The influence of capsulation and lipooligosaccharide structure on neutrophil adhesion molecule expression and endothelial injury by Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-179

  Klein, Nigel J ^a   Ison, Catherine A ^b   Peakman, Mark ^b   Levin, Michael ^b   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^b   Frosch, Matthias ^b   Heyderman, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; L SELECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030028362     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.172     Document Type: Article

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