FIG 2.

Induction of hBD-2 and -3 by A. baumannii on primary oral and skin epithelial cells. (A and B) Transcripts of both hBD-2 and hBD-3 were induced in A. baumannii AB0057-challenged oral (A) and skin (B) epithelial cells. A. baumannii induced hBD-2 expression less than FnCW did on oral and skin epithelial cells, while it produced a greater induction of hBD-3 transcripts than FnCW did. (C) As measured by ELISA, AB0057 induced a significantly larger amount of the hBD-3 peptide than the control and FnCW. The results are the means of three independent experiments ± SDs.