Defensins are a family of antimicrobial and cytotoxic peptides thought to be involved in host defense. They are abundant in the granules of neutrophils and also found in the epithelia of mucosal surfaces such as those of the intestine, respiratory tract,
Gene ontology (GO)Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
["NOD-like receptor signaling pathway","Staphylococcus aureus infection","Transcriptional misregulation in cancer","Defensins","Alpha-defensins"]
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Diseases Linked via Similar GenesDiseases curated for genes most similar to DEFA1B (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for DEFA1B itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.