Selective killing of human monocytes and cytokine release provoked by sphingomyelinase (beta-toxin) of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2974-2979

  Walev, Iwan ^a,c   Weller, Ulrich ^a   Strauch, Susanne ^a   Foster, Timothy ^b   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Inst of Med Microbiol and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOKINE; HEMOLYSIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030056237     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2974-2979.1996     Document Type: Article

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