Effect of Shiga toxins on granulocyte function

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 279-285

  Aoki, Yosuke ^a   Takeda, Tac ^b  

^a JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Medullasin; Shiga toxin; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CATHEPSIN G; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SHIGA TOXIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; CATHEPSIN; MEDULLASIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULOCYTES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0036025004     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2002.0505     Document Type: Article

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