The stereochemistry of the amino acid side chain influences the inflammatory potential of muramyl dipeptide in experimental meningitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3663-3666

  Cottagnoud, P ^a   Gerber, C M ^b   Majcherczyk, P A ^d   Acosta, F ^b   Cottagnoud, M ^b   Neftel, K ^b   Moreillon, P ^d   Tauber M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zieglerspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0038103784     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3663-3666.2003     Document Type: Article

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