Expression of natural antimicrobial peptide β-defensin-2 and Langerhans cell accumulation in epidermis from human non-healing leg ulcers
Chronic wounds like venous calf and diabetic foot ulcers are frequently contaminated and colonized by bacteria and it remains unclear whether there is sufficient expression of defensins and recruitment of epidermal Langerhans cells in the margin of ulcer compared to normal skin. The aim of this stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4609 |