Pathogenesis of sepsis syndrome: Possible relevance of pore-forming bacterial toxins

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 216, Issue , 1996, Pages 101-118

  Bhakdi, S ^a   Walev, I ^a   Jonas, D ^a   Palmer, M ^a   Weller, U ^a   Suttorp, N ^a   Grimminger, F ^b   Seeger, W ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM ION; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LYSOSOME ENZYME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; STREPTOLYSIN O; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DEATH; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION TRANSPORT; LETHALITY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; STREPTOLYSINS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030322221     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80186-0_5     Document Type: Article

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