title: Defensins and host defense.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. tganz@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002633:Chemotaxis; D023082:Defensins; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D019879:Paneth Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023082:Defensins; D011506:Proteins; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7