Open AccessHuman β-Defensin 2 in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Author(s) -
Cindy M. Chang,
Ana Lleò,
Anchasa Kananurak,
Fabio Grizzi,
Koichi Tsuneyama,
Pietro Invernizzi,
Charles Bevins,
Christopher L. Bowlus
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical and translational gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.673
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2155-384X
DOI - 10.1038/ctg.2017.8
Subject(s) - primary sclerosing cholangitis , medicine , defensin , primary (astronomy) , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , disease , antimicrobial , physics , astronomy
Our data show that HBD2 serum levels and tissue expression are increased in PSC subjects, suggesting that this arm of innate immunity may be important in the etiopathogenesis of PSC.
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