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CD44 Suppresses TLR-Mediated Inflammation

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Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid Increases the Self-Defense of Skin Epithelium by Induction of  -Defensin 2 via TLR2 and TLR4

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Defensins enable macrophages to inhibit the intracellular proliferation of Listeria monocytogenes

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Probiotic lactobacilli and VSL#3 induce enterocyte β-defensin 2

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Composition and structure elucidation of human milk glycosaminoglycans

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Roles of human β-defensins in innate immune defense at the ocular surface: arming and alarming corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells

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Protective effects of Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria and Staphylococci on the infection of cultured HT29 cells with different enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotypes are strain-specific

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Analysis of CD44-Hyaluronan Interactions in an Artificial Membrane System

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Oral Administration of High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan (900 kDa) Controls Immune System via Toll-like Receptor 4 in the Intestinal Epithelium

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Defensin-Barbed Innate Immunity: Clinical Associations in the Pediatric Population

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Molecular size hyaluronan differently modulates toll-like receptor-4 in LPS-induced inflammation in mouse chondrocytes

(2009) Giuseppe M. Campo et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Regulation of Colonic Epithelial Repair in Mice by Toll-Like Receptors and Hyaluronic Acid

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A Feed-Forward Loop Involving Hyaluronic Acid and Toll-Like Receptor-4 as a Treatment for Colitis?

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Immunoglobulin A with protease activity secreted in human milk activates PAR-2 receptors, of intestinal epithelial cells HT-29, and promotes beta-defensin-2 expression

(2009) G.J. Barrera et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Engagement of CD44 by hyaluronan suppresses TLR4 signaling and the septic response to LPS

(2009) Jun Muto et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Enteric defensins are essential regulators of intestinal microbial ecology

(2009) Nita H Salzman et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Importance of Hyaluronan-CD44 Interactions in Inflammation and Tumorigenesis

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The dietary histone deacetylase inhibitor sulforaphane induces human β-defensin-2 in intestinal epithelial cells

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Absorption, Uptake and Tissue Affinity of High-Molecular-Weight Hyaluronan after Oral Administration in Rats and Dogs

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Barrier dysfunction due to distinct defensin deficiencies in small intestinal and colonic Crohn's disease

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Preparation of isotopically labelled recombinant β-defensin for NMR studies

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