Enzyme degradation and proinflammatory activity in arthritogenic and nonarthritogenic Eubacterium aerofaciens cell walls

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7277-7284

  Zhang, X ^a   Rimpilainen M ^a   Simelyte E ^a   Toivanen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM AEROFACIENS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHEMOKINE CCL2; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EUBACTERIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LIVER; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIC ACIDS; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035184694     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7277-7284.2001     Document Type: Article

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