Heiko Steffen

Deficiency of Dermcidin-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides in Sweat of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis Correlates with an Impaired Innate Defense of Human Skin In Vivo1

K. Dietz, C. Garbe, A. Humeny, 2005, The Journal of Immunology.

Skin commensals amplify the innate immune response to pathogens by activation of distinct signaling pathways.

Martin Schaller, Andreas Peschel, Heiko Steffen, 2011, The Journal of investigative dermatology.

Naturally Processed Dermcidin-Derived Peptides Do Not Permeabilize Bacterial Membranes and Kill Microorganisms Irrespective of Their Charge

M. Deeg, C. Garbe, H. Sahl, 2006, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

The role of antimicrobial peptides in human skin and in skin infectious diseases.

B. Schittek, I. Senyürek, M. Paulmann, 2008, Infectious disorders drug targets.

Constitutive expression of the antimicrobial peptide RNase 7 is associated with Staphylococcus aureus infection of the skin.

S. Gabrysch, B. Schittek, P. Zanger, 2009, Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Generation of multiple stable dermcidin-derived antimicrobial peptides in sweat of different body sites.

S. Stevanović, C. Garbe, A. Humeny, 2006, The Journal of investigative dermatology.