Definition of structural prerequisites for lipoteichoic acid-inducible cytokine induction by synthetic derivatives

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4134-4138

  Deininger, Susanne ^a   Stadelmaier, Andreas ^a   Von Aulock, Sonja ^a   Morath, Siegfried ^a   Schmidt, Richard R ^a   Hartung, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOKINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; GENTIOBIOSE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; LIPID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037446536     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4134     Document Type: Article

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