Recognition of sialylated meningococcal lipopolysaccharide by siglecs expressed on myeloid cells leads to enhanced bacterial uptake

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1213-1225

  Jones, Claire ^a   Virji, Mumtaz ^b   Crocker, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; LECTINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MYELOID CELLS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0141677871     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03634.x     Document Type: Article

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