Downregulation of bactericidal peptides in enteric infections: A novel immune escape mechanism with bacterial DNA as a potential regulator

Nature Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 180-185

  Islam, Dilara ^a   Bandholtz, Lisa ^b   Nilsson, Jakob ^c   Wigzell, Hans ^b   Christensson, Birger ^c   Agerberth, Birgitta ^d   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur H ^b  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA DEFENSIN 1; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOWN-REGULATION; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; U937 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA;

EID: 0035126317     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/84627     Document Type: Article

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