"Dermcidins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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47-amino acid peptides secreted by ECCRINE GLANDS and having a role in innate cutaneous defense, being antimicrobial to some pathogenic BACTERIA. They are overexpressed by some primary BREAST CANCER cells. They are derived from 110 residue PROTEIN PRECURSORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.050.400 D12.776.543.695.054.400
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