M161Ag is a potent cytokine inducer with complement activating function (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-295

  Matsumoto, Misako ^a   Tsuka, Saseya ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research OPSR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement activation by prokaryote proteins; IL 12; Mycoplasma fermentans; Proinflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; M161 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033086010     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.3.3.291     Document Type: Article

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