Cutting edge: vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the induction of cathelicidin.

Liu, Philip T

Cutting edge: vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the induction of cathelicidin. [electronic resource] - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) Aug 2007 - 2060-3 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0022-1767

10.4049/jimmunol.179.4.2060 doi


Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides--antagonists & inhibitors
Calcitriol--immunology
Cell Line
Gene Expression Regulation--drug effects
Humans
Immunity, Innate--drug effects
Macrophage Activation--drug effects
Monocytes--immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--immunology
RNA, Small Interfering--pharmacology
Toll-Like Receptor 1--immunology
Toll-Like Receptor 2--immunology
Tuberculosis--immunology
Vitamins--immunology
Cathelicidins