β-defensin 2 as an Adjuvant Promotes Anti-Melanoma Immune Responses and Inhibits the Growth of Implanted Murine Melanoma In Vivo

Han-fang Mei; Xiao-bao Jin; Jia-yong Zhu; Ai-hua Zeng; Qiang Wu; Xue-mei Lu; Xiao-bo Li; Juan Shen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031328

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β-defensin 2 as an Adjuvant Promotes Anti-Melanoma Immune Responses and Inhibits the Growth of Implanted Murine Melanoma In Vivo

Han-fang Mei ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-fang Mei, Xiao-bao Jin

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, School of Basic Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiao-bao Jin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-fang Mei, Xiao-bao Jin

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, School of Basic Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jia-yong Zhu ,

* E-mail: zhujiayong2@163.com

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China
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Ai-hua Zeng,

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China
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Qiang Wu,

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, School of Basic Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Xue-mei Lu,

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiao-bo Li,

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, School of Basic Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Juan Shen

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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β-defensin 2 as an Adjuvant Promotes Anti-Melanoma Immune Responses and Inhibits the Growth of Implanted Murine Melanoma In Vivo

Han-fang Mei,
Xiao-bao Jin,
Jia-yong Zhu,
Ai-hua Zeng,
Qiang Wu,
Xue-mei Lu,
Xiao-bo Li,
Juan Shen

Published: February 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031328

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