Human beta-defensin-2, an antimicrobial peptide, is elevated in scales collected from tinea pedis patients

Int J Dermatol. 2006 Nov;45(11):1389-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03111.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / metabolism*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Skin / metabolism*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Tinea Pedis / metabolism*
  • Tinea Pedis / microbiology
  • Trichophyton / growth & development
  • beta-Defensins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Peptides
  • beta-Defensins