Increased Levels of Human Beta-Defensins mRNA in Sexually HIV-1 Exposed But Uninfected Individuals

ABSTRACT: Protection against HIV-1 infection in exposed seronegative (ESN) individuals likely involves natural resistance mechanisms that have not been fully elucidated. Human beta defensins (HBD) are antimicrobial peptides found primarily in mucosae, the main ports of HIV entry. HBD-2 and 3 mRNA ar...

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Autores:

Zapata Builes, Wildeman
Rugeles López, María Teresa
Rodríguez, Benigno
Lederman, Michael
Quiñones, Miguel
Zimmerman, Peter
Weber, Jan
Estrada, Hernando

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2008

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/36600

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/36600

Palabra clave:

Polimorfismo Genético
Polymorphism, Genetic
Endometrio
Endometrium
Perfilación de la Expresión Génica
Gene Expression Profiling
Mucosa Bucal
Mouth Mucosa
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Análisis de Secuencia de ADN
Sequence Analysis, DNA
VIH-1
HIV-1

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openAccess

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