Micrococcus luteus cells and cell walls induce anaphylactoid reactions accompanied by early death and serum cytokines in mice primed with muramyl dipeptide

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Monodane, Toshihiko ^a   Kawabata, Yoshihiro ^a   Takada, Haruhiko ^a,b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anaphylactoid reaction; interleukin 6; Micrococcus luteus; muramyl dipeptide; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031013814     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(96)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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