Paneth cells—guardians of the gut cell hatchery

Regulation of Intestinal α-Defensin Activation by the Metalloproteinase Matrilysin in Innate Host Defense

1999 • 1,069 citations

Secretion of microbicidal α-defensins by intestinal Paneth cells in response to bacteria

2000 • 1,002 citations

Drosophila host defense: Differential induction of antimicrobial peptide genes after infection by various classes of microorganisms

1997 • 969 citations

Paneth cells of the human small intestine express an antimicrobial peptide gene

1992 • 525 citations

Enteric defensins: antibiotic peptide components of intestinal host defense.

1992 • 310 citations

Examining the Role of Paneth Cells in the Small Intestine by Lineage Ablation in Transgenic Mice

1997 • 267 citations

Developmental regulation of cryptdin, a corticostatin/defensin precursor mRNA in mouse small intestinal crypt epithelium.

1989 • 254 citations

Extracellular release of antimicrobial defensins by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

1987 • 238 citations

Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of human intestinal defensin 5

1997 • 228 citations

Cell migration pathway in the intestinal epithelium: An in situ marker system using mouse aggregation chimeras

1985 • 187 citations

Secretion of type II phospholipase A2 and cryptdin by rat small intestinal Paneth cells

1996 • 105 citations

Effect of live and heat-killed bacteria on the secretory activity of Paneth cells in germ-free mice

1988 • 48 citations

Immunohistochemical observations of lysozyme in the Paneth cells of specific-pathogen-free and germ-free mice

1988 • 28 citations