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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Dermatol. 2002 Apr;11(2):159–187. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2002.00112.x

Table 1.

A summary of antimicrobial agents that can be produced by various cellular constituents of the epidermis that contribute to the ‘Biological Shield’.

Anti-microbial agents produced in epidermis
1. Complement – Alternative/Classical 4. Cytokines
2. Defensins 5. Chemokines
3. Cathelicidins 6. Reactive Oxygen Species