Human β-defensin-2:: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid participates in the host response to microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity Article

Soto, Eleazar, Espinoza, Jimmy, Nien, Jyh Kae et al. (2007). Human β-defensin-2:: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid participates in the host response to microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity . Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 20(1), 15-22. 10.1080/14767050601036212

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cited authors

  • Soto, Eleazar; Espinoza, Jimmy; Nien, Jyh Kae; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Erez, Offer; Richani, Karina; Santolaya-Forgas, Joaquin; Romero, Roberto

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authors

publication date

  • January 1, 2007

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keywords

  • ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES
  • CERVICAL-MUCUS PLUG
  • EPITHELIAL-CELLS
  • HUMAN BETA-DEFENSINS
  • HUMAN-NEUTROPHILS
  • INNATE IMMUNITY
  • INTRAUTERINE INFECTION
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • PERIODONTAL INFECTION
  • PRETERM BIRTH
  • Science & Technology
  • VERNIX CASEOSA
  • amniotic fluid
  • antimicrobial peptide
  • human beta defensin-2
  • intra-amniotic infection
  • preterm PROM
  • preterm labor

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start page

  • 15

end page

  • 22

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 1