Pro-dermcidin and derivatives as potential therapeutics for lethal experimental sepsis
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A 110-amino acid precursor of dermcidin (pre-dermcidin, pre-DCD) with a 19-residue N-terminal leader signal sequence can be secreted by human eccrine sweat glands as a leader-less pro-domain-containing peptide (pro-DCD), which is enzymatically cleaved to gener... ...
