A lipopolysaccharide-deficient mutant of Neisseria meningitidis elicits attenuated cytokine release by human macrophages and signals via toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 but not via TLR4/MD2

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-96

  Pridmore, Alison C ^a   Wyllie, David H ^a   Abdillahi, Fatumo ^a   Steeghs, Liana ^b   Van der Ley, Peter ^b   Dower, Steven K ^a   Read, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, CD14; CYTOKINES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035170049     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317647     Document Type: Article

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