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Review
. 1999 Dec;45(6):911-5.
doi: 10.1136/gut.45.6.911.

Defensins and innate host defence of the gastrointestinal tract

C L Bevins  1 , E Martin-Porter, T Ganz
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Review

Defensins and innate host defence of the gastrointestinal tract

C L Bevins et al. Gut. 1999 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Structure of α- and β-defensins. Figure reproduced from reference 12 with permission.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Localisation of HD-5 mRNA (A, aggregates of abundant black silver grains) and peptide (B, brown peroxidase product) to Paneth cells in the crypts of Lieberkühn. Figures reproduced from references 28 and 46, respectively, with permission.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A hypothesis for the role of Paneth cell defensins in intestinal host defence. See text for details.
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