Dermatan sulphate is released by proteinases of common pathogenic bacteria and inactivates antibacterial α-defensin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 708-713

  Schmidtchen, Artur ^a,b   Frick, Inga Maria ^a   Björck, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN; DERMATAN SULFATE; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMATAN SULFATE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; PROTEOGLYCANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035131955     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02251.x     Document Type: Article

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