Defensin is suppressed by tick salivary gland extract during the in vitro interaction of resident skin cells with Borrelia burgdorferi

J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Oct;129(10):2515-7. doi: 10.1038/jid.2009.73. Epub 2009 Apr 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / metabolism
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / physiology*
  • Cathelicidins
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Defensins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Defensins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology
  • Interleukin-8 / metabolism
  • Keratinocytes / drug effects
  • Keratinocytes / metabolism*
  • Keratinocytes / microbiology*
  • Lyme Disease / metabolism
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Lyme Disease / pathology
  • Salivary Glands / metabolism*
  • Skin / immunology
  • Tissue Extracts / metabolism*
  • Tissue Extracts / pharmacology*
  • beta-Defensins

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • DEFB4A protein, human
  • Defensins
  • Interleukin-8
  • Tissue Extracts
  • beta-Defensins
  • Cathelicidins