Phospholipase A secreted by Legionella pneumophila destroys alveolar surfactant phospholipids

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-133

  Flieger, Antje ^a   Gong, Shimei ^a,b,c   Faigle, Marion ^a   Mayer, Hermann August ^d   Kehrer, Ulf ^d   Mußotter, Josef ^e   Bartmann, Peter ^f   Neumeister, Birgid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Abteilung A   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar surfactant; Legionella; Phospholipase A; Phospholipid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LUNG SURFACTANT; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ENZYME RELEASE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SURFACE TENSION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 6;

EID: 0034662484     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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