MALP-2, a Mycoplasma lipopeptide with classical endotoxic properties: End of an era of LPS monopoly?

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-476

  Galanos, C ^a   Gumenscheimer, M ^a   Muhlradt P F ^b   Jirillo, E ^c   Freudenberg, M A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; GELATIN; LIPOPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LETHALITY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGENS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS;

EID: 0034449932     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09680519000060061001     Document Type: Article

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