Afshan N Malik et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 353(2), 318-323 (2006-12-26)
We previously showed that beta-defensin-1 (BD-1), an anti-microbial peptide, is up-regulated during progressive hyperglycemia in the kidneys of the GK rat [R.A. Page, C.A. Morris, J.D. Williams, C.J. von Ruhland, A.N. Malik, Isolation of diabetes-associated kidney genes using differential display