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Descriptor English: alpha-Defensins
Descriptor Spanish: alfa-Defensinas
Descriptor alfa-defensinas
Entry term(s) alfa-defensina
defensina alfa
Scope note: DEFENSINAS que se encuentran en los gránulos azurófilos de los neutrófilos y en los gránulos de secreción de las CÉLULAS DE PANETH.
Descriptor Portuguese: alfa-Defensinas
Descriptor French: Défensines-alpha
Entry term(s): Antimicrobial Peptides, Neutrophil
Defensin, alpha
Neutrophil Antimicrobial Peptides
Peptides, Neutrophil Antimicrobial
alpha Defensin
alpha Defensins
alpha-Defensin
Tree number(s): D12.644.050.200.050
D12.644.066.500.200.050
D12.776.543.695.054.200.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D023084
Scope note: DEFENSINS found in azurophilic granules of neutrophils and in the secretory granules of intestinal PANETH CELLS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Alarmins
Anti-Infective Agents
Previous Indexing: Anti-Infective Agents (1997-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2001
History Note: 2001
DeCS ID: 35331
Unique ID: D023084
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Date Established: 2001/01/01
Date of Entry: 2000/06/21
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
alpha-Defensins - Preferred
Concept UI M0360491
Scope note DEFENSINS found in azurophilic granules of neutrophils and in the secretory granules of intestinal PANETH CELLS.
Preferred term alpha-Defensins
Entry term(s) Defensin, alpha
alpha Defensin
alpha Defensins
alpha-Defensin
Antimicrobial Peptides, Neutrophil - Narrower
Concept UI M0093647
Preferred term Antimicrobial Peptides, Neutrophil
Entry term(s) Neutrophil Antimicrobial Peptides
Peptides, Neutrophil Antimicrobial



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