Group B streptococcal β-hemolysin/cytolysin promotes invasion of human lung epithelial cells and the release of interleukin-8

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-203

  Doran, Kelly S ^a   Chang, Jennifer C W ^a   Benoit, Vivian M ^a   Eckmann, Lars ^b   Nizet, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEMOLYSIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0037080038     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338475     Document Type: Article

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