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Restoration of the Lost Human Beta Defensin (hBD-1) in Cancer as a Strategy to Improve the Efficacy of Chemotherapy

2023-04-05

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Both innate and adaptive immunity are the important components of the human defense system against various diseases including cancer. Human Beta Defensin (hBD-1) is one such immunomodulatory peptide which is lost at high frequencies in malignant cancers, while high levels of expression are maintained in benign regions making it a potential biomarker for the onset and metastasis of the disease. Loss of putative fun...

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24a10dd4-7a25-5526-8793-0f37d69f8392
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10.1101/2023.04.03.535411
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