"alpha-Defensins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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DEFENSINS found in azurophilic granules of neutrophils and in the secretory granules of intestinal PANETH CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D023084
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.050.200.050 D12.776.543.695.054.200.050
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Defensins" by people in Profiles.
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Differential Processing of {alpha}- and {beta}-Defensin Precursors by Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7). J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 27; 284(13):8301-11.
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Structural determinants of procryptdin recognition and cleavage by matrix metalloproteinase-7. J Biol Chem. 2003 Mar 07; 278(10):7910-9.
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Activation of Paneth cell alpha-defensins in mouse small intestine. J Biol Chem. 2002 Feb 15; 277(7):5219-28.