The human polymeric immunoglobulin receptor facilitates invasion of epithelial cells by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a strain-specific and cell type-specific manner

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5091-5095

  Brock, Sean C ^a   McGraw, Patricia A ^a   Wright, Peter F ^a   Crowe Jr , James E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN A; SECRETORY COMPONENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, POLYMERIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036717717     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5091-5095.2002     Document Type: Article

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