Protease-activated receptor-2 mediates the expression of inflammatory cytokines, antimicrobial peptides, and matrix metalloproteinases in keratinocytes in response to Propionibacterium acnes

Mite serine protease activates protease-activated receptor-2 and induces cytokine release in human keratinocytes

(2009) T. Kato et al.   ALLERGY

Proteinase-activated receptor-2 in the skin: Receptor expression, activation and function during health and disease

(2009) A. Rattenholl et al.   DRUG NEWS & PERSPECTIVES

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

Sebum Free Fatty Acids Enhance the Innate Immune Defense of Human Sebocytes by Upregulating β-Defensin-2 Expression

(2009) Teruaki Nakatsuji et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Protease-activated receptor 2 mediates interleukin-8 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in response toAggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

(2009) T. Shimada et al.   Oral microbiology and immunology

Proteinases as hormones: targets and mechanisms for proteolytic signaling

(2008) Kristina K. Hansen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

All-Trans Retinoic Acid Shifts Propionibacterium acnes-Induced Matrix Degradation Expression Profile toward Matrix Preservation in Human Monocytes

(2008) H. Ray Jalian et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Mite and Cockroach Allergens Activate Protease-Activated Receptor 2 and Delay Epidermal Permeability Barrier Recovery

(2008) Se Kyoo Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY