Pro-dermcidin and derivatives as potential therapeutics for lethal experimental sepsis
A 110-amino acid precursor of dermcidin (pre-dermcidin, pre-DCD) with a 19-residue N-terminal leader signal sequence can be secreted by human eccrine sweat glands as a leader-less pro-domain-containing peptide (pro-DCD), which is enzymatically cleaved to generate C-terminal anti-microbial peptides (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1621633/full |
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