Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: Defensins are broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides that are abundant in human, rat, and rabbit neutrophils. We now report that neutrophils from nine strains of mice lacked appreciable defensin content. Mice may therefore be imperfect experimental surrogates for humans or rats in models of infection in which neutrophil function is significant.
Source: Infection and Immunity
Authors: P B Eisenhauer, R I Lehrer
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1902412925