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. 2019 Jul 31;8(8):1135. doi: 10.3390/jcm8081135

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In a healthy gingiva, epithelial defensins (human β-defensins (hBD-2) in red color) are located in the oral (OE) and sulcular (SE) epithelia (A), while neutrophilic antimicrobial peptides (α-defensins in brown color) are located in the junctional epithelium (JE) and partly in connective tissue (CT) (B). (An original figure by U.K.G.)