This document is downloaded from DR‑NTU (https://dr.ntu.edu.sg) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Identification of antibacterial components in human hair shafts Subbaiah, Roopa S.; Kerk, Swat Kim; Lian, Yilong; Lunny, Declan; Sze, Siu Kwan; Ng, Kee Woei; Schmidtchen, Artur; Adav, Sunil Shankar 2018 Subbaiah, R. S., Kerk, S. K., Lian, Y., Lunny, D., Sze, S. K., Ng, K. W., et al. (2018). Identification of antibacterial components in human hair shafts. Acta Dermato Venereologica, 98(7), 708‑710. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87924 https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555‑2952 © 2018 Acta Dermato‑Venereologica. This is an open access article under the CC BY‑NC license. www.medicaljournals.se/acta Downloaded on 03 Oct 2021 02:38:05 SGT 708 SHORT COMMUNICATION Identification of Antibacterial Components in Human Hair Shafts* 1 1 1 2 3 4–6 1,7,8 DV Roopa S. SUBBAIAH , Swat Kim KERK , Yilong LIAN , Declan LUNNY , Siu Kwan SZE , Kee Woei NG , Artur SCHMIDTCHEN and Sunil S. ADAV1# 1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 3School of Biological Sciences, 4School of Materials Science and Engineering, 5Nanyang Environment cta and Water Research Institute, (Environmental Chemistry and Materials Centre), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2Epithelial Biology, Institute of Medical Biology, Immunos, 6Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore, 7Wound A Healing Center, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, and 8Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. #E-mail:
[email protected] Accepted Apr 24, 2018; Epub ahead of print Apr 24, 2018 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily old fractions eluted between 17 and 23 min (corresponding components of innate immunity.