ADSL and vulvovaginitis: To describe the expression of epithelial AMPs at baseline and in response to C. albicans, mRNA and protein levels of six AMPs were analyzed in vaginal biopsies from healthy women (n = 27, Fig. 1a), from patients during acute C. albicans vulvovaginitis and from the same patients after successful antifungal treatment (n = 16; Fig. 1b and Supplementary Fig. S1).