TY - JOUR AU - Fitschen-Oestern, Stefanie AU - Weuster, Matthias AU - Lippross, Sebastian AU - Behrendt, Peter AU - Fuchs, Sabine AU - Pufe, Thomas AU - Tohidnezhad, Mersedeh AU - Bayer, Andreas AU - Seekamp, Andreas AU - Varoga, Deike AU - Klüter, Tim PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/07 TI - Hepatocytes express the antimicrobial peptide HBD-2 after multiple trauma: an experimental study in human and mice JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 100 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Human-beta defensins (HBD) belong to the family of acute phase peptides and hold a broad antimicrobial spectrum that includes gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. HBD are up-regulated after severe injuries but the source of posttraumatic HBD expression has not been focused on before. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1458-8 DO - 10.1186/s12891-017-1458-8 ID - Fitschen-Oestern2017 ER -