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http://saturn.med.nyu.edu/research/mp/littmanlab/Immunology_Journal_Club/Papers_files/Schroeder.pdf
Some notes if needed
*human b-defensin 1 (or hßD1) is a protein that acts as an antibiotic, our body makes it, it's one of the most powerful in our body
*people with crohn's and UC show they have less of these in their body (also linked to periodontitis, caries and candidiasis)
*it acts against lactic acid
*another protein, called thioredoxine, activates hßD1
*before this they didn't know what thioredoxine was, nor did they know why hßD1 didn't seem that active, it's because the thioredoxine didn't activate hßD1
Some notes if needed
*human b-defensin 1 (or hßD1) is a protein that acts as an antibiotic, our body makes it, it's one of the most powerful in our body
*people with crohn's and UC show they have less of these in their body (also linked to periodontitis, caries and candidiasis)
*it acts against lactic acid
*another protein, called thioredoxine, activates hßD1
*before this they didn't know what thioredoxine was, nor did they know why hßD1 didn't seem that active, it's because the thioredoxine didn't activate hßD1
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