Development of metastases requires that tumour cells initially must violate tissue boundaries to invade locally, disseminate and, after arrest at distant sites, must then extravasate and invade the ...

Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers now show that the immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide ...

Here we describe the identification of the 11,366 Da S100 protein psoriasin (S100A7c) as the dominating Escherichia coli-killing antimicrobial protein of the healthy human tongue, present and secreted ...

A new study finds that high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes result in a relative lack of psoriasin, an important natural antibiotic that protects against urinary tract infections. The ...

Researchers are developing a promising new treatment for psoriasis. The study focuses on the psoriasin protein. Researchers at Linköping University are now launching a plan to effectively treat ...

Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show that the immune system of people with diabetes has lower ...

Impaired immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Studies by researchers at Karolinska Institute, have now shown that the immune system of individuals with diabetes ...

Scientists have found how the skin of the fingertips defends itself against a common bug that causes diarrhoea. The skin secretes a special protein, called psoriasin, which kills several strains of ...