Defensin, beta 1

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Beta-defensin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB1 gene.

Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Members of the defensin family are highly similar in protein sequence. This gene encodes defensin, beta 1, an antimicrobial peptide implicated in the resistance of epithelial surfaces to microbial colonization. This gene maps in close proximity to defensin family member defensin, alpha 1, and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis.

Further reading

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• Liu L, Zhao C, Heng HH, Ganz T (1997). "The human beta-defensin-1 and alpha-defensins are encoded by adjacent genes: two peptide families with differing disulfide topology share a common ancestry". Genomics. 43 (3): 316–20. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4801. PMID 9268634.
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• Gropp R, Frye M, Wagner TO, Bargon J (1999). "Epithelial defensins impair adenoviral infection: implication for adenovirus-mediated gene therapy". Hum. Gene Ther. 10 (6): 957–64. doi:10.1089/10430349950018355. PMID 10223729.
• Mathews M, Jia HP, Guthmiller JM, et al. (1999). "Production of beta-defensin antimicrobial peptides by the oral mucosa and salivary glands". Infect. Immun. 67 (6): 2740–5. PMC 96577. PMID 10338476.
• Bøe R, Silvola J, Yang J, et al. (1999). "Human beta-defensin-1 mRNA is transcribed in tympanic membrane and adjacent auditory canal epithelium". Infect. Immun. 67 (9): 4843–6. PMC 96817. PMID 10456939.
• Yang D, Chertov O, Bykovskaia SN, et al. (1999). "Beta-defensins: linking innate and adaptive immunity through dendritic and T cell CCR6". Science. 286 (5439): 525–8. doi:10.1126/science.286.5439.525. PMID 10521347.
• Tunzi CR, Harper PA, Bar-Oz B, et al. (2000). "Beta-defensin expression in human mammary gland epithelia". Pediatr. Res. 48 (1): 30–5. doi:10.1203/00006450-200007000-00008. PMID 10879797.
• Sahasrabudhe KS, Kimball JR, Morton TH, et al. (2000). "Expression of the antimicrobial peptide, human beta-defensin 1, in duct cells of minor salivary glands and detection in saliva". J. Dent. Res. 79 (9): 1669–74. doi:10.1177/00220345000790090601. PMID 11023262.
• Jia HP, Starner T, Ackermann M, et al. (2001). "Abundant human beta-defensin-1 expression in milk and mammary gland epithelium". J. Pediatr. 138 (1): 109–12. doi:10.1067/mpd.2001.109375. PMID 11148522.
• Ali RS, Falconer A, Ikram M, et al. (2001). "Expression of the peptide antibiotics human beta defensin-1 and human beta defensin-2 in normal human skin". J. Invest. Dermatol. 117 (1): 106–11. doi:10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01401.x. PMID 11442756.
• Carothers DG, Graham SM, Jia HP, et al. (2001). "Production of beta-defensin antimicrobial peptides by maxillary sinus mucosa". American journal of rhinology. 15 (3): 175–9. doi:10.2500/105065801779954238. PMID 11453504.
• Hoover DM, Chertov O, Lubkowski J (2001). "The structure of human beta-defensin-1: new insights into structural properties of beta-defensins". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (42): 39021–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M103830200. PMID 11486002.