defensin 2 (HBD-2), Cathelicidin (LL-37), UVB

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PII: S0923-1811(09)00235-7

doi:10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.07.011

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