Searching the database for mouse homologs of the antimicrobial peptide human beta-defensin-3 (hBD-3) revealed highest identity (69%) to mouse beta-defensin-14 (mBD-14). Recombinant mBD-14 exhibited broad-spectrum, nanomolar microbicidal activity. Treatment of keratinocytes with gamma interferon or transforming growth factor alpha increased mBD-14 gene expression. These data suggest that mBD-14 is the functional ortholog of hBD-3.
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